By Will Dunham Oct 21 (Reuters) – Crocodilians — today’s crocodiles, alligators, caimans and gharials and their many extinct relatives — have been a roaring success since debuting more than 240 million years ago. And new research identifies one important factor in their success —…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Europe’s largest tech company SAP achieved a €10 billion ($11.2 billion) quarterly revenue milestone for the first time on Wednesday, while reporting a 26% rise in current cloud backlog and moving its 2026 revenue expectations to the upper end of its outlook…
NEW YORK, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Bank of America announced two new board members on Wednesday, appointing Jim Fitterling, 65, and Bill Thomas, 58, effective immediately. Both were previously CEOs of large companies: Fitterling led Dow, where he is still executive chairman, and Thomas has…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Mattel said on Wednesday it has added a top executive of its largest shareholder, EdgePoint Investment Group, to its board of directors as the toymaker grapples with weak performance and leadership upheaval. The company has faced pressure from some investors asking the…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Medical device maker Fisher & Paykel Healthcare on Thursday said it was made aware of unauthorized and unlawful access to a subset of company files and two employee email accounts. Here are the details: • Some of the files accessed contained…
By David French and Sheila Dang NEW YORK/HOUSTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Chevron is exploring the sale of some of its older oil and gas assets in the US Gulf, the company confirmed to Reuters, part of an effort to focus on high-growth developments in the…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Southwest Airlines posted better-than-expected third-quarter adjusted earnings on Wednesday, driven by higher fares and additional fees, but forecast fourth-quarter profit below expectations. Airlines in the US have so far relied on a swathe of fare hikes, checked baggage fees and capacity…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Tesla reported a surprise positive cash flow for the third quarter on Wednesday as it spent far less on its AI and robotics ambitions than analysts expected at a time when the EV maker is weighing a merger with CEO Elon Musk’s…
Oct 21 (Reuters) – Texas Instruments forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, a sign of recovery in industrial chip demand and growing momentum for its AI data-center chips. • Unlike Nvidia, which makes high-performance AI processors, Dallas, Texas-based TI produces analog chips…
By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) – The top Democratic lawmakers on the congressional intelligence committees on Wednesday said they received an intelligence briefing that Russia has been waging a misinformation campaign against Democrats running in next month’s midterm elections. The comments by Senator…