JOHANNESBURG, April 8 (Reuters) - Global supermarket chains including Tesco ( TSCDF ), Australia's Woolworths Group ( WOLWF ) and Africa's biggest grocery retailer Shoprite have teamed up to launch a $125 million venture capital fund to accelerate retail innovation. The new fund, W23 Global, will invest over five years in start-ups and scale-ups deploying technology to benefit consumers by...

April 8 (Reuters) - Over 42 million customers have used Bank of America's ( BAC ) virtual financial assistant more than 2 billion times since its launch in 2018, the lender said on Monday. The assistant, Erica, helps users with money transfers, bill payments and other mobile banking operations. It can also help customers of the bank's Merrill Lynch arm...

10:49 AM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Smart for Life ( SMFL ) said Monday it agreed to acquire e-commerce nutraceuticals company Purely Optimal Nutrition. Purely Optimal is generating estimated revenue of more than $8 million and over $1 million of adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization for the trailing 12 months, Smart for Life ( SMFL )...

10:46 AM EDT, 04/08/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Erik Hellum, COO, on April 04, 2024, sold 76,056 shares in Townsquare Media ( TSQ ) for $940,052. Following the Form 4 filing with the SEC, Hellum has control over a total of 625,942 shares of the company, with 625,942 shares held directly. SEC Filing: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1499832/000149983224000071/xslF345X03/wk-form4_1712587395.xml Price: 12.76, Change: +0.21, Percent Change: +1.68...