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☆ Alexey Navalny's death wasn't directly ordered by Putin, WSJ reports
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Putin critic Alexey Navalny's death may not have been planned to happen when it did, WSJ reported. The Journal reported that this opinion is shared by several US intelligence agencies. AdvertisementAlexey Navalny's February death in a remote Arctic prison camp likely wasn't directly ordered by Vladimir Putin, despite Navalny's outspoken criticism of the Russian president, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday. Despite the suspicious circumstances of the opposition leader's death, the outlet reported Putin may not have intended Navalny to be killed when he was. None of the intelligence agencies cited by the Journal or the Pentagon have responded to requests for comment from Business Insider.
Persons: Alexey Navalny's, Navalny's, —, Vladimir Putin, Putin, — wasn't, Putin wasn't, Leonid Volkov, Navalny Organizations: Kremlin, Service, Street, CIA, National Intelligence, State, Journal, Pentagon, Business Locations: Russian, Poland
☆ Apple is weighing a big decision impacting the next iPhone release: OpenAI or Google's Gemini
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Apple is in talks with OpenAI and Google to bring AI to the next iPhone, Bloomberg reported. Tim Cook in recent months has teased that Apple has big plans for AI coming this year. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Business Insider previously reported that the iPhone 16 is expected to be released this fall.
Persons: Tim Cook, — Organizations: Apple, OpenAI, Google, Bloomberg, Service, Business
☆ Xi shakes up China’s military in rethink of how to ‘fight and win’ future wars
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Nectar Gan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +8 min
Chinese leader Xi Jinping oversees the inauguration of the Information Support Force of the People's Liberation Army at a ceremony in Beijing on April 19, 2024. The Information Support Force will be led by top generals from the now-defunct SSF. These functions will now be supervised at his level and not through the Strategic Support Force, which served as a middleman,” Wuthnow said. Though US intelligence officials said the balloon was part of an extensive surveillance program run by the Chinese military, Xi may not have been aware of the mission. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has scrapped the People's Liberation Army's Strategic Support Force, a branch he founded in 2015.
Persons: Xi Jinping, Xi, ”, Wu Qian, SSF, Bi Yi, Li Wei, Ju Qiansheng, Joel Wuthnow, ” Wuthnow, Joe Biden, didn’t, Xinhua News Agency James Char, Char Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, Strategic Support Force, Support Force, PLA, China’s Defense, Aerospace Force, Cyberspace Force, Central Military Commission, Logistic Support Force, Information, Force, People's Liberation Army, Xinhua News, Information Support Force, Xinhua, Pentagon, National Defense University, Aerospace Systems Department, Network System Department, Xinhua News Agency, Rajaratnam, of International Studies, SSF’s Aerospace Systems Department, “, Communist Party, Taiwan Locations: China, Hong Kong, Beijing, Washington, United States, Singapore, Ukraine, Taiwan Strait, Taiwan
☆ Too busy for hush money? Trump debuts longshot 'multi-tasking' defense during testimony by longtime assistant Rhona Graff
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
The now-retired assistant, Rhona Graff, told jurors that Trump was prone to "multi-tasking" and sometimes would be on the phone at the same time he signed checks. The testimony was elicited during Graff's cross-examination by Trump attorney Susan Necheles. Related storiesThe nine checks are the only records bearing Trump's signature out of 34 checks, invoices, and business-ledger records he allegedly falsified. After Trump signed each check, it would be FedExed back to the Trump Organization's Trump Tower headquarters, scanned into the company records, and then cut and mailed to Cohen. — respectful boss to me," Graff told jurors of working alongside Trump in the Trump Organization headquarters on the 25th-floor of Trump Tower.
Persons: —, Donald Trump, Rhona Graff, Trump, Trump's, Michael Cohen, Stormy Daniels, Susan Necheles, Necheles, Graff, Susan Hoffinger, Juan Merchan, Cohen, Alvin Bragg, Bragg, Daniels, Karen McDougal, McDougal, Playboy Bunny Organizations: Service, Business, GOP, Manhattan, Trump, Court, Trump Organization, White, Prosecutors, Trump Tower Locations: New York, Trump
☆ You may be driving your colleagues nuts with a seemingly harmless Slack practice known as 'hey hanging'
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
If you've ever sent a message that said "hi" and nothing else, you may be guilty of "hey hanging." Some workers say the practice can cause anxiety and disrupt productivity. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: you've, — Organizations: Service, Business
☆ AI tools from Microsoft and Google are just streamlining middle management, leading AI expert says: WSJ
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Microsoft Copilot and Google Gemini have been advertised as AI-powered productivity tools. But Ethan Mollick, a leading AI expert, has a more cynical view of the products. Copilot automates middle management while Gemini makes surveillance easier, he told WSJ. AdvertisementMicrosoft and Google rolled out their own AI-powered productivity tools last year, touting them as products that could revolutionize how people work. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Ethan Mollick, —, JP Morgan Organizations: Microsoft, Google, Gemini, Service, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, White, Business
☆ Facebook cofounder accuses Tesla of being the next 'Enron'
  + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Read previewA Facebook cofounder's attacks against Tesla continues, and it comes with one of his boldest allegations against the company to date: Tesla is the next Enron. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 26, 2024Moskovitz had not yet addressed Musk's posts on Friday. On Wednesday, the Facebook cofounder acknowledged the gravity of his comments in his social media post. Moskovitz also has long been skeptical of Elon Musk and his ventures. "I call on Elon Musk to resign," Moskovitz said on Threads last year, adding that he should resign "(from everything)."
Persons: —, Tesla, Dustin Moskovitz, Asana, Elon Musk, Musk, Dustin Moskowitz, — Elon, Moskovitz Organizations: Service, Business, Tesla, Enron, Traffic Safety Administration, Securities and Exchange Commission, Bloomberg, Justice Department, SpaceX, Elon
☆ Alphabet is 'back from the dead': Big Tech's Alex Kantrowitz
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet is 'back from the dead': Big Tech's Alex KantrowitzAlex Kantrowitz, Big Technology founder, joins 'Closing Bell' to discuss his takeaway from mega cap tech earnings this week and his expectation for the rest of the sector next week.
Persons: Alex Kantrowitz Alex Kantrowitz Organizations: Big Technology
☆ Google is 'going on the offensive:' What analysts are saying after latest Alphabet earnings
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Analysts from major firms, ranging from UBS to Bank of America, were encouraged by accelerated growth in Google Search, Cloud and YouTube seen in the previous quarter. GOOGL YTD mountain Google stock this year. Sandler kept his overweight rating and increased his price target by $27 to $200, which implies 28% potential upside from Thursday's close. Jefferies's Brent Thill maintained his buy rating and upped his price target by $20 to $200, saying shares are trading at an attractive valuation. His target price suggests only about 11% potential upside from Thursday's close.
Persons: Doug Anmuth, Anmuth, Ross Sandler's, Sandler, Jefferies's Brent Thill, Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Justin, Ken Gawrelski, Gawrelski Organizations: Google, UBS, Bank of America, YouTube, JPMorgan, Barclays, –, buybacks, & &
☆ Stock market today: Indexes jump to close best week since November as investors cheer tech earnings
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Yuheng Zhan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementUS stocks closed higher on Friday to end the best week since November, with tech rallying after earnings from mega-cap stalwarts. Instead, traders focused mostly on earnings strength from Alphabet and Microsoft. In a Friday note, Fundstrat's Mark Newton pointed out that the earnings of Alphabet and Microsoft are paving the way for a broad rally. Next week, Apple and Amazon, will release earnings and investors will be focused on the Fed's next policy meeting scheduled for April 30-May 1.
Persons: —, Fundstrat's Mark Newton, Savita Subramanian, we're, it's, Subramanian Organizations: Microsoft, Service, Federal, Amazon, Nvidia, Technology, Bank of, CNBC, Apple, Dow Locations: Here's
☆ Personal CEO calls and $1 million pay packages: How tech companies recruit top AI talent amid a 'gold rush'
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Kali Hays | Ellen Thomas | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +9 min
On top of that, she added that tech companies will give people in AI-related jobs bonuses for performance and plenty of equity compensation. About half of the people came from Big Tech companies. Gill said the new Kognitos hires who haven't come from Big Tech have jumped ship from other startups. Some AI talent are even striking it out on their own to start their own companies. He left his tech job to form an AI startup after seeing another large fundraise from another new AI company.
Persons: —, Sam Altman, Altman, Mark Zuckerberg, Dan Portillo, Goldman Sachs, Jaclyn Rice Nelson, Nelson, that's, Claude chatbot that's, Binny Gill, Kognitos, Gill, he's, haven't, David Steinberg, Steinberg, AI's Nelson, There's, Greg Selker, Stanton Chase, Selker, hemming, hawing Organizations: Service, Business, Meta, Sweat Equity Ventures, OpenAI, Big Tech, Zeta Global Locations: Anthropic, ChatGPT
☆ Friday, April 26, 2024: Jim Cramer breaks down blowout quarter for this mega-cap tech holding
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Friday, April 26, 2024: Jim Cramer breaks down blowout quarter for this mega-cap tech holdingJim and Jeff discuss the big quarter for this mega-cap tech stock. They also talk about the big re-rating for this mega cap tech stock. Finally, they discuss the mega cap tech earnings impact on this semiconductor stock.
Persons: Jim Cramer, Jim, Jeff
☆ Stock market today: Indexes gain as investors assess new inflation data and latest earnings
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Max Adams | Yuheng Zhan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
US stocks rose on Friday as markets assessed new inflation data in the form of March PCE. The Fed's preferred gauge showed inflation rose 2.8% year-over-year, slightly higher than estimates. AdvertisementUS stocks climbed on Friday, with investors digesting new inflation data and cheering earnings from mega-cap tech titans Microsoft and Alphabet. Personal consumption expenditures data showed prices rose more than expected last month. The Federal Reserve's preferred measure of inflation showed an uptick of 2.8% versus estimates of 2.7%.
Persons: —, Clark Bellin Organizations: PCE, Microsoft, Google, Service, Federal, Bellwether
☆ BofA's Savita Subramanian: More to the S&P 500 than just semiconductors and megacap tech companies
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBofA's Savita Subramanian: More to the S&P 500 than just semiconductors and megacap tech companiesSavita Subramanian, BofA Securities head of U.S. equity and quantitative strategy, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, state of the economy, the Fed's interest rate outlook, and more.
Persons: Subramanian Organizations: BofA Securities
☆ Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Alphabet, Microsoft, Intel, Snap and more
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Sarah Min | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Earnings of $1.89 per share topped the $1.51 in earnings per share anticipated by analysts polled by LSEG. Revenue of $80.54 billion topped expectations of $78.59 billion. Revenue of $83.08 billion topped estimates of $78.35 billion. Otherwise, Chevron's earnings of $2.93 per share topped the consensus estimate of $2.87 in earnings per share. Charter Communications — The broadband and cable provider dropped 3.4% after first-quarter earnings came in weaker than anticipated.
Persons: Snap's, Chevron's, LSEG, AutoNation, AbbVie, Skechers, FactSet, — CNBC's Michelle Fox, Alex Harring, Tanaya Macheel, Jesse Pound Organizations: Microsoft, LSEG, Intel —, Intel, Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Colgate, Palmolive, Revenue, Charter Communications, Charter Locations: LSEG .
☆ A top exec at PR giant Edelman lays out its plan to invest in generative AI
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Lauren Johnson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
To do so, Edelman recently promoted Brian Buchwald to global chair of product and AI to oversee the firm's AI investments. Buchwald joined Edelman in 2023 and was previously the global head of product, trust data, and technology at the firm. Previously, this tool used small language models and now uses generative AI and large language models, Buchwald said. Using generative AI has increased the tool's ability to predict future trustworthiness with 97% accuracy, he said. More broadly, holding companies have made significant investments into generative AI for content creation that compete with Edelman.
Persons: Edelman, Taco Bell, Brian Buchwald, Buchwald, Weber, Interpublic Group's Weber, Jay Pattisall, Forrester Organizations: eBay, Business, New York Times, Google, Adobe, Edelman, WPP Locations: Talkwaker
☆ Microsoft's going to keep spending big as AI continues to boom
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Microsoft plans to boost spending on AI and cloud services as demand rises. Microsoft's spending commitment follows leaked plans to acquire 1.8 million AI chips in 2024. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In its third-quarter earnings call on Thursday, the tech giant said it will continue to invest in AI and cloud services because of growing demand and a rise in average spending on its cloud platform, Azure.
Persons: —, Amy Hood Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Business
☆ Chipotle says its service is much faster now, and it means fewer people are bothering to order ahead
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Chipotle's CFO said that says that fewer customers are ordering ahead as its service speeds up. A key metric for the chain is how many entrées each restaurant makes in its peak 15 minutes. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementChipotle says that its service is becoming so much speedier that fewer customers are bothering to order ahead on its app. During the pandemic, many fast-food and fast-casual chains rolled out ways for customers to order ahead so that customers could skip the line.
Persons: —, Chipotle, Jack Hartung, Brian Niccol, Niccol, Hartung Organizations: Service, Business, Boston
☆ Meta's median pay for employees is $379,000 a year
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Camilo Fonseca | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
The median employee at Meta earned over $379,000 in 2023, according to a recent filing. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . That's according to a recent SEC filing, where the company stated that its median employee made just over $379,000 in 2023. But within the world of Big Tech, Meta's median salary isn't as eye-popping as it might seem.
Persons: —, Mark Zuckerberg's, Zuckerberg Organizations: Meta, Google, Service, SEC, Big Tech, Industry
☆ We have more insights as to where the economy is headed — and it's not good
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . In today's big story, we're looking at how the latest GDP data has shifted the expectations of where the economy is headed. Now, the economy will need some type of event (see: bubble popping) for rate cuts to become an option anytime soon, Miskin said. Energy price shocks could bring the world economy to a "vulnerable moment," chief economist Indermit Gill warned.
Persons: —, TikTok, they're, you'd, Jia Feng, It'll, Insider's Madison Hoff, It's, Jerome Powell, Anna Moneymaker, BI's Filip De Mott, Jamie Dimon, Matt Miskin, Miskin, Mark Zuckerberg, C, Cox, Jenny Chang, Rodriguez, Goldman Sachs, Guess what's, Indermit Gill, Alphabet's, Redmond, Tyler Le, Doug McMillon, execs, Dan DeFrancesco, Jordan Parker Erb, Hallam Bullock, George Glover Organizations: Business, Service, Reserve, stagflation, JPMorgan, Wall Street, John Hancock Investment Management, Galatioto Sports Partners, Bank, Google, Big Tech, Microsoft, Health, Linkedin, YouTube, ExxonMobil Locations: Chevron, New York, London
☆ Apple reports next week. Here's a no-cost options trade to capitalize on a possible earnings bounce
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Jeff Kilburg | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +2 min
Big tech earnings reports have put investors on quite the roller coaster. Alphabet , Microsoft and Tesla have all moved higher post earnings, while Meta and IBM had opposite reactions by dropping precipitously. Inside of this recent technology, I think it is time to add to a nearly forgotten Magnificent Seven laggard: Apple . Apple is down 11% year to date, and I want to add exposure in a zero-cost manner ahead of its earnings release next Thursday. Investors are anticipating a year-over-year decline in both earnings and revenue for this former tech favorite, but I believe this is already priced into the stock.
Organizations: Microsoft, Tesla, Meta, IBM, Apple, Big, mojo
☆ Palmer Luckey's start-up Anduril just proved it can challenge legacy defense contractors and win
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Polly Thompson | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Anduril has just been selected as one of two vendors for a major US air force contract. AdvertisementAnduril Industries, the defense tech startup run by Palmer Luckey, has just been awarded a major contract by the US Air Force, beating out legacy names like Boeing and Lockheed Martin. The Air Force hopes to eventually buy at least 1,000 CAA systems at a cost of $30 million per drone. "I'm confident we're going to deliver on budget and on schedule some really sick AI-powered fighter jets," he added. And the demand is there for them if they can make it: venture capitalists have put more than $100 billion into defense tech since 2021, according to PitchBook data.
Persons: Anduril, Northrup Grumman, Palmer Luckey, —, Lockheed Martin, Atomics, General Atomics Organizations: Boeing, Lockheed, Service, Anduril Industries, US Air Force, Aircraft, Air, Air Force, CAA, Combat Aircraft, CNBC Locations: Anduril, United States of America, …, China, Silicon Valley
☆ Alphabet stock surges 11% on blowout earnings and first dividend for Google owner
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Alphabet shares surged in Friday's premarket after a blowout earnings report for the Google owner. AdvertisementAlphabet stock surged ahead of Friday's opening bell as investors cheered the Google owner's blowout first-quarter earnings. If those gains hold until the opening bell, its valuation will top $2 trillion for the first time. Meanwhile, Microsoft stock made more modest gains after it reported first-quarter earnings on Thursday afternoon. Shares were up almost in pre-market trading, putting its market capitalization on course to jump about $11 billion at the opening bell back above $3 trillion.
Persons: —, AJ Bell, Russ Mould, Amy Hood, hadn't, OpenAI, Sophie Lund, Yates, Hargreaves Lansdown Organizations: Google, Microsoft, Nasdaq, Big Tech, Service, Apple Locations: Friday's
☆ Friday's analyst calls: What the Street says about Microsoft earnings, chemical stock gets upgraded
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Pia Singh Fred Imbert | Pia Singh | Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +8 min
Microsoft and a major chemical stock were among Friday's biggest analyst calls. He also lowered his price target by $1 to $25, which implies shares can fall roughly 19% from Thursday's close. Sandler increased his price target by $27 to $200, which implies 26.6% potential upside. JPMorgan: Analyst Mark Murphy added $30 to his price target, which is now at $470. He also hiked his price target to $61 from $55, which implies upside of 8% going forward.
Persons: Morgan Stanley, Mobileye, Adam Jonas, Jonas, — Pia Singh, Stifel, Stanley Elliot, Elliott, Alphabet's, Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Ross Sandler, Sandler, Brent Thill, Google's, Justin Post, Post, Wall, Raimo Lenschow, Wells, Michael Turrin, MSFT, Turrin, Mark Murphy, Murphy, Keith Weiss, Weiss, Jeffrey Zekauskas, Zekauskas, Dow, Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Microsoft, JPMorgan, Dow Inc, TAM, Caterpillar, Google, Barclays, –, Jefferies, Bank of America, DOW Locations: Israel, Thursday's, reaccelerate, Wells Fargo
☆ Alphabet's first-ever dividend, $70 billion buyback another sign of Big Tech's maturation: Analyst
  + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlphabet's first-ever dividend, $70 billion buyback another sign of Big Tech's maturation: AnalystBob O'Donnell, Technalysis president and chief analyst, discusses Alphabet's first-ever dividend and $70 billion buyback, saying it's "yet another sign of … the maturation of these Big Tech companies."
Persons: Bob O'Donnell, Alphabet's Organizations: Big Tech
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