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FMCG major Nestle India on Wednesday said it has changed the record date for payment of final dividend to July 16 from July 15 earlier.Previously, the company’s board had recommended a final dividend of Rs 8.5 per share for the 15 months ending March 2024. The record date will determine who is eligible to receive this dividend.The record date shifted by one day as the Board of Directors changed the date of the 65th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders to July 8 for administrative reasons. If the proposed dividend is approved at the Annual General Meeting, the dividend will be…

Here’s a look at the biggest movers in premarket trading: Oracle — The cloud services company rose about 8% after announcing a deal with Google and OpenAI. Oracle plans to make its database available on Google Cloud starting in November. It will also partner with Microsoft and OpenAI for additional computing power. Paramount Global — Shares fell 2.3% after National Amusements called off talks on a proposed merger between Skydance and Paramount, according to CNBC’s David Faber. Birkenstock — Shares fell 2.7% after Goldman Sachs downgraded the stock to neutral from buy. The bank likes the German shoe company’s investment…

Bitcoin ETFs recorded a second straight day of outflows on Tuesday, with $200 million leaving 11 U.S. spot products, the most since May 1. Grayscale’s GBTC was the hardest hit, as usual, with $120 million outflows. ARK 21Shares’ ARKB, Bitwise’s BITB and VanEck’s HODL saw outflows ranging from $57 million to $7 million. “The market is [in] “Risk aversion is prevalent ahead of the CPI and FOMC tomorrow. This month’s FOMC will also see the release of the dot plot, which will tell the market how many rate cuts the Fed expects for the remainder of 2024,” Singapore-based QCP Capital…

A view across the River Thames of new high-rise tower buildings and older towers under construction in Rotherhithe and beyond in Bermosey, London, England, on January 16, 2024.Mike Kemp | Photo | Getty ImagesLONDON — Britain’s economic growth ground to a halt in April, according to preliminary figures released Wednesday, stalling a slow recovery from last year’s recession just weeks before a general election.Economists polled by Reuters had expected the economy to grow at a flat pace after expanding 0.4 percent in March.Longer term the picture is looking slightly brighter, with gross domestic product growing 0.7% in the three months…

In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, an institutional investor alleges that Elon Musk used insider information to sell Tesla shares and make billions of dollars, and asks a court to order the Tesla CEO to return his “illegal profits.”The lawsuit was filed two days before a crucial vote by Tesla shareholders on whether to reinstate Musk’s $56 billion compensation package after a Delaware judge vacated it in January, finding that Musk had mismanaged the process. According to the lawsuit filed by the Employees’ Retirement System of Rhode Island (ERSRI), Musk and his brother Kimbal Musk, who is a member of…

US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks at a conference celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Federal Reserve’s Department of Research and Statistics, in Washington, DC, USA, November 8, 2023. (Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)Celal Gunes | Anadolu | Getty ImagesWednesday is shaping up to be one of the most important days of the year for economic news, as investors will find out the trajectory of inflation and how the Federal Reserve plans to respond.The combination of events — starting with the release of the all-important May Consumer Price Index in the morning and ending with the Fed’s…

Here’s a look at some of the companies making waves in after-hours trading: Oracle — The technology company’s shares rose nearly 9% after announcing cloud deals with Google and OpenAI, despite its fourth-quarter earnings missing expectations. Oracle reported adjusted earnings per share of $1.63 on revenue of $14.29 billion, while analysts were expecting earnings per share of $1.65 and revenue of $14.55 billion. Rubrik — The cloud data management company’s shares rose 3% after it beat first-quarter revenue expectations. Rubrik reported revenue of $187 million for the quarter, while analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting $172 million. Rentokil Initial —…

Joey Chestnut, a contestant in Nathan’s famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, stands next to Nathan’s mascot, Frank Star, prior to the official weigh-in ceremony in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA on July 2, 2021.Angus Mordaunt | ReutersNathan’s famous Fourth of July hot dog eating contest will be without one this year.Major League Eating announced Tuesday that it was parting ways with 16-time champion Joey “Jaws” Chestnut ahead of this year’s tournament. Nathan’s Famous.Chestnut was previously offered a four-year, $1.2 million contract by MLE to take part in the hot dog competition, a source familiar…

The tide is turning in Apple’s favor, with the iPhone maker set to outperform AI chip maker Nvidia, according to BTIG chart analysts. “While mega-cap tech remains a bright spot, we believe it may eventually succumb to weak range,” Chief Market Technician Jonathan Krinsky said in a note on Tuesday, noting that few stocks are doing well in the market, while many are stagnating or falling. Apple has lagged Nvidia’s performance in recent years. So far in 2024, Tim Cook’s company has a lead of less than 7%, while Nvidia has soared 144%. The chip stock’s lead has been even…

Although momentum for open source generative AI is strong, a deeper analysis paints a different reality: Open source generative AI faces major funding challenges. When it comes to large-scale foundational models, only large companies like Databricks, Snowflake, Meta, or well-funded startups like Mistral have kept up with the performance of large-scale closed models. Most of the releases from other labs like Databricks and Snowflake are focused on optimized enterprise workloads, while most of the recent open source research is focused on complementary techniques rather than new models.