Microsoft to now include Copilot in Microsoft 365 for consumers

Microsoft to now include Copilot in Microsoft 365 for consumers

(Reuters) – Microsoft said on Thursday that it is now including Copilot AI features to its Microsoft 365 suite for individual consumers, a day after it rolled out on-demand AI agents for businesses. The Windows-maker will give its customers an option to either choose a Microsoft 365 subscription plan with Copilot AI features or one … Read more

Chevron Filed Taxes in Venezuela Despite Sanctions, Documents Show

Chevron Filed Taxes in Venezuela Despite Sanctions, Documents Show

(Bloomberg) — Chevron Corp. filed tax returns worth about $300 million with the Venezuelan government last year, raising questions about how much President Nicolás Maduro is benefiting from the US company’s oil production in spite of sanctions. Most Read from Bloomberg Chevron filed documents saying its ventures in Venezuela owed 8.1 billion bolivars to Seniat, … Read more

Record $57 Billion Outflow Hits Battered Brazil Hedge Funds

Record  Billion Outflow Hits Battered Brazil Hedge Funds

(Bloomberg) — Investors yanked money out Brazilian hedge funds at a record pace in 2024 as rising interest rates and a crumbling of local markets fueled a second year of underperformance for the struggling industry. Most Read from Bloomberg The stampede — almost 357 billion reais ($57.3 billion,) more than the past two years combined … Read more

Banks Hand $100 Billion to Shareholders, Most Since 2021

Banks Hand 0 Billion to Shareholders, Most Since 2021

(Bloomberg) — After years of hoarding capital amid fears that regulators would come knocking, Wall Street’s biggest banks paid out the most in three years to shareholders in the form of dividends and buybacks. Most Read from Bloomberg The six largest US banks delivered more than $100 billion to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases … Read more

EU’s ex-tech chief joins Bank of America as advisor

EU’s ex-tech chief joins Bank of America as advisor

Thierry Breton continues to tussle publicly with tech billionaire Elon Musk over EU regulations (Teresa Suarez) The EU’s influential former tech enforcer Thierry Breton will join Bank of America’s advisory council, he told AFP on Thursday, a move denounced by one lawmaker as flouting a lobbying ban. Breton was the European Union’s internal markets commissioner … Read more

Liverpool makes U-turn on documentary plans after Jurgen Klopp’s final season at Anfield

Liverpool makes U-turn on documentary plans after Jurgen Klopp’s final season at Anfield

-Credit:2024 AMA Sports Photo Agency The Liverpool documentary which was originally intended to bring viewers behind-the-scenes insight from the club’s 2023-24 season has been tweaked following the departure of Jurgen Klopp last summer. Klopp announced in January 2024 that he would be leaving the club at the end of the campaign after nine brilliant years … Read more