Nikhil Inamdar, BBC News, Mumbai Getty Images From ceiling fans to jewellery, branded goods are capturing a bigger share of the Indian market India is home to 1.4 billion people but around a billion lack money to spend on any discretionary goods or services, a new report estimates. The country’s consuming class, effectively the potential…
GameStop Chairman Ryan Cohen. CNBC GameStop CEO and billionaire investor Ryan Cohen has increased his personal stake in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba to roughly 7 million shares worth about $1 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing people familiar with the matter, the Journal said the sizable stake in Alibaba is a bullish bet…
Thames Water utility van in the Cty of London on 3rd December 2024 in London, United Kingdom. Thames Water Utilities Ltd is a large private utility company responsible for the water supply and waste water treatment in most of Greater London and surrounding areas in England. (photo by Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images) Mike…
U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi shake hands, at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., Feb. 13, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters India and the U.S. will work to more than double bilateral trade to $500 billion by 2030, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a joint press conference…
The logo of SoftBank is displayed at a company shop in Tokyo, Japan January 28, 2025. Issei Kato | Reuters SoftBank Group posted a surprise quarterly loss Wednesday as investments under its Vision Funds fell into red. The Japanese company’s revenue also missed analysts’ estimates. Here are Softbank’s results compared with LSEG SmartEstimate, which is…
Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla Inc., ahead of the 60th presidential inauguration parade at Capital One Arena in Washington, DC, US, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Victor J. Blue | Bloomberg | Getty Images Elon Musk is leading a group of investors in offering to buy control of OpenAI for $97.4 billion, the…
Megacap technology companies funneled billions of dollars into artificial intelligence last year to try and keep up with unfettered demand. The hype isn’t dying down in 2025. Meta, Amazon, Alphabet and Microsoft intend to spend as much as $320 billion combined on AI technologies and datacenter buildouts in 2025, based on comments from their CEOs…
Bill Ackman, CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management, speaking at the Delivering Alpha conference in New York City on Sept. 28, 2023. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Pershing Square’s Bill Ackman revealed Friday that he has built a significant stake in Uber, saying the stock is still trading at a “massive” discount. In a post on…
Anduril, the defense-tech startup founded by Palmer Luckey, has signed a term sheet to raise capital at a $28 billion valuation, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is planning to raise up to $2.5 billion in the round, said the people who asked not to be named because the details are confidential….
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks next to SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son after U.S. President Donald Trump delivered remarks on AI infrastructure at the Roosevelt room at White House in Washington, U.S., January 21, 2025. Carlos Barria | Reuters OpenAI is in talks to raise up to $40 billion in a funding round that would lift…
