06:26 AM EDT, 04/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Levi Strauss (LEVI) shares advanced early Thursday after recording better-than-expected fiscal first-quarter results, buoyed by growth across all direct-to-consumer segments, prompting the apparel company to lift its full-year earnings outlook. Adjusted earnings are now set to come in between $1.17 and $1.27 a share for fiscal 2024, up from its previous guidance for...

06:35 AM EDT, 04/04/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Alphabet's (GOOG) Google ( GOOG ) is planning to add fees for use of new features powered by generative artificial intelligence, the Financial Times reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. Google ( GOOG ) is studying options such as adding AI-powered search features to its existing premium subscription services, the report...

April 4 (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said Theramex's purchase of European rights to two of Viatris' ( VTRS ) women's healthcare products ranges could lead to higher prices and lesser options for hormone replacement therapy treatments. Drugmaker Viatris agreed to sell its rights to Duphaston and Femoston product ranges to London-based Theramex in October. (Reporting by Prerna Bedi in...

VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria's Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, cannot give a timeframe for its contested deal to purchase a stake in Austria's Strabag that was long held by a now sanctioned Russian tycoon, the bank's chief executive said on Thursday. But Chief Executive Officer Johann Strobl told shareholders at an annual general meeting, the earlier...