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Anthropic weighs new funding round at valuation exceeding $900 billion, Bloomberg News reports
April 29 (Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic is weighing raising funds in a new round that would value the Claude maker at more than $900 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesda...
Apr 29, 2026
Amazon tops cloud expectations on strong AI demand, shares rise
By Deborah Mary Sophia and Greg Bensinger April 29 (Reuters) - Amazon.com on Wednesday reported cloud sales growth above Wall Street expectations, driven by strong enterprise spending as companies con...
Apr 29, 2026
GM earmarks over $1 billion toward gas-engine output in US, Canada
By Kalea Hall DETROIT, April 29 (Reuters) - General Motors is investing about $1.4 billion in three U.S. factories and one Canadian plant that produce gas engines, transmissions and metal castings, th...
Apr 29, 2026
Senators propose legislation to tighten US ban on Chinese vehicles
WASHINGTON, April 29 (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Wednesday introduced legislation to toughen a U.S. government ban on Chinese automakers from entering the American market, weeks before President ...
Apr 29, 2026
Mexican tequila giant Becle's profits slump below forecasts on US drag
By Sarah Morland MEXICO CITY, April 29 (Reuters) - Mexico's Becle, the world's largest tequila maker, reported on Wednesday a 67% slump in its net profit during the first quarter, missing analyst fore...
Apr 29, 2026
ECB to hold rates steady but keep hikes firmly on the table
By Balazs Koranyi and Francesco Canepa FRANKFURT, April 30 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank will keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday like most of its global peers this week, but it is also ...
Apr 29, 2026
Analysis-BOJ locks in June rate hike in a risky bet that nothing gets worse
By Leika Kihara TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) - The Bank of Japan effectively committed to a June rate hike this week as it talked up the risks of an inflation overshoot, a gambit that rests on a shaky as...
Apr 29, 2026
Brazil central bank trims interest rates again, eyeing Iran conflict
By Isabel Teles and Bernardo Caram SAO PAULO, April 29 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Wednesday for a second straight meeting, leaving its next moves open a...
Apr 29, 2026
LinkedIn's AI hiring agents on track for $450 million in yearly revenue
By Stephen Nellis SAN FRANCISCO, April 29 (Reuters) - LinkedIn, the social network for professionals owned by Microsoft, on Wednesday said that its hiring products using what is known as agentic AI ar...
Apr 29, 2026
Fed sees three dissents over an 'easing bias.' What's that?
By Dan Burns April 29 (Reuters) - More Federal Reserve officials dissented against Wednesday's U.S. central bank policy decision and statement than at any of their interest-rate-setting meetings in th...
Apr 29, 2026
