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Investing.com — International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) shares were rising after beating expectations on profit for the third quarter and reaffirming its outlook.

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Investing.com — Stocks shot higher on Tuesday as Treasury yields eased off their Monday highs, helping to lift tech stocks ahead of a spate of big company earnings reports.

IBM recently debuted a new prototype artificial intelligence (AI) chip purported to be both faster and far more energy efficient than any chip currently available. 

Tech giant Google Inc has picked up office space spread over an entire floor in Blackstone Group-owned Nucleus Office Parks' commercial tower Fintech One at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City (GIFT) in Gandhinagar to set up its global fintech centre. The company's Indian arm, Google India, has picked up office space from Nucleus Office Parks through a long-term lease of 10 years, including an initial term of five years and an option to extend it for five additional years. In a virtual interaction on Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed Google's plans to open its global fintech operations centre at GIFT City. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, apprised Modi of Google's plans to work on strengthening financial inclusion in India by leveraging UPI. Pichai, through a social media post, thanked the Prime Minister Modi for a «terrific» meeting to discuss Google's ongoing commitment to India. ET's separate email queries to Google, Blackstone and Nucleus Office Parks remained unanswered until the time of going to press. Fintech One is a 20-storey commercial office tower with a typical floor plate spanning over 22,000 sq ft.

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A firm that had overseen $265 million in assets at Cadaret Grant & Co. has affiliated with LPL Financial and will use LPL’s broker-dealer, RIA and custodial platforms, the firm announced Monday.

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North Sikkim by helicopter to assess the damage caused by the flash floods in the area, an official said. The central team members — Director, Ministry of Power, RK Meena, executive engineer Ministry of Jal Shakti Sashwat Rai and director SSDMA, Prabhakar Rai — flew by helicopter from Burtuk airport for North Sikkim, he said.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway continued selling off more of its HP Inc. shares this week at a loss and dropped its stake below 10% of the maker of printers and computers

As the world of finance undergoes rapid digital transformation, the introduction of novel payment methods, including cryptocurrency and the much-anticipated Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC), is reshaping the industry. Prakash Pattni, in his recent analysis, highlights the challenges and opportunities this presents, especially for traditional banking institutions.

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Plenty of companies are experimenting with the technology, called generative AI, but they are worried about how confidential data will be handled, the accuracy of AI-generated answers and potential legal liability.

IBM Quantum and Microsoft have formed a coalition to tackle post-quantum cryptography alongside not-for-profit research tank MITRE, U.K.-based cryptography firm PQShield, Google sibling company SandboxAQ, and the University of Waterloo.

Walmart and Alphabet's Google to ask employees in Bengaluru to work from home on Tuesday. Farmers and activists have called for a strike in Bengaluru, dubbed India's Silicon Valley, demanding state authorities to refrain from releasing more water from the Cauvery river to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu. Internal memos seen by Reuters showed multinational firms such as Google, Walmart, IBM and Accenture have advised employees to work from home and avoid any non-essential commuting during Tuesday's strike. The dispute over who gets access to the water has been a source of friction between the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for more than a century. Deadly riots broke out in Bengaluru in 2016 after the top court ordered the release of some water to Tamil Nadu. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said on Monday his government would not curtail the protests but emphasised the importance of maintaining peace. Bengaluru hosts more than 3,500 tech companies and some 79 «tech parks» — upmarket premises that house offices and entertainment areas catering to technology workers. Many companies have asked employees to return to office or adopted a hybrid working model after the pandemic shutdowns. Some private schools also shifted Tuesday's classes online.

Bengaluru bandh on September 26 (Tuesday) over Cauvery water dispute with Tamil Nadu, many tech companies in Bengaluru have asked employees to work from home on Tuesday, Reuters reported. The farmer organizations are demanding Karnataka state government to refrain from releasing more water from the Cauvery river to the neighbouring state of Tamil Nadu.

Back then, he had recorded a session for IBM and later signed a release form allowing the recording to be used in many ways. Of course, at that time, Mr. Marston couldn't envision that IBM A.would use anything more than the exact utterances he had recorded. Thanks to artificial intelligence, however, IBM was able to sell Mr. Marston's decades-old sample to websites that are using it to build a synthetic voice that could say anything. Mr. Marston recently discovered his voice emanating from the Wimbledon website during the tennis tournament. (IBM said it is aware of Mr. Marston's concern and is discussing it with him directly.)

IBM Corp., Nike Inc. and Apple Inc. in a new ranking of employee wellbeing. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Stores scored 83 out of 100 in the first-ever survey from job site Indeed, part of Japan’s Recruit Holdings Co., which analyzed millions of anonymous employee reviews to rate US companies on happiness, stress, satisfaction and purpose. Only companies with 1,000 or more employees were eligible, and the top twenty ranged from airlines to consultancies to fast-food chains. Closely-held Love’s, which also operates a truck fleet, hotels and a logistics firm, employs more than 40,500 people including 1,500 at its Oklahoma City headquarters.We're on WhatsApp! Join the ET NRI Channel here The rankings reflect employers’ increased awareness and investments in wellbeing, a catch-all term that became a focus during the pandemic when employee burnout and mental-health issues like anxiety and depression skyrocketed. More than seven in ten people said their employer is now more concerned about their mental health than it was previously, the American Psychological Association (APA) found. Still, organizational efforts to boost wellbeing vary in terms of effectiveness. A survey of more than 2,000 US workers from human-resources technology firm Alight found that less than half believe their employer cares about their wellbeing.

Investing.com — Here is your Pro Recap of the biggest analyst picks you may have missed since yesterday: an Outperform initiation for IBM, and upgrades for Pinterest, Royal Caribbean , Carnival, and Methanex.

RBC analysts initiated research coverage on IBM (NYSE:IBM) with an Outperform rating and a $188 per share price target, which is a new Street high target.