By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) -Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk expanded his lawsuit against ChatGPT maker OpenAI, adding federal antitrust and other claims and adding OpenAI’s largest financial backer Microsoft as a defendant. Musk’s amended lawsuit, filed on Thursday night in federal court in Oakland, California, said Microsoft and OpenAI illegally sought to monopolize the market for…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK (Reuters) – Nvidia Corp’s results in the coming week could guide the U.S. stock market on its next path, as investors turn their focus to the technology sector and artificial intelligence trade after an election-fueled rally stalled. A nearly 800% run in shares of Nvidia over the past two years,…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s government efficiency panel wants “high IQ” employees and plans weekly livestreams, according to X posts about President-elect Donald Trump’s initiative to streamline the U.S. bureaucracy. Trump named Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla, and former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy to lead the panel on Tuesday. Their mission is to…
By Chris Kirkham and Rachael Levy (Reuters) – As Tesla’s electric-vehicle sales have flattened this year, CEO Elon Musk has increasingly staked the company’s future on his vision for self-driving robotaxis, despite the massive technological and regulatory obstacles in delivering them. Now Musk – as one of President-elect Donald Trump’s biggest backers – may have…
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission on Thursday fined Meta Platforms €797.72 million ($840.24 million) over abusive practices benefiting Facebook Marketplace, it said in a statement, confirming an earlier report by Reuters. “The European Commission has fined Meta … for breaching EU antitrust rules by tying its online classified ads service Facebook Marketplace to its personal…
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon will not be invited to be a part of Donald Trump’s administration, the U.S. president-elect said on social media on Thursday. “I respect Jamie Dimon, of JPMorgan Chase, greatly, but he will not be invited to be a part of the Trump Administration,” Trump said…
(Reuters) -Cisco Systems forecast quarterly revenue and profit above Wall Street estimates after posting upbeat first-quarter results, helped by improving demand for its networking gear amid the AI boom. Shares of the computer networking equipment maker were down 1.4% in extended trading after the company forecast annual revenue broadly in line with estimates. Companies have…
(Reuters) – Shares of Hims & Hers Health slumped 15% on Thursday after Amazon.com launched a rival service that offers upfront pricing for telehealth visits. Amazon said it is introducing low, upfront pricing for a clinical visit, treatment plan, and free medication delivery for Prime members for a range of common health, beauty and lifestyle…
By Dawn Chmielewski and Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Walt Disney shares surged Thursday after the entertainment giant reported quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s estimates and offered robust guidance for the coming years. The company projected adjusted earnings-per-share percentage growth in the high single digits in fiscal 2025, even with capital expenditures of roughly…
By Bo Erickson (Reuters) -Republican Dave McCormick won the U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania, Decision Desk HQ projected on Thursday, beating Democratic incumbent Bob Casey in an important win for Republicans hoping to capture a majority in the chamber. Pennsylvania will conduct a legally required statewide recount of the ballots because McCormick’s lead is within…
