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Boeing shares slumped following the weekend crash of a Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 series aircraft in South Korea (JUNG YEON-JE) Global stock markets mostly fell Monday in jittery holiday trading ahead of a potentially tumultuous 2025 when Donald Trump returns to the White House. Wall Street’s three main indices slid at the start of trading, … Read more

AI holds huge promise for healthcare, but not just on the medical side; many startups are convinced machine learning-based systems can do a lot of good on adjacent tasks such as appointment scheduling and confirmations. Brazilian startup Carecode is among these AI believers. It’s coming out of stealth with an ambition to reduce healthcare costs … Read more

The first barcode was read in an Ohio supermarket in 1974.Photograph: Carolyn Jenkins/Alamy It is the zebra-striped tag that has become ubiquitous over the last 50 years, but the barcode’s days could be numbered. The global organisation overseeing their use has said a more powerful alternative will be readable by retailers everywhere within two years. … Read more

(Bloomberg) — Brazilian assets are on track to close the year lagging all major peers, with the real set for its biggest slump since the pandemic shock of 2020 amid mounting skepticism over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s commitment to fix a ballooning budget deficit. Most Read from Bloomberg The real has weakened almost … Read more

(Bloomberg) — Citadel founder Ken Griffin was only half right last month when he said the multistrategy hedge fund boom had “come and gone.” Most Read from Bloomberg Yes, the amount of money these multimanager funds oversee has dipped from last year — partly because some, including Citadel, have returned billions of dollars of profits … Read more

Insolvencies and restructuring could rise further over the start of 2025 as firms face more increased cost pressures, industry experts have warned. Restructuring bosses have cautioned that impending cost rises linked to the autumn Budget could particularly weigh on the retail, hospitality and care sectors. It comes after official figures pointed towards an uptick in … Read more

Halifax has revealed the biggest house price risers and fallers of 2024 (Unsplash / Luke Thornton) Stoke-on-Trent notched up the biggest growth in house prices this year as buyers sought out more affordable locations, but Huddersfield and many London boroughs saw values fall, a lender has said. Halifax unveiled its list of the biggest UK … Read more

The number of pubs in England and Wales dipped below 39,000 for the first time after hundreds of locals shut their doors for good this year, according to new figures. Official Government statistics have revealed that 412 pubs were demolished or converted for other uses over the year to December. The data, which was analysed … Read more

Gains in US shares are expected to lead the way next year, but there are concerns there will be fewer opportunities for interest rate cuts.Photograph: Justin Lane/EPA Global stock markets are tipped to keep rising in 2025, led by more gains among US shares, despite anxiety about inflation and fears that Donald Trump could spark … Read more

MicroStrategy Incorporated provides artificial intelligence-powered enterprise analytics software and services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally. It offers MicroStrategy ONE, which provides non-technical users with the ability to directly access novel and actionable insights for decision-making; and MicroStrategy Cloud for Government service, which offers always-on threat monitoring that meets the … Read more