Asian markets are set to open mostly lower on Friday as China vowed to retaliate against a U.S. order to close one of its consulates, and the American equity markets fell on gloomy data about its labor market.
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) lost 40.4 points, or 1.2%, on July 23, breaking a streak of positive days in the second half of the month. Today's sell-off came after the Department of Labor reported that 1.42 million people filed for unemployment last week. That's 100,000 h
Wall Street dropped sharply on Thursday as investors fled market-leading tech shares due to mixed earnings reports and growing signs of a worsening coronavirus pandemic, which could exacerbate a deep economic recession.
The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc, which knocked the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the latest tech company to face unwanted legal attention. The tech giant is now the target of a multi-state probe involving potential consumer protection violations.
In this episode of Industry Focus: Consumer Goods, Emily Flippen is joined by Fool contributor Dan Kline to discuss the latest innovations happening in the retail and consumer goods space. Innovations have been necessitated and have picked up pace because of the pandemic. Our ho
Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Google's planned purchase of Fitbit, saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions.
The dollar slipped to an almost two-year low and gold rose further on Thursday as a gauge of global equities retreated on concerns about a potential probe of Apple Inc took the wind out of the high-flying tech sector.
Wall Street retreated on Thursday as mixed earnings, a surprise increase in U.S. jobless claims and Washington's tug-of-war over stimulus measures fed risk aversion among investors.
The chief executives of four of the largest U.S. tech companies plan to deflect criticism next week in a Congressional hearing into their use of market power to hurt rivals by saying they themselves face competition and by debunking claims they are so dominant.
Multiple U.S. states are investigating Apple Inc for potentially deceiving consumers, online news site Axios reported on Thursday, citing a March document from a tech watchdog group.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) was lower by lunchtime Thursday, down about 0.3% at 11:55 a.m. EDT. Congress is inching its way toward another stimulus package to support the economy amid the pandemic, but the recent surge in cases of COVID-19 is starting to s
Regulation intended to address the news industry’s problems with Google and Facebook could have adverse consequences, said outgoing New York Times Co Chief Executive Officer Mark Thompson in an interview this week.
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Graphics chip designer NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) is looking into a buyout bid for processor architecture designer Arm, currently owned by Japanese telecom SoftBank (OTC: SFTBY). Anonymous insiders talking to Bloomberg and CNBC said that NVIDIA has approached SoftBank with a proposa
China warned the U.S. to “think carefully" about where the relationship is heading and that it will be forced to respond after the U.S. ordered the shutdown of its Houston consulate.
Criticism of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) 30% cut on digital sales in the App Store has intensified over the past year. Antitrust regulators are reportedly circling above, potentially preparing to launch formal investigations into the company's practices to determine if App Store poli