NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes on Tuesday: Krispy Kreme Inc., up $4.90 to $17.35. The doughnut chain is partnering with McDonald’s to sell doughnuts at its restaurants. Viking Therapeutics Inc., up $11.64 to $80.83. The biopharmaceutical company gave investors an encouraging update on a potential weight-loss drug. McCormick & Co., up $7.36 …
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Trump’s social media company to start trading on the Nasdaq on Tuesday
NEW YORK (AP) — Trump Media & Technology Group, whose flagship product is social networking site Truth Social, will begin trading on the Nasdaq stock market on Tuesday. Shareholders of Digital World Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded shell company, approved a deal to merge with the Trump’s media business in a Friday vote. Shares of Digital World have been volatile. …
Read More »La temporada de impuestos en EEUU está en marcha. Aquí algunos consejos para sortearla
NUEVA YORK (AP) — Es temporada de pago de impuestos en Estados Unidos y, para muchas personas, presentar declaraciones puede ser una tarea desalentadora que a menudo se deja para el último momento. Pero si usted quiere evitar el estrés del vencimiento del plazo que se avecina, comience a organizarse lo antes posible. Tanto si elabora su declaración de impuestos …
Read More »OpenAI says Musk agreed the ChatGPT maker should become a for-profit company
Elon Musk supported making OpenAI a for-profit company, the ChatGPT maker said, attacking a lawsuit from the wealthy investor who has accused the artificial intelligence business of betraying its founding goal to benefit humanity as it pursued profits instead. In its first response since the Tesla CEO sued last week, OpenAI vowed to get the claim thrown out and released …
Read More »Elon Musk sues OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, claiming betrayal of its goal to benefit humanity
Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its CEO Sam Altman over what he says is a betrayal of the ChatGPT maker’s founding aims of benefiting humanity rather than pursuing profits. In a lawsuit filed at San Francisco Superior Court, billionaire Musk said that when he bankrolled OpenAI’s creation, he secured an agreement with Altman and Greg Brockman, the president, to …
Read More »Ford electric vehicle owners can now charge on Tesla’s network, but they’ll need an adapter first
DETROIT (AP) — Owners of Ford electric vehicles can now use much of Tesla’s charging network in the U.S. and Canada, but there’s a hitch. They’ll need to get an adapter that Ford will provide for free, although the company won’t start shipping those until the end of March. Last May, Ford became the first automaker to reach an agreement …
Read More »Digital outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet sue OpenAI for unauthorized use of journalism
NEW YORK (AP) — Digital news outlets The Intercept, Raw Story and AlterNet are joining the fight against unauthorized use of their journalism in artificial intelligence, filing a copyright-infringement lawsuit Wednesday against ChatGPT owner OpenAI. The organizations say thousands of their stories were used by OpenAI to train chatbots to answer questions posed to it by users, in effect piggybacking …
Read More »How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday, 2/28/2024
Stocks drifted lower on Wall Street on a down day for tech stocks. The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 0.1% Wednesday, and the Nasdaq composite sank 0.5% a day after nearing its record set in 2021. The market regressed as Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks pulled back a bit from their dominating run. Treasury …
Read More »How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday, 2/27/2024
Stocks held relatively steady on Wall Street near their record levels. The S&P 500 managed a gain of 0.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.4%. Macy’s rose after unveiling a restructuring plan, and Norwegian Cruise Line steamed higher on hopes for a stronger 2024. Chevron weighed on the Dow amid worries that …
Read More »Turkish central bank keeps its key interest rate unchanged, pausing a series of hikes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank left its key interest rate unchanged at 45% on Thursday, pausing a series of aggressive rate hikes aimed at taming high inflation. The central bank said it was keeping the benchmark one-week repo rate on hold, according to a statement. It was the bank’s first interest rate decision under its newly appointed governor, …
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