By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) – World stock indexes fell while the benchmark U.S. Treasury yield rose and the U.S. dollar hit its highest in six months on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected U.S. services sector data suggested inflation pressures remain. Weighing heavily on Wall Street stock indexes, shares of Apple fell 3.6% after the Wall…
By Akash Sriram (Reuters) -GameStop on Wednesday beat Wall Street estimates for quarterly revenue and posted a smaller-than-expected loss, buoyed by strong demand for videogames, collectibles and consoles. The company’s shares rose nearly 6% in extended trading as the results indicated that efforts to boost its digital presence were paying off. Executive chairman and top…
The electric vehicle revolution is undeniably underway, but it’s no cakewalk, even for German automakers who once led the automotive world in design and cutting-edge tech. The IAA motor show kicked off in Munich, shifting the spotlight away from Mercedes Benz and Porsche to Tesla Inc, which is unveiling an enhanced version of its top-selling…
By Supantha Mukherjee and Martin Coulter (Reuters) -The European Union has picked out 22 so-called “gatekeeper” services, run by six of the biggest tech companies in the world, to face new rules as part of its latest crackdown on Big Tech. The wide-ranging Digital Markets Act (DMA) will apply to services from Alphabet , Amazon,…
