Salesforce Taps Nvidia to Develop AI-Powered Avatars
The San Francisco companies said the collaboration will develop autonomous-agent and interactive-avatar experiences. Source link
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BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, Microsoft, MGX Launch AI Partnership
The partnership, called the Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership, will additionally build out energy infrastructure to create power sources for...
Musk Vows Legal Action After FAA Urges Fines Against SpaceX
The rocket company’s CEO accuses the Federal Aviation Administration of “regulatory overreach” after the agency alleges the company violated launch...
Transportation Department Blesses Alaska Air-Hawaiian Merger, With Strings
The carriers secured clearance from the Transportation Department to proceed with their merger, conditioned on the airlines maintaining service on...
U.S. Steelmakers Warn of Lower Profits as Manufacturers Slow Factories
Nucor and Steel Dynamics forecast a drop in third-quarter earnings, citing weaker demand and shaky prices. Source link
Universal Music Looks to Subscriptions, Superfans for Fresh Growth
The world’s largest music company laid out a vision to drive revenue growth through 2028. Source link
Can AI Companions Help Cure the Loneliness Epidemic?
Companion apps promise to make you less lonely. We decided to put them to the test. Source link
Philip Morris to Take $220 Million Loss on Sale of Inhaled-Medicine Unit
Philip Morris said it expects to record a loss on the sale of its inhaled-therapeutics unit to Molex Asia Holdings...
Cigna Demands FTC Retraction in Escalating Drug-Price Fight
The FTC report said the companies responsible for controlling spending on drugs were sometimes steering patients toward more expensive medicines....
Kingfisher Lifts Lower End of Guidance As Profits Rise
B&Q owner Kingfisher raised the lower end of its fiscal 2025 profit guidance above market expectations, after the B&Q owner...
Boeing Machinist Strike Adds Cash Crunch to New CEO's Rescue Mission
Ratings firms are warning that a prolonged work stoppage could sink the jet maker’s debt into junk status. Source link
Companies Like to Pit Internal Teams Against Each Other. Bad Idea.
Research suggests that when employees compete, they become less innovative, because they don’t want to share ideas with their rivals....
Air Canada, Pilots' Union Avert Strike With Four-Year Deal
The airline and Air Line Pilots Association reached a tentative labor agreement early Sunday, averting a strike at Canada’s biggest...
He Used to Bag Groceries. Now Kroger's CEO Is Trying to Save a $20 Billion Deal.
Rodney McMullen is fighting to save the deal he believes will secure Kroger’s future in the next wave of industry...
Nippon Steel Finds Unlikely Ally in Pittsburgh Workers
In Pennsylvania’s steel country, locals fight to keep their jobs at U.S. Steel even if it means foreign ownership. Source...
Railroads Love 'Monster' Trains. Texans Don't.
Freight trains are getting longer—some of them 3 miles or more—and that is making life unpleasant in places like Pleasantville,...
Office Romances Aren't New—Why Are They Still So Complicated?
The affair between Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw and an executive highlights the tricky terrain of workplace dating. Source link
What Scared Ford's CEO in China
Jim Farley is changing strategy to combat what he calls an ‘existential threat’ from China’s electric carmakers. Source link
The New Marketing Head at X Has an Impossible Job
Angela Zepeda ‘loves a big challenge.’ Repairing relationships with advertisers at Elon Musk’s social-media company will be her biggest yet....
Apple Has a Hot New Product. It's a Hearing Aid.
The world’s most valuable company just turned its top-selling headphones into low-cost hearing aids—and it’s quietly a huge moment. Source...
