Google’s plan to launch a censored search engine in China requires more “transparency, oversight and accountability,” hundreds of employees at the Alphabet Inc unit said in an internal petition seen by Reuters on Thursday.
MoviePass has changed its terms yet again, making it even tougher for subscribers to see films. …read more […]
Finance Minister Berat Albayrak assured international investors on Thursday that Turkey would emerge stronger from its currency crisis, insisting its banks were healthy and signaling it could ride out a dispute with the United States.
Yahoo Finance’s Jared Blikre joins Sean Smith from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange to discuss the latest market moves. …read more […]
The board of Air France-KLM named Air Canada executive Benjamin Smith as its new chief executive on Thursday, opting for an outsider to try and steer the group through a fraught stand-off with unions at its French carrier.
Lanxess Chief Executive Matthias Zachert is not available to become CEO of Thyssenkrupp , a source familiar with the matter said, ending speculation that he could replace interim CEO Guido Kerkhoff.
White House counsel Don McGahn called the head of Federal Communications Commission in July to ask about the status of Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc’s now abandoned $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media Co .
America’s two biggest independent seed sellers, Beck’s Hybrids and Stine Seed, told Reuters they are pushing U.S. environmental regulators to bar farmers from spraying dicamba weed killer during upcoming summers in a potential blow to Bayer AG’s Monsanto Co.
Reaction to the death of soul icon Aretha Franklin, who died Thursday: “Through her compositions and unmatched musicianship, Aretha helped define the American experience. In her voice, we could feel … …read more […]
U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday again pressed U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions to sue drug companies over the nation’s ongoing opioids crisis.
U.S. stocks and emerging market currencies rebounded on Thursday after China said it will hold trade talks with the United States later in August and Turkey’s lira continued its recovery run.
U.S. stock indexes rose about 1 percent on Thursday, helped by upbeat earnings from Walmart and Cisco and easing trade worries after the United States and China said they would hold talks later this month.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin tweeted out a photo of what appeared to be a job offer from Google earlier this year. Many speculated that Google was attempting to hire Buterin for a secret cryptocurrency project. In May, the founder of cryptocurrency project Etherum, Vitalik Buterin, asked on Twitter if he should quit ethereum to work for Google. …read more […]
Walmart Inc posted its best quarterly U.S. sales growth in a decade and upped full-year sales and profit outlooks on Thursday, sending shares surging as a jump in online and grocery purchases showed it can hold its own against Amazon.com Inc. The world’s largest retailer is known for its sprawling stores, a factor that could have worked against it as shoppers migrate online. Walmart has also overhauled its website and worked to use physical locations as distribution points for online orders of groceries and other goods, helping retain buyers who increasingly expect quick, cheap shipping. …read more […]
Walmart Inc posted its best quarterly U.S. sales growth in a decade and upped full-year sales and profit outlooks on Thursday, sending shares surging as a jump in online and grocery purchases showed it can hold its own against Amazon.com Inc .
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