Cisco to Invest $1 Billion in AI Startups as Industry Booms

Company is seeking ‘secure and reliable’ AI services Cisco has already invested in Mistral AI and Scale AI Cisco Systems Inc. plans to invest $1 billion in startups that are working on what it calls “secure and reliable” artificial intelligence services, part of a...

ECB Rate-Cut Expectations Start to Unravel Before First Move

Strong wage growth risks slowing return of inflation to 2% Governing Council to lower rates by quarter-point on Thursday Strong economic data and vocal European Central Bank hawks are pushing some analysts and investors to waver in their expectations for interest-rate...

China Vanke’s Sales Slump Eases as Housing Market Picks Up

Developer is counting on a rebound in sales to end cash woes Chinese authorities have stepped up measures to support market China Vanke Co.’s sales slump moderated in May, as a thaw in housing market sentiment boosted the state-backed developer that’s become a focus...

Traders Push Treasuries Higher as Data Reinforces Fed Cut Bets

Ten-year Treasury yield slips to the lowest in over a week Investors look to manufacturing, jobs data to price Fed cuts Treasuries rose, taking benchmark yields to the lowest levels in more than a week, after US manufacturing data reinforced bets the Federal...