PepsiCo says reduced consumer budgets affect sales

PepsiCo Inc. said that consumers reduced their spending in the second quarter, slowing its efforts to revitalize its snack business in North America. The manufacturer of Doritos, Lay’s and Gatorade saw a 2% drop in revenue from its North American food business and stagnant sales volume after taking steps earlier this year to cut prices …

IMF raises Brazil's growth forecast for 2026 from 1.9% to 2.4% by 2027

IMF raises Brazil’s growth forecast for 2026 from 1.9% to 2.4% by 2027

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He International Monetary Fund, IMF, revised upward Brazil’s growth forecasts in 2026. In a report published on Wednesday, the entity now estimates that Brazilian GDP will grow 2.4% this year, an increase of 0.5 percentage points compared to the forecasts published in April. By 2027, the new estimate of IMF It is an expansion of …

SpaceXAI and Cursor present Grok AI model for coding and finance tasks

SpaceXAI and Cursor present Grok AI model for coding and finance tasks

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SpaceXAI has presented a new artificial intelligence model created in collaboration with AI coding startup Cursor, designed to be more effective in financial, legal and programming tasks, in an attempt by Elon Musk’s company to gain ground on rivals as Anthropic PBC and OpenAI. The software, called Grok 4.5, marks the first AI model developed …