November 2024 – Page 132 – Best Day Investing

Hurricanes, strikes seen denting US job growth as Americans prepare to vote

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely slowed sharply in October amid disruptions from hurricanes and strikes by aerospace factory workers, but a steady unemployment rate should…

November 1, 2024

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Exclusive-Chinese researchers develop AI model for military use on back of Meta’s Llama

By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang (Reuters) – Top Chinese research institutions linked to the People’s Liberation Army have used Meta (NASDAQ:META)’s publicly available Llama model to develop an AI…

November 1, 2024

Economy

Asia’s factory activity stagnates, taking shine off rebound in China

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia’s manufacturing activity stagnated in October as a rebound in China failed to give much of a boost to regional factories, private surveys showed,…

November 1, 2024

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Ex-FamilyMart minority shareholders secure another landmark win over Itochu buyout

By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – Tokyo’s high court has ruled the fair value of FamilyMart shares was 13% higher than Itochu’s buyout offer, in another landmark…

November 1, 2024

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US urges Israel to extend waiver on co-operation with Palestinian banks

By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Israel’s decision for a month’s waiver extension on co-operation between Israeli and Palestinian banks covered a “very short term” and would create “another looming…

November 1, 2024

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Japan must avoid issuing debt to fund fresh spending, IMF says

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan must fund any additional spending plans within its budget rather than issuing more debt, the International Monetary Fund said on Friday, urging the government…

November 1, 2024

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Asia markets start momentous month on cautious side, US payrolls awaited

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian markets started a likely momentous month on the cautious side, with shares mostly lower and Treasury yields near three-month highs on Friday, while…

November 1, 2024

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Amazon’s plan to tackle Temu, Shein? Sell more toothpaste

By Arriana McLymore and Ananya Mariam Rajesh (Reuters) – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN)’s push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a…

November 1, 2024

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Google brings AI answers to map applications

By Kenrick Cai (Reuters) – Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)’s Google on Thursday announced a set of features that incorporated Gemini, its artificial intelligence chatbot, into its suite of mapping applications. Widely perceived…

November 1, 2024

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OpenAI adds new search function to ChatGPT

(Reuters) – OpenAI on Thursday added a set of new search functions to its popular large language model ChatGPT, opting to integrate the feature into the chatbot instead of launching…

November 1, 2024