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...In its results on Thursday, Meta said its capital expenditure for 2024 would be $30bn-$37bn, $2bn more that it had previously guided, in order to fund “ambitious long-term AI research and product development...
...Can the Fed lower inflation with these developments that are loosening monetary conditions?...
...The tech giant’s intent to buy the James R Thompson Center building, designed by Germany-born architect Helmut Jahn, from the state of Illinois came as the Chicago business community takes on a momentous...
...S&P 500 and options tied to the Vix....
...That was equal to more than a fifth of advertising revenue and was more than the company paid for R&D....
...Its forward P/E is just 15. We’re still searching for good stock picks. If you’ve got a candidate, email us: robert.armstrong@ft.com and ethan.wu@ft.com....
...But funding the R&D necessary to make this a reality means the company is going to need to raise more money first....
..., UK, US: S&P Global/HCOB services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) figures Indonesia: Q4 GDP figures Mexico: Constitution Day holiday....
...Apple has invested at least $1bn in microLED R&D and even made a push into the actual manufacturing of the cutting-edge display technology....
...Others, however, may increase fares to recoup R&D costs. Autonomous vehicle technology has been in development for close to two decades....
...China’s pharma researchers do a lot of R&D of their own, but do not seem to produce many blockbusters....
...Pre-salt production rose from 41,000 b/d in 2010 to 2.3mn last year, fuelling record annual profits of R$188bn (US$39bn) and dividends of R$216bn at the company....
...Of the R$1.4tn ($290bn) of investments targeted by 2026, there is to be $76bn of federal funding....
...R&D spend was 60 per cent higher than Microsoft’s last year. Yet at 14 per cent of revenues it was not much higher than Microsoft’s 12 per cent....
...But how much more again comes down to whether you reckon the likes of R&D should be expensed or capitalised....
...The engineer’s balance sheet will also benefit from not having to spend heavily on a new engine development in the medium term....
...Job moves John Allan is to step down as chair of UK housebuilder Barratt Developments following allegations of misconduct by the former CBI president....
...In the US, Hulu continues to operate as a separate service to Disney and is the home to edgier programming, such as R-rated films....
...The tens of billions of dollars spent over several decades in fusion research and development are substantial when viewed in isolation....
...In fairness, this partly reflects changes to the tax deductibility of R&D costs, a $1.6bn annual drag, says Raytheon. It can no longer expense certain R&D costs immediately....
...“Even if you added in the 18 per cent returns accrued from the dividends you would have earned, you would still have lagged 30 per cent behind investors in the S&P 500,” Harnett said....
...Earlier this month S&P Global’s purchasing manager indices showed the sharpest decline in private sector activity since November 2020....
...SCOTUS The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the 303 Creative LLC vs Elenis case....
...So, like, if I looked at your model portfolio and it says, “OK, you need to have a certain amount of an S&P 500 index fund”, I could actually then say, “OK, my retirement account has a S&P 500 fund, so I...
...network systems, training and guidance; keep its Youth Zones open for at least four hours each day throughout winter; and offer at least 5,000 people a free cooked meal. burberry.com; onsideyouthzones.org P...
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