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 ...
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 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 ...
The leftist Roberto Sanchez recognized his defeat days after the right-wing Keiko Fujimori was proclaimed as president-elect of the country, according to a release released on Monday by his Together for Peru party and two allied groups. Fujimori She was officially announced last week as the winner of the second election on June 7, with ...
The president of Paraguay, Santiago Pena, highlighted the reduction of poverty and the strengthening of government housing and feeding school during the presentation of its annual report on social indicators before the National Congress. During his speech, the president stated that, between 2022 and 2025, around 493,000 people left poverty and 180,000 emerged from extreme ...
Inflation stopped occupying the extreme levels of concern that marked much of recent years, but that did not necessarily translate into a perceptible improvement for broad sectors of society. Salary, the ability to make ends meet and expectations about the immediate future are once again among the main concerns of Argentines. At the same time, ...
The official death toll in Venezuela from last week’s two earthquakes rose to almost 3,000. Authorities reported 2,954 deaths and 16,592 injuries in the government’s latest update, a figure higher than the 2,645 deaths reported the previous day. The number of injured increased by approximately 4,000. Relatives of the missing continue to pressure authorities to ...
The leaders of the NATO They will meet next week in Ankara, where the Europeans aim to ease disagreements with US President Donald Trump over Iran and Greenland, and demonstrate that they are stepping up to defend the continent, while Washington cuts its commitments to the alliance. The Secretary General of NATO, Mark Ruttesays the ...
Oil prices have continued their slide to pre-war levels as flows through the Strait of Hormuz increase and traders grapple with signs of oversupply. Brent futures fell below $71 a barrel, hitting their lowest level since the week before the war with Iran began in late February. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) fell from US$68. Last ...
He Department of Labor The United States said on Thursday that 57,000 jobs were created in June, below expectations, compared to a figure of 129,000 in the previous month. However, a survey of 70 economists conducted by Reuters had predicted that job creation would reach 110,000 new positions. The US unemployment rate fell to 4.2% ...
