The Nasdaq ended higher on Friday, lifted by Facebook and energy shares, while the S&P 500 lost ground as U.S. Treasury yields took a break from a recent surge.
Britain's competition regulator is set to begin an antitrust investigation into Facebook Inc in the next few months, after similar actions into Google and Apple early this year, Financial Times reported on Friday.
Britain's competition regulator is to
begin an antitrust investigation into Facebook Inc in the
next few months, after similar actions into Google and
Apple early this year, Financial Times reported on
Friday. (https://on.ft.com/3luWFs6)
(Reporting by Nilanjana Basu in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh
Kuber)
((Nilanjana.Basu@thomsonreuters.com;))
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Facebook Inc's platforms including online messaging service WhatsApp and photo-sharing app Instagram were down for thousands of users on Friday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
The stock market was turbulent again on Friday, aiming to finish the week with the same discontinuities that we've seen for quite a while. Today, it was the Nasdaq Composite's (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) turn to shine, with the index rising more than 100 points just after noon EDT. That
What happenedFacebook (NASDAQ: FB) stock is up 4.2% in 11:20 a.m. EDT trading Friday on a pair of positive news reports. In one, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quoted as playing down the challenge of Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) new App Tracking Transparency tool that prompts users to
Many Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) investors and users don't realize that the company devotes considerable resources to developing next-generation human-computer interface (HCI) technology. Perhaps that's about to change: On Thursday, the social media giant (and somewhat under-the-radar
If you're looking for signs of a market bubble, there are plenty to be found.There's the mania over non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is flirting with all-time highs, and Reddit meme stocks like GameStop have surged once again, approaching their highs from the boo
Wall Street's main indexes were set to rise at the open on Friday following a steep pullback in the prior session as bond yields withdrew from 14-month peaks and oil prices retraced some losses.
U.S. stock index futures edged higher on Friday following a steep pullback in the prior session as bond yields withdrew from 14-month peaks and oil prices retraced some losses.
In January, just weeks after Twitter Inc permanently banned former President Donald Trump following the storming of the U.S. Capitol, the social media company started asking U.S. users to help identify and fact-check misleading tweets in a new pilot program.
WhatsApp has hired a top Amazon executive to head its payments business in India, two sources told Reuters, as the messenger service gears up to expand in the booming sector.
Twitter Inc said on Thursday it will seek public input on when and how it should ban world leaders, saying it was reviewing policy and considering whether the leaders should be held to the same rules as other users.
Looking at options trading activity among components of the S&P 500 index, there is noteworthy activity today in FedEx Corp (Symbol: FDX), where a total volume of 33,778 contracts has been traded thus far today, a contract volume which is representative of approximately 3.4
Google's plan to block a popular web tracking tool called "cookies" is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said.
The S&P 500 eased from a record high on Thursday while the tech-heavy Nasdaq shed more than 1% as a spike in U.S. bond yields accelerated a move out of pandemic winner tech stocks and into economy-linked financials and industrials.