(Bloomberg) — The Japanese construction firm Kajima Corp. has ridden a boom in building semiconductor plants to a surge in its revenue and stock price. Now, the Tokyo company will have to navigate bitter conditions on the northern island of Hokkaido to keep up that success. Most Read from Bloomberg Kajima helped Japan get off […]
Last month, Epic Games filed a motion asking a California judge to hold Apple in contempt for what it claims are violations of a 2021 injunction relating to the company’s App Store practices. Now, Apple is asking the judge to reject Epic’s request, alleging in a new filing spotted by Reuters that the motion is […]
No rate cuts, no problem. Investors are revisiting an old playbook as mega-cap tech stocks came back in favor last week. The appetite for growth returned during Thursday’s trading action, despite another hot inflation report that puts rate cuts from the Federal Reserve this year in doubt. That was a bit of a surprise, given […]
(Reuters) – Iran warned Israel and the United States on Sunday of a “much larger response” if there is any retaliation for its mass drone and missile attack on Israeli territory on Saturday, as Israel said “the campaign is not over yet”. Iran launched explosive drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a suspected […]
By Alex Lawler, Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices are expected to rise on Monday after Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, analysts said on Sunday, but further gains may depend on how Israel and the West choose to retaliate. Iran launched explosive drones and missiles at Israel late on […]
By Alex Lawler, Robert Harvey and Ahmad Ghaddar LONDON (Reuters) – Oil prices, which hit a six-month high on Friday, are expected to rise on Monday after Iran’s attack on Israel over the weekend, analysts said, but further gains may depend on how Israel chooses to respond. Iran launched explosive drones and missiles at Israel […]
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish drug maker Grifols, battling a plunge in its share price this year, plans to add independent directors to its audit and compensation committees to improve its governance, its chairman said in a newspaper interview published on Sunday. Grifols’ market value has shed billions of euros since short-sheller Gotham City Research released […]
Airchat is a new social media app that encourages users to “just talk.” A previous version of Airchat was released last year, but the team — led by AngelList founder Naval Ravikant and former Tinder product exec Brian Norgard — rebuilt the app and relaunched it on iOS and Android yesterday. Currently invite-only, Airchat is […]
The Masters Tournament is adding virtual reality and generative AI to the golf fan experience in the latest attempt to grow the game. For the 2024 tournament, IBM (IBM) and Masters introduced an app for the Apple (AAPL) Vision Pro for fans of the sport who can’t make the trip to Augusta National Golf Course […]
This is an excerpt from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: There seems to be little doubt that artificial intelligence’s transformative power will change the world significantly — but it isn’t going to do it all at once, and it looks to be coming […]
Microsoft is exploring the idea of putting ads in your Windows 11 Start menu. To be specific, it’s looking to place advertisements for apps you can find in the Microsoft Store in the menu’s recommended section. I could hear you sighing in defeat if you’ve used Windows 10 extensively before — the older OS serves […]
(Bloomberg) — Salesforce Inc., the top maker of customer relations software, is in advanced talks to acquire Informatica Inc., the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the discussions. Most Read from Bloomberg Informatica, based in Redwood City, California, had a market value of about $11.4 billion at the close Friday in New York. […]
