Amazon’s AWS to invest $35 billion in Virginia

Amazon’s AWS to invest billion in Virginia

WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The cloud services division of Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) said on Friday it plans to invest an additional $35 billion by 2040 to expand data centers in Virginia. Amazon Web Services (AWS) said the new investment will create 1,000 jobs. Republican Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin said AWS will establish multiple data … Read more

Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree, refocuses on AI

Alphabet cuts 12,000 jobs after pandemic hiring spree, refocuses on AI

Jan 20 (Reuters) – Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) is cutting around 12,000 jobs as it faces “a different economic reality”, it said in a memo, doubling down artificial intelligence (AI) and removing staff who support experimental projects. The job cuts affect 6% of its workforce and follow thousands of layoffs at tech giants … Read more

US home sales fall to 12-year low; glimmers of hope are emerging

US home sales fall to 12-year low; glimmers of hope are emerging

Existing home sales fall 1.5% in December Sales fall 17.8% in 2022, the biggest annual drop since 2008 Median home price rises 2.3% from a year ago WASHINGTON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – U.S. existing home sales fell to their lowest level in 12 years in December, but falling mortgage rates prompted cautious optimism that the … Read more

Musk expected to take a stand as trial resumes over Tesla tweet

Musk expected to take a stand as trial resumes over Tesla tweet

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Tesla Inc chief executive Elon Musk (TSLA.O) is set to testify in a jury trial on Friday over his 2018 Twitter post that he had ” secured financing” to take the power automaker private, which shareholders say has cost them millions in business losses. The class action lawsuit in … Read more

Here’s what Twitter lost in ad revenue in the final months of 2022

Here’s what Twitter lost in ad revenue in the final months of 2022

NEW YORK/LONDON, Jan 20 (Reuters) – Top advertisers on Twitter cut spending after the Elon Musk takeover, according to estimates compiled for Reuters by research firm Pathmatics, in the latest shock to the top source. of business income. According to Pathmatics estimates, fourteen of the top 30 advertisers on Twitter ceased all advertising on the … Read more

Brazilian court grants bankruptcy protection to retailer Americanas

Brazilian court grants bankruptcy protection to retailer Americanas

SAO PAULO, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A Rio de Janeiro court on Thursday accepted Brazilian retailer Americanas SA (AMER3.SA)’s application for bankruptcy protection, days after the company disclosed nearly $4 billion accounting inconsistencies that sparked a legal dispute with creditors and investors. Americanas, a 93-year-old company with stores across Brazil and a major e-commerce unit, … Read more

Wall St plunges as tight labor market fuels Fed concerns

Wall St plunges as tight labor market fuels Fed concerns

Procter & Gamble tumbles after commodity price pressure warning Netflix down ahead of quarterly results Dow down 0.36%, S&P 500 down 0.35%, Nasdaq down 0.55% NEW YORK, Jan 19 (Reuters) – U.S. stock indexes fell on Thursday after data indicating a tight labor market fueled concerns that the Federal Reserve will maintain its aggressive rate … Read more

Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs, adding to tech layoff glut

Microsoft to cut 10,000 jobs, adding to tech layoff glut

DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Wednesday it would cut 10,000 jobs and take a $1.2 billion charge from profits as its cloud computing customers reassess their expenses and that the company prepares for a possible recession. . The layoffs add to the tens of thousands announced in recent months … Read more

Sex pills and designer clothes found in mafia boss Messina Denaro’s hideout

Sex pills and designer clothes found in mafia boss Messina Denaro’s hideout

Messina Denaro caught up after 30 years on the run Apartment found in a western Sicilian town Doctor who prescribed cancer treatment under investigation PALERMO, Italy, Jan 17 (Reuters) – Perfumes, designer clothes and sex pills were discovered on Tuesday in an apartment which investigators believe was the last hiding place of Sicilian mafia boss … Read more

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

Tesla video promoting self-driving was staged, engineer testifies

Jan 17 (Reuters) – A 2016 video that Tesla (TSLA.O) used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities such as stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system didn’t have, according to testimony from a senior engineer. The video, which remains archived on Tesla’s website, was … Read more