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Reddit is seeking a valuation of up to $6.5 billion for its upcoming IPO.

Oil booked a second consecutive monthly gain as front-month futures contracts trade at a premium to later months, typically a sign of a tightening market.

Cohere, the Nvidia-backed OpenAI competitor, is betting its business on generative AI for the enterprise rather than on consumer chatbots.

The funeral of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny drew crowds in Moscow despite heavy police presence and threats of arrests.

The German truck maker posted better-than-expected pretax earnings of 5.5 billion euros for 2023, up 39% on the previous year's 4.4 billion.

The CEO of Italy's Leonardo said Friday that he's more concerned about the "stupidity" of people than the threats posed by artificial intelligence.

Elon Musk has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, among others, accusing them of breaching a contractual agreement.

"I remain optimistic, because I think if you saw a number of the hearings that happened in the Senate, they were largely bipartisan," says Paula Goldman.

Russia's advantage on the battlefield could prompt Ukraine's backers to give it more of what it wants and needs to fight the invasion.

"We are working to get the right ecosystem in place, which means the right set of devices," its CTO said in an interview with CNBC at the Mobile World Congress.

Looking forward to the next reporting season, however, strategists are pessimistic on the tide turning.

Yum China CEO Joey Wat said the Chinese consumer has been growing more rational for years.

Imprisoned Iranian activist and Nobel Prize winner Narges Mohammadi said that an election boycott "is not only a political necessity but also a moral duty."

The headline figure previously came in at 2.8% in January, with further easing expected after price rises cooled in Germany, France and Spain.

Controversial and staunchly pro-Palestinian left-wing firebrand George Galloway won a chaotic by-election in Rochdale.

India's economy grew much faster than expected in the October to December quarter, data showed late on Thursday.

January' inflation came in hot and that wasn't great for the overall economic picture.  

The U.K. looks poised to lead a European real estate resurgence this year as international investors return capital to the strained property market.

India has ambitions to become a major chip hub alongside the likes of the U.S. and Taiwan and has been courting foreign firms to set up operations locally.

Meta said it would remove a dedicated section for news articles in April that will affect Facebook users in the United States and Australia.