Amazon Readying AI Overhaul Of Alexa Voice Assistant With Paid Plan: Report
Alexa is getting an AI upgrade that could include a new paid tier for the voice-enabled assistant, CNBC reported.
Alexa is getting an AI upgrade that could include a new paid tier for the voice-enabled assistant, CNBC reported.
CNN’s Matt Egan looks at how Trump media shares are in a free fall after sell-off this week.
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City analysts are generally very positive on National Grid shares. But they're not quite as bullish on the Legal & General share price. The post Here are brokers’ new price targets for Legal & General and National Grid shares appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
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UK share prices are having a good 2024, so far, and this one's already up 39%. Two takeover bids in a month have been a big help. The post This UK share just spiked 15% on bid news. Can we bag a quick profit? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son dumped his entire stake in Nvidia after a crypto downturn hurt sales to miners—now he wants to make good with a huge bet on artificial superintelligence.
With interest rates still high, there’s still a chance for UK investors to buy shares in some quality companies at unusually attractive prices. The post What are the best UK shares to buy now? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Nvidia's (NVDA) reign as the most valuable publicly traded company was brief. The semiconductor giant extended its losses, shedding $118 billion in market capitalization. The company, which recently surpassed Microsoft (MSFT) to claim the top spot, is seeing shares drop amid the market's triple-witching Friday. Read more about Nvidia's run here. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Morning Brief. This post was written by Angel Smith
Shares of data-mining and analytics company Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) fell 5.7% in the morning session after Monness, Crespi, Hardt analyst Brian White downgraded the stock's rating from Neutral to Sell and assigned a $20 price target. The price target represents a potential 15% decline from where shares traded when the downgrade was announced. The analyst called out "worries in the software space." adding that earnings results from some of the large enterprise software companies that recently report
This retail rollout story offers expansion potential and a generous and growing dividend for passive income – should I buy? The post Dividend up 10%! A rare small-cap stock to consider for passive income and growth appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
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Jon Smith discusses two of his favourite passive income shares in the banking and property sectors, both featuring yields above 6%. The post 2 super-cheap passive income shares I’m eyeing up right now appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
STORY: Here's what's been making the business headlines in sub-Saharan Africa this week.1. South African logistics utility Transnet has said it will appeal a court decision to award Sasol and TotalEnergies around 6.2 billion rand, or $344 million, in damages and interest to settle a tariff dispute.Sasol said on Thursday (June 20) it had won the award in a High Court ruling against Transnet, which it accused of overcharging for transporting crude oil for several years.2. Ghana has reached an agreement in principle with its bondholders for the restructuring of $13 billion worth of international debt, three sources have said.The West African gold and cocoa producer defaulted on most of its $30 billion in external debt in 2022, under the strain of factors including the global health crisis and the war in Ukraine.3. China's nickel giant Tsingshan Holding Group has started production at its $1 billion steel plant in central Zimbabwe, a company official said on Thursday.Dinson Iron and Steel Company will produce 600,000 metric tons of carbon steel annually during the first phase of its operations, project director Wilfred Motsi told reporters during a tour of the plant.4. Nigerian energy firm Aiteo said on Wednesday (June 19) that it had shut down all oil production at its Nembe Creek facility, nearly 50,000 barrels per day of output, after detecting a leak.:: Bayelsa, Nigeria:: November 25, 2021Oil spills in the Niger Delta have had a catastrophic impact on communities where people have no other water supply than creeks, and rely on farming and fishing.5. And finally, Africa's hopes of meeting United Nations sustainable development goals by 2030 are "all but dead", a report by Sudanese-British billionaire businessman Mo Ibrahim's foundation has said.That's amid an annual funding shortfall of around $1.3 trillion.The study highlights the need for radical changes in financing and how African leaders can band together to represent the continent's needs to other world leaders, with Ibrahim saying "Africa has no voice in the global arena".
Tech sector funds have seen record inflows this week, according to Bank of America's Investment Strategy and EPFR, while crude oil prices (BZ=F, CL=F) are on the rise. In addition, Nvidia (NVDA) shares were bogged down in Friday's session following a sell-off on Thursday. What is in the chip giant's future, and can its stock price manage to bounce back? Yahoo Finance's Jared Blikre walks through the latest market trends for Friday, June 21. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Asking for a Trend. This post was written by Nicholas Jacobino
YouGov’s share price just fell from 820p to 440p after a poor trading update. Is now a good time to buy the British growth stock? The post Growth stock YouGov just fell 46%. Time to buy? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Earlier in the year, Bitcoin dominated financial headlines thanks to its recent halving and the emergence of spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) boosting its demand. However, Cathie Wood of Ark Invest made a bullish prediction that Ethereum (ETH) may soon catch up to Bitcoin and potentially offer investors significant returns in the years ahead. Don't Miss: If you invested $100 in DOGE when Elon Musk first tweeted about it in 2019, here’s how much you’d have today. Dogecoin millionaires are increa
For at least four years, Oracle CEO Safra Catz and founder Larry Ellison have been telling investors that the enterprise software company’s business was about to leave behind a stretch of lackluster growth, thanks to a major push into cloud computing. Oracle has become a major player in both cloud computing and artificial intelligence, steadily adding marquee names to its list of cloud customers. In reporting financial results for the May quarter, for instance, Oracle announced new deals to provide cloud computing capacity to both OpenAI and its partner Microsoft, and to Google Cloud.
While markets (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) enter into a triple witching day on Friday, is the outlook as spooky as it seems after Nvidia (NVDA) experiences a stock sell-off? Evercore ISI Senior Managing Director of Equity, Derivatives, and Quantitative Strategy Julian Emanuel comments on how this all relates to the broader market, which remains generally resilient in this week's trading. "If you talk to our fundamental analysts on the name, he thinks you could get to a market weighting of between 10 and 15% between now and 2030," Emanuel says. "And that's obviously based on the promise of AI, but look, the fact that that that these kinds of short-term potholes in a name that's moved this far, they are to be expected. For more expert insight and the latest market action, click here to watch this full episode of Market Domination. This post was written by Luke Carberry Mogan.
After a strong start out of the blocks this month, our writer asks whether Raspberry Pi shares could move further upwards in coming years. The post Could Raspberry Pi shares hit £5 by 2030? appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.
Christopher Ruane outlines a handful of investing lessons from billionaire Warren Buffett that he thinks can help a small investor like him. The post I’d use these 5 Warren Buffett approaches to build wealth appeared first on The Motley Fool UK.