(Reuters) - Amazon Web Services on Thursday showed a quantum computing chip with new technology that it hopes will shave as much as five years off its effort to build a commercially useful quantum computer. The chip, named Ocelot, is a prototype that has only a tiny fraction of the computing power needed to create a useful machine. But like...

06:03 AM EST, 02/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Indivior ( INDV ) said Thursday it has named Joe Ciaffoni as chief executive officer. Ciaffoni currently serves as an independent non-executive director of the company. He will succeed Mark Crossley, who will be stepping down from the company. Crossley will remain as CEO until at least the date of the company's annual...

05:57 AM EST, 02/27/2025 (MT Newswires) -- WPP ( WPP ) on Thursday reported 2024 preliminary headline earnings of 0.883 British pounds ($1.12) per diluted share, down from 0.938 pounds a year earlier. Analysts polled by FactSet expect 0.87 pounds. Revenue less pass-through costs for the year is anticipated at 11.36 billion pounds, down from 11.86 billion pounds a year...

Feb 27 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada ( RY ) on Thursday reported a higher first-quarter profit, helped by strong performance in its wealth management unit. The Canadian lender posted an adjusted profit of C$5.25 billion ($3.66 billion), or C$3.62 per share, in the three months ended January 31, compared with C$4.07 billion, or C$2.85 apiece, in the year...