By Roman Churikov, Olga Popova and Yevgeniy MatveevMOSCOW (Reuters) - Washington's push to swiftly end the conflict in Ukraine has sparked speculation that Western brands may want to return to Russia, but from fashion to cars, the markets they vacated now look more competitive than three years ago.As Ukraine marked the anniversary of Russian troops flooding across its border, U.S. President Donald ...
Investing.com - The S&P 500 climbed Wednesday, as investors bought the recent dip in tech ahead of quarterly earnings from artificial intelligence-darling Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), though fresh tariff concerns limited upside momentum, At 1:12 p.m. ET (18:12 GMT), the benchmark S&P 500 gained 0.2%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.5%, and the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average ...
By Greg Bensinger(Reuters) -Amazon on Wednesday unveiled the first major overhaul of its Alexa voice assistant since its introduction more than a decade ago, embedding it with generative artificial intelligence.The effort carries significant weight at Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), which has plowed billions of dollars into Alexa since its launch in 2014 in the hope of putting the service into a range of de ...
By Kalea HallDETROIT (Reuters) -General Motors said on Wednesday it would increase its quarterly dividend by 25% and undertake a new $6-billion share buyback program. Shares of the automaker rose about 6% in morning trading. The U.S. automaker said it expected to repurchase $2 billion of shares by the first half of this year, with the remainder to be bought at any point of the company's ...