Morgan Stanley OpenAI-powered assistant to roll out for wealth advisors

Signage is displayed outside Morgan Stanley & Co. headquarters in the Times Square neighborhood of New York. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is pushing further into its adoption of artificial intelligence with a new assistant that is expected to take over thousands of hours of labor for the bank’s financial advisors. […]
Micron investors will have to wait for 2025 for a bigger AI payoff

Amid a forecast that was just on target, some may be concerned by set contracts for HBM chips
All 31 banks pass annual exercise

Federal Reserve Board Vice Chair for Supervision Michael Barr testifies before a House Financial Services Committee hearing on the response to the bank failures of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on March 29, 2023. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that the biggest banks operating […]
Bank woes in commercial real estate could ease with rate cuts, says Moody’s

A resilient economy and increased lending by others could help heal the market
Levi (LEVI) earnings Q2 2024

Denim is having a moment with consumers, but it hasn’t led to a major sales boost at Levi Strauss. The jeans creator on Wednesday posted fiscal second quarter revenue that fell just short of Wall Street’s expectations at a time when shoppers are stocking their wardrobes with denim dresses, skirts and ultra-low-rise baggy pants. Levi’s […]
Southwest Airlines’ stock reverses losses to trade higher after company cuts revenue guidance

Southwest Airlines Co.’s stock tumbled 10% premarket Wednesday, after the carrier lowered its second-quarter revenue guidance in a dynamic environment.
Southwest Airlines cuts revenue forecast

A Southwest Airlines jet is parked Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Kehole awaiting passengers on January 20, 2024 in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. Kevin Carter | Getty Images Southwest Airlines shares fell Wednesday after the carrier cut its second-quarter revenue forecast, citing changing booking patterns. The stock had been down about 4% in early trading before […]
Rivian’s VW partnership seen as ‘game changer’ for the company’s prospects

Rivian Automotive Inc. drew praise from at least two analysts on Wednesday as its stock rallied in premarket trades on the electric vehicle maker’s joint venture with German care giant Volkswagen.
YouTube dominates streaming, forces media companies to adapt

It’s been almost 20 years since the founding of Alphabet’s YouTube, and Hollywood still doesn’t really know what to do with it. YouTube, which effectively invented user-generated content, claims a daunting share of overall media consumption. And it’s no longer just dominating the internet, it’s dominating the living room, too. YouTube made up 9.7% of […]
GM’s Cruise names former Amazon, Microsoft Xbox executive as new CEO

DETROIT – General Motors’ Cruise autonomous vehicle unit on Tuesday announced former Amazon and Microsoft executive Marc Whitten as its new CEO. Whitten was a founding engineer at Microsoft’s Xbox before leaving the company after more than 17 years to become chief product officer of audio company Sonos in 2014, according to his LinkedIn profile. […]



