Microsoft Was Willing to Drop Bing Name to Nab Apple Search Deal
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. was willing to hide its search engine’s “Bing” brand on Apple Inc. devices in order to secure an agreement with the iPhone maker and unseat Google,…
Hollywood actors to resume talks with studios after conclusion of writers’ strike
Striking Hollywood actors were set to meet with studios on Monday as the two sides restart negotiations on the heels of an epic conclusion to a writers’ strike last week.…
Microsoft CEO Says AI Will Help Google Extend Search Edge
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said artificial intelligence could help Google extend its dominance of the search market, as he took the stand Monday in the…
Warner Bros. Discovery’s (WBD) REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER Returns
Warner Bros. Discovery WBD announced the return of HBO’s well-known podcast, REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER. Allowing Maher to offer his unique perspective on contemporary issues, the show, which returned…
Wall Street Bulls Look Optimistic About Apple (AAPL): Should You Buy?
Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm…
Shutdown Averted, McCarthy Faces Mutiny: Your Sunday US Briefing
(Bloomberg) — Greetings from New York City, where it now appears impossible to buy a submersible water pump to drain a flooded basement after last week’s freak flash flooding. Take…
Top 5 things to watch in markets in the week ahead
Investing.com — With an eleventh-hour deal reached to avert a U.S. government shutdown investors will be focusing on U.S. jobs data and speeches by Federal Reserve head Jerome Powell and…
Meta’s AI gambits; Amazon’s antitrust fight with FTC: Weekly tech roundup
By Louis Juricic and Sarina Isaacs Investing.com — Here is your weekly Pro Recap on the biggest headlines out of a big earnings week for tech: Meta AI wows analysts,…
Weak Global Economy, High Inflation, and Rising Fragmentation Demand Strong G20 Action
When the G20 finance ministers and central bank governors meet in Gandhinagar next week, the world will be looking for joint action to address rising economic fragmentation, slowing growth, and…
World economic outlook 2023
The outlook is uncertain again amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and three years of COVID