(Reuters) – Palo Alto Networks forecast fourth-quarter billings above Wall Street estimates on Monday, a sign that clients are turning to the cybersecurity firm for its integrated software security tools. The company expects fourth-quarter billings to be between $3.43 billion and $3.48 billion, the mid point of which is slightly above analysts’ average estimate of…
By Catarina Demony and Ana Cantero LISBON (Reuters) – A bright comet fragment lit up the skies over parts of Spain and Portugal late on Saturday, according to the European Space Agency (ESA), with one Lisbon resident saying the dazzling display “felt like a movie”. On Sunday morning, the ESA shared on X a video…
(This May 14 story is being republished with no changes to text) MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Chile by 2025, the firm’s Americas head told Reuters on Tuesday. Chile’s economic development agency CORFO last year said production at a…
By Angelo Amante ROME (Reuters) – Israel must comply with international law in Gaza and address the devastating humanitarian crisis in the Palestinian enclave, a group of Western nations wrote in a letter to the Israeli government seen by Reuters on Friday. All countries belonging to the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies, apart from…
By Boldizsar Gyori, Karol Badohal and Jan Lopatka LEVICE, Slovakia (Reuters) – A 71-year-old former security guard charged on Thursday with the attempted murder of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is the author of three collections of poetry who neighbours said had shown no sign of political extremism. Fico, 59, was shot as he greeted…
(Reuters) – Shares of Reddit rose 14% on Friday, following a partnership with artificial intelligence firm OpenAI that is expected to draw in more users for the social media platform with AI-enhanced experience and attract more advertising revenue. The stock was trading at $64.25 premarket, in touching distance of the highest closing price of $65.11…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks are at fresh records, bitcoin is soaring and investors are spurning insurance against portfolio declines as evidence that the economy is headed for a so-called soft landing whets market participants’ appetite for risk. Call it the Goldilocks trade – a bet that the Federal Reserve…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund on Thursday views recent U.S. inflation data as “overall higher than we would like to see” and is urging the Federal Reserve to stay cautious and remain data-dependent when deciding monetary policy, IMF spokesperson Julie Kozack said on Thursday. “This is a reminder of course, that there are…
(Reuters) – The sports-streaming service set to be launched by Walt Disney Co, Warner Bros Discovery and Fox Corp will be called Venu Sports and is on track for launch this fall, Pete Distad, the venture’s CEO, said on Thursday. Announced in February, the service will try to woo younger viewers who are not tuned…
By Sabine Siebold BERLIN (Reuters) – Scrambles of NATO jets to intercept Russian aircraft approaching allied airspace over the Baltic Sea region went up 20% to 25% in the first quarter of 2024, a NATO source said on Thursday, with the increased Russian activity likely due to a hike in NATO drills. The source declined…
