03:57 AM EDT, 05/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Accenture ( ACN ) said late Thursday it has agreed to acquire Openstream Holdings and its Open Stream and Neutral subsidiaries. Financial terms of the deal weren't disclosed. The transaction will add roughly 1,000 cloud and other digital experts to Accenture's ( ACN ) cloud and digital engineering and manufacturing teams. The company...

03:52 AM EDT, 05/17/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Cerence ( CRNC ) said Thursday Chief Financial Officer Daniel Tempesta has notified the company about his intention to resign from the role due to personal reasons, effective Friday. The company has launched a search process for a new CFO and retained a third-party consulting firm to provide interim support for the finance...

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China on Friday announced historic steps to stabilise the crisis-hit property sector, allowing local governments to buy some apartments, relaxing mortgage rules and pledging to deliver unfinished homes. Investors hoped the measures marked the beginning of more decisive government intervention to compensate for waning demand for both new and old apartments, slow down falling prices, and...

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng ( XPEV ) said on Friday new U.S. tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EV) are detrimental to achieving carbon neutrality and green energy transition. Brian Gu, Xpeng ( XPEV ) vice chairman and president, also said he hopes the United States can become more open, allowing global products to enter and...