(For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window) * Intel ( INTC ) up after report new CEO plots overhaul of manufacturing, AI operations * February retail sales rise 0.2% * New York factory activity falls in March * Indexes: Dow up 0.39%, S&P 500 up 0.06%,...

11:40 AM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The S&P 500 Index was up in late-morning trading on Monday as it looks to fight its way out of correction territory due in part to President Donald Trump's tariff threats. In company news, Intel's ( INTC ) incoming Chief Executive Lip-Bu Tan is weighing significant changes to the company's chip manufacturing and...

12:13 PM EDT, 03/17/2025 (MT Newswires) -- The Toronto Stock Exchange is up 162 points at midday with most sectors higher. The biggest gainers are energy (+1.7%) and miners (+1.1%). Oil prices moved higher early on Monday after the United States launched attacks on Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi militants, a response to the group's attacks on Israel and Red Sea shipping,...

(Reuters) - Shares of quantum computing and artificial intelligence companies rose on Monday, as investors hoped that Nvidia ( NVDA ) would blow some life back into the beaten-down sectors with new announcements at its annual conference. The five-day GTC AI conference, which was already underway, will devote an entire day to quantum computing and feature executives from notable firms...