by Reuters | Jul 7, 2023 | Business, Economy, Environment, Politics, Top News, US
By Ross Kerber (Reuters) – A group of 15 Republican state attorneys general have questioned whether directors of BlackRock mutual funds are sufficiently independent of the world’s largest asset manager. In a letter dated July 6 and provided to Reuters on...
by Reuters | Jul 7, 2023 | Business, Technology, Top News, US
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) – Twitter’s claim that Meta Platforms stole trade secrets to build its new microblogging site may be the first volley in a legal battle between the social media giants, but experts say Twitter would have to clear a high hurdle if it...
by Reuters | Jul 6, 2023 | Asia, Economy, Environment, Politics, Top News, US
By Andrea Shalal and Yew Lun Tian BEIJING (Reuters) -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Thursday began a four-day visit to China focused on easing tensions between the world’s two largest economies, despite low expectations on both sides. Shortly after...
by Reuters | Jul 6, 2023 | Business, Economy, Technology, Top News, US
By Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Meta’s Threads racked up more than 30 million sign-ups within about 18 hours of its launch, emerging as the first real threat to Elon Musk-owned Twitter, as it took advantage of its access to billions of Instagram users and a similar...
by Reuters | Jul 5, 2023 | Business, Economy, Middle East, Technology, Top News
By Krystal Hu (Reuters) -ChatGPT, the wildly popular AI chatbot launched in November, saw monthly traffic to its website and unique visitors decline for the first time ever in June, according to analytics firm Similarweb. Worldwide desktop and mobile traffic to the...
by Reuters | Jul 5, 2023 | Asia, Business, Economy, Europe, Top News, US
By Pratyush Thakur and Shivansh Tiwary (Reuters) -New vehicle sales in the United States for top global automakers rose in the second quarter on improving supply and strong demand, signaling that rising interest rates have not yet had a meaningful impact on purchases....