South African retail sales fall 1.4% year on year in May
JOHANNESBURG South African retail sales fell 1.4% year on year in May after declining by a revised 1.8%
2023-07-19 19:17
Merger Rules Get Tougher in Crackdown by US Antitrust Enforcers
US antitrust agencies stepped up the Biden administration’s crackdown on mergers and acquisitions with a sweeping overhaul of
2023-07-19 17:23
Macron Rebuke Forces Big Tech Adviser to Quit EU Economist Job
A former adviser to Silicon Valley has walked away from a post as the European Commission’s chief competition
2023-07-19 15:20
Microsoft’s New Corporate AI Products Will Come With A Hefty Price Tag
Microsoft Corp. said new corporate artificial intelligence tools that work with Office software, called Microsoft 365 Copilot, will
2023-07-18 23:53
Microsoft-Activision Deal Poised to Close Later Than Planned
Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are nearing the finish line on their $69 billion deal, but aren’t
2023-07-18 07:22
Microsoft Clears Another Hurdle as Court Halts UK Veto Case
Microsoft Corp.’s once seemingly doomed $69 billion bid for Activision Blizzard Inc. gained more momentum on Monday after
2023-07-18 01:25
FTC Loses Appeal Bid to Block Microsoft-Activision Deal
A US appeals court denied a Federal Trade Commission bid to pause Microsoft Corp.’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard
2023-07-15 08:16
Brazil retail sales down for the first time in nine months
SAO PAULO Brazil's retail sales fell 1.0% in May compared with the previous month, government statistics agency IBGE
2023-07-14 20:45
Microsoft, Activision Weigh Sale of Some UK Cloud-Gaming Rights
Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. are considering giving up some control of their cloud-gaming business in the
2023-07-14 07:52
FTC Appeals Court Ruling on Microsoft-Activision Deal
The US Federal Trade Commission asked a California judge to temporarily block Microsoft Corp. from closing its $69
2023-07-14 03:59
Fed’s Daly Says It’s Too Soon to Declare Victory on Inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco President Mary Daly said it’s too soon for policymakers to say they
2023-07-13 23:48
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Bot Probed by FTC Over Consumer Harms
The US Federal Trade Commission has sent a request for information to startup OpenAI Inc. as part of
2023-07-13 22:55