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Finance & Economics

Traders Need Fed’s Signal to Keep Stocks Rallying

Wall Street is betting that Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell at the central bank’s annual confab in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, will confirm the intention of the United States financial regulator to decide on monetary easing, implying cutting interest rates.

Science & Technology

Kiteworks Raises $456 Million

Kiteworks has announced that it has raised a $456 million growth equity investment.

Finance & Economics

Jerome Powell Reportedly Huddles With Bank CEOs to Avoid Legal Fight Over Capital Plan

The media reports that the chairman of the Federal Reserve System, Jerome Powell, took part in a closed meeting with bank executives and urged them to cooperate with the financial regulator of the United States to avoid years of litigation over the proposal of the administration of US President Joe Biden on capital.

Science & Technology

Texas Instruments to Receive Up to $1.6 Billion From US Commerce Department

Texas Instruments, maker of microcircuits, on Friday, August 16, announced that it would receive from the US Commerce Department financing in the amount of up to $1.6 billion for the construction of three new facilities.

Science & Technology

Ex-Google CEO Sees Nvidia as Big AI Winner

Eric Schmidt, who headed Google for ten years, during a conversation with Stanford students, said that not being an investment consultant, he sees an obvious play on the stock market, which did not involve buying shares of his former employer.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Revolut Signs Agreements With Investors for Secondary Share Sale

Revolut has signed secondary share sale agreements with investors.

Science & Technology

Hong Kong’s Video Gaming Sector to Boost Due to GenAI

The process of implementing generative artificial intelligence, which is currently underway at the global level and demonstrates the tendency of gradual sustainable scaling, is likely to strengthen and probably will increase and diversify the possibilities of the video game industry in Hong Kong.

Science & Technology

EliseAI Raises $75 Million

EliseAI, an artificial intelligence platform focused on housing and healthcare, raised $75 million in a Series D funding round.

Fintech & Ecommerce

Banking Technology Firm Amount Raises $30 Million

The Amount company, which operates in the area of banking technologies, announced that it managed to raise investment funds for $30 million.

Finance & Economics

Japan’s Economy Bounces Back

The Japanese economy showed growth in the second quarter of the current year.

Finance & Economics

China’s Economy Fails to Rebound

In the current quarter, the downturn continues in the space of China’s economic system.

Science & Technology

Cisco Gives Upbeat Sales Forecast

Cisco Systems Inc., the largest manufacturer of computer networking equipment, has released an optimistic revenue forecast amid an increase in the number of orders, but at the same time announced its intention to reduce the number of its workforce as part of making significant changes to its activity strategy.

Science & Technology

McKinsey Sees AI Stimulates Consulting

McKinsey & Co. currently records an increase in the number of clients who are interested in projects related to the use of artificial intelligence.

Finance & Economics

UK Inflation Demonstrates Growth

In the United Kingdom, an increase in the inflation rate was recorded in July, which turned out to be lower than the preliminary expectations of experts interviewed by the media about the dynamic of this indicator and the forecast of the Bank of England.

Finance & Economics

UBS Profit Beats Forecasts

UBS Group AG has released data on the financial results of its operations in the second quarter of the current year, according to which the profit of this bank for the specified period exceeded preliminary expectations regarding the dynamic of the corresponding indicator.

Finance & Economics

European Stocks Demonstrate Growth Amid US Inflation Data Expectations

On Wednesday, August 14, European stock indexes demonstrated the dynamic of the growth at the beginning of trading.