Amazon invests another $4 bn in AI firm Anthropic
San Francisco (AFP) - Amazon is doubling its investment in Anthropic to $8 billion in a deepened collaboration on artificial ...
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After Trump win, EU leaders tackle ‘urgent’ reform agenda
Budapest (AFP) - Reforming Europe's economy is all the more urgent following Donald Trump's US election win, warned the author ...
UniCredit says needs a year to decide Commerzbank deal
Milan (Italy) (AFP) - The chief executive of Italy's UniCredit bank said Wednesday there would be no decision on a ...
UBS smashes forecasts with $1.4 bn net profit
Zurich (AFP) - Swiss banking giant UBS said Wednesday it earned a net profit of $1. 4 billion in the ...
Saudi ‘Davos in the desert’ opens with region on war footing
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) - Global business leaders gathered in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for a glitzy investor forum as ...
Indonesia bets on SE Asia’s first battery plant to become EV hub
Karawang (Indonesia) (AFP) - Rows of robotic arms move with precision to assemble nickel-based battery cells on the production line ...
French govt takes new blows over deal to sell painkiller maker to US fund
Paris (AFP) - French drugmaker Sanofi's confirmation that it will sell a controlling stake in its consumer health unit to ...
Sanofi pursues sale of painkiller after political controversy
Paris (AFP) - Sanofi confirmed on Monday plans to sell a controlling stake in its over-the-counter unit to a US ...
Starmer vows to cut red tape as he urges foreign investors to ‘back’ UK
London (AFP) - Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday told global business leaders it was "time to back Britain", as ...
AI bubble or ‘revolution’? OpenAI’s big payday fuels debate
San Francisco (AFP) - Fear of missing out has rocketed the value of artificial intelligence companies, despite few signs as ...
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