he Securities and Exchange Commission fined JPMorgan Chase of $4 million for accidently deleting about 47 million electronic records which were requested by subpoenas in several investigations. As per the SEC order against J. P. Morgan Securities LLC, the banking major’s broker-dealer unit, it was accused that the bank failed to preserve electronic records as … Read more
IT services company Infosys said on Friday that it was cooperating with an Australian government investigation into ‘tainted contracts’. The software major has also reportedly cut off ties with lobbying firm Synergy 360 – which was reportedly paid $16 million over 5 years to help Infosys grow its business in Australia. An investigation was launched … Read more
The companies that have been found wrongfully claiming subsidies under the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Electric Vehicles (FAME-II) scheme may be debarred from availing of them in the future and may also have to forego sops on electric vehicles (EVs) sold in the last 15 months, The Economic Times (ET) reported on Tuesday. The … Read more
The world’s two richest people met for a power lunch in Paris on Friday. Elon Musk and Bernard Arnault, both worth more than $200 billion, dined at the Cheval Blanc hotel. The billionaires were joined by Musk’s mom, Maye, and Arnault’s sons Alexandre and Antoine. “Power lunch” may have a whole new meaning after the … Read more
Entering 2023, the relentless drumbeat of Wall Street consensuswas pounding out one consistent rhythm: China is back. After years of lockdowns and suppressed output, economists and investors cheered the end of Beijing’s zero-COVID policy and the economic boom that was sure to follow. The colossus-in-waiting that is the Chinese consumer was about to roam freely, … Read more
E-commerce giant Amazon has started testing the use of AI to summarize product reviews. Amazon seems to be doing a limited rollout of the feature that is appearing only in some listings. Such product review summaries could be useful in guiding customers toward newer reviews, per an Amazon marketing agency CTO. AI has truly … Read more
One way to see how private companies are faring is to look at secondary exchanges. The fallen giants are led by former fintech darling Plaid, which has plunged almost 80% in 2023. Buyers who had been sitting on the sidelines are eager to snap up bargains in battered startups. While investors can measure the value … Read more
Billionaire philanthropist and investor George Soros, 92, is handing control of his Open Society Foundations to his son Alex, who was named chair in December. The foundation donates money to humanitarian and democratic causes ranging from criminal justice reform to climate change initiatives and controls the majority of assets managed by Soros’s $25 billion family … Read more
The metaverse has a loneliness problem. Mark Zuckerberg says Apple’s new headset will make everyone lonelier. But even Meta’s headset is, in the end, someone sitting alone on a couch too. Mark Zuckerberg’s verdict on Apple’s new mixed-reality headset is in: It’s lonesome. “Every demo that they showed was a person sitting on a couch … Read more