By Horacio Soria and Lucinda Elliott MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) – Uruguayans are crossing into Argentina to shop for cheap food and fuel in their economic crisis-hit neighbor, but the trend is plungin[...]
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Entertainment and Lifestyle
Disney wants to keep ESPN, could offload some traditional TV assets – Iger
(Reuters) -Walt Disney wants to keep ESPN and will look for strategic partners to form a joint venture or buy a stake in the sports network to help take it directly to consumers, CEO Robert Iger said[...]
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Elon Musk thinks China is interested in an international AI framework
By Kanishka Singh and Anna Tong WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Billionaire Elon Musk said on Wednesday he thinks China is interested in a cooperative international framework on artificial intelligence, from co[...]
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Hollywood studios, actors agree to mediation as strike deadline looms
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Negotiators for the SAG-AFTRA actors union agreed late Tuesday to call in a federal mediator to try to forge a last-minute agreement with Hollywood studios and[...]
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US airline stock valuations stuck on runway despite travel boom
By Rajesh Kumar Singh CHICAGO (Reuters) -Relentless travel demand has sent bookings at U.S. carriers soaring, translating into bumper earnings. However, their shares have not shown the same trajectory[...]
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Microsoft’s $69 billion Activision deal gets US judge go-ahead, UK softens opposition
By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Microsoft cleared major hurdles to its plan to buy videogame maker Activision Blizzard on Tuesday, after a U.S. judge gave a thumbs-up to the $69 billion deal and[...]
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Reddit beats lawsuit by WallStreetBets founder
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit in which the founder of WallStreetBets, which helped ignite investors’ fascination with “meme” stock[...]
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Factbox – What’s next after US judge rules in favor of Microsoft-Activision deal?
(Reuters) – Microsoft cleared a major hurdle in its planned $69 billion purchase of videogame maker Activision Blizzard, as a judge gave a thumbs-up to the proposed deal a week before the July 1[...]
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27% of jobs at high risk from AI revolution, says OECD
PARIS (Reuters) – More than a quarter of jobs in the OECD rely on skills that could be easily automated in the coming artificial intelligence revolution, and workers fear they could lose their j[...]
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