Economy

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks onstage during the annual Google I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California, May 8, 2018.Stephen Lam | ReutersShares of Alphabet’s stock jumped 10% this week after the company reported second quarter earnings that showed growth despite a tough ad market.Share price for the Google parent company reached $132.58 as of… […]

Workers picket outside of the APM container terminal at the Port of Newark in Newark, New Jersey, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billions in trade came to a screeching halt at U.S. East Coast and Gulf Coast ports after members of the International Longshoremen’s Association, or ILA, began […]

Mark Rutte, incoming secretary general of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), during a transition ceremony at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Mark Rutte, the affable and meticulous former Dutch premier, has a daunting task ahead to keep the defense alliance a global force. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty […]

Ubisoft postponed the release of the next title in its popular “Assassin’s Creed” game franchise — called “Assassin’s Creed Shadows” — by three months to Feb. 14, 2025. John Keeble | Getty Images French video game publisher Ubisoft is facing questions over its future, as it grapples with a lackluster games pipeline and pressure from […]

With about a month to go until the 2024 presidential election, investors are bracing for potential volatility in the markets amid uncertainty over whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will win in November. “It’s really important that everyone remembers that there is a lot of noise, there’s a lot of volatility […]

Covestro’s headquarters in Leverkusen, Germany. The company has adjusted its full year guidance for 2022, citing a number of factors. Ina Fassbender | AFP | Getty Images Abu Dhabi’s state-owned oil firm ADNOC on Tuesday said it has agreed to buy German chemicals firm Covestro for 14.7 billion euros ($16.4 billion). ADNOC, short for the […]

David Hester inspects damages of his house after Hurricane Helene made landfall in Horseshoe Beach, Florida, on September 28, 2024. Chandan Khanna | Afp | Getty Images Hurricane Helene ravaged communities across the southeastern United States as mass flooding and brutal winds descended on Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee. As of […]

Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks onstage during a campaign event, in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., September 29, 2024. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters The economic woes from inflation look to have accelerated a shift of Latino voters toward Republicans, cutting in half a Democratic lead with a critical voting group in […]

People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on September 13, 2024, in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The S&P 500 index dipped Friday but logged its third straight weekly gain on the back of three record closes last week. […]

Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away from free Wi-Fi, it proves as irresistible to […]