PwC to become OpenAI’s first reseller and largest enterprise user

PwC said the deal will see its U.S. and U.K. employees and clients gain access to the latest tools from OpenAI. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images PwC landed a deal Wednesday with OpenAI to become the artificial intelligence company’s first resale partner and largest enterprise user. The Big Four accounting firm said its U.S. … Read more

ECB’s Knot says policy to ease ‘gradually’ as markets eye rate June cut

Klaas Knot, president of De Nederlandsche Bank NV, on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G-20) finance ministers and central bank governors meeting in Gandhinagar, India, on Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European Central Bank Governing Council member Klaas Knot said it would “soon” be time to … Read more

American Airlines cuts outlook, says chief commercial officer is leaving

American Airlines passenger jets are lined up at the gates at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, on Feb. 10, 2024. J. David Ake | Getty Images American Airlines slashed its sales outlook on Tuesday and said its chief commercial officer, Vasu Raja will leave the company next month. American said it expects … Read more

Alibaba’s Hong Kong shares drop 5% after report of possible $5 billion convertible bond sale

Alibaba is operating in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province, China, on December 29, 2023. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hong Kong-listed shares of Alibaba fell over 5% Thursday following a report that the Chinese tech giant is considering selling convertible bonds to raise $5 billion. Shares ended the trading day 5.24% lower, after falling more … Read more

Nvidia stock pops 9% to record high

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang delivers a keynote address during the Nvidia GTC Artificial Intelligence Conference at SAP Center on March 18, 2024 in San Jose, California.  Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Nvidia shares jumped more than 9% on Thursday after the company on Wednesday reported earnings that topped Wall Street estimates and showed that there’s … Read more

History shows how election can impact stocks

Labour leader Tony Blair arriving in Downing Street after his election victory with crowds waving flags in the background, 2nd May 1997. Jeff Overs | BBC News & Current Affairs | Getty Images LONDON — The U.K. is less than six weeks away from a General Election in which polls suggest the center-left Labour Party … Read more

We maintain our buy on Ford shares after a bullish Street initiation

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Thursday’s key moments. U.S. stocks were mixed on Thursday. The Nasdaq hit a record high after Club holding Nvidia’s spectacular quarterly earnings report on Wednesday. The leading AI chipmaker once again crushed analysts’ … Read more

Ether slips after SEC opens the door to ether ETFs, still heads for best week in more than a year

Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ether slipped on Friday even after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule change that will pave the way for exchange-traded funds that buy and hold the cryptocurrency. The price of ether fell more than 2% to around $3,699.50, according to Coin Metrics. It’s holding on to … Read more

Citi fined $79 million by British regulators over fat-finger trading and control errors

People walk by a CitiBank location in Manhattan on March 01, 2024 in New York City.  Spencer Platt | Getty Images LONDON — British regulators on Wednesday dished out a combined £61.6 million ($79 million) in fines to U.S. investment bank Citi for failings in its trading systems and controls. The fines were issued by … Read more

Amazon plans to give Alexa an AI overhaul, monthly subscription price

Amazon is upgrading its decade-old Alexa voice assistant with generative artificial intelligence and plans to charge a monthly subscription fee to offset the cost of the technology, according to people with knowledge of Amazon’s plans.  The Seattle-based tech and retail giant will launch a more conversational version of Alexa later this year, potentially positioning it … Read more