WASHINGTON — Sen. Bob Menendez of New Jersey suggested Monday that hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash seized by federal investigators from his home as part of a probe that led to his bribery indictment came from his personal savings account. “I have withdrawn thousands of dollars in cash from my […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Alcoa, Nio, Williams-Sonoma, Chefs’ Warehouse and more
Rolled aluminum is fed into a machine on the auto treatment line at the Alcoa Inc. Davenport Works aluminum facility in Riverdale, Iowa. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alcoa — Shares of the aluminum stock slipped 5% after the […]
ChatGPT can now ‘speak,’ listen and process images, OpenAI says
Sam Altman, chief executive officer of OpenAI, at an event in Seoul, South Korea, on Friday, June 9, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images OpenAI’s ChatGPT can now “see, hear and speak” — or, at least, understand spoken words, respond with a synthetic voice and process images, the company […]
Spotify will use AI to replicate podcasters’ voices and translate them to other languages
CANNES, FRANCE – JUNE 20: Spotify’s CEO and Co-Founder Daniel Ek (L) joins author and comedian Trevor Noah to discuss the future of storytelling at Spotify Beach on June 20, 2023 in Cannes, France. (Photo by David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images for Spotify) David M. Benett | Getty Images Entertainment […]
DOJ says Hunter Biden prosecutor David Weiss can testify to House Judiciary Committee in ‘near term’
U.S. Attorney David Weiss speaks during a press conference on May 3, 2018, at his district office in Wilmington, Del. Suchat Pederson | The News Journal | AP The Department of Justice said that David Weiss — the special counsel prosecuting Hunter Biden — in the “near term” will be […]
Offices remain half full after latest round of RTO mandates: Taking away hybrid could be a ‘betrayal’
Since the beginning of the pandemic, corporate bosses have used Labor Day as a benchmark to call workers back to offices. And in the last year, some of the companies who first sang the praises of remote work, like Google, Meta, Amazon and even Zoom, have cracked down on office […]
Writers reach tentative deal with studios to end strike after nearly 150 days
Hollywood’s writers and studios have a preliminary labor agreement. Talks between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers resumed last week after months of starts and stops, ultimately leading to a tentative deal that would end the ongoing writers strike. The WGA and […]
Stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading: AstraZeneca, Paramount, Nike and more
Striking members of the Writers Guild of America picket with striking members of SAG-AFTRA, the actors guild, outside Paramount Studios in Los Angeles, Sept. 18, 2023. Mario Tama | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before the bell. AstraZeneca — Shares rose 1.4% after Jefferies upgraded the stock […]
10-year Treasury yield rises to start the week, trades near levels not seen since 2007
U.S. Treasury yields were higher Monday as investors considered what could be next for interest rates and awaited fresh economic data due this week. The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose by more than 6 basis points to 4.509%. The 10-year yield hit a high seen Friday when it traded […]
Saudi Arabia’s auto rental firm Lumi pops 30% in stock market debut
Cityscape of Saudi capital Riyadh. Harri Jarvelainen Photography | Moment | Getty Images Shares of Lumi soared as much as 30% on Monday at the Saudi Arabian auto rental firm debuted on the Riyadh stock exchange in a 1.09 billion riyal ($290 million) initial public offering. A unit of Saudi […]