China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a better-than-expected quarterly revenue on Friday, as the COVID-19 lockdowns drove more people to shop online for essentials.
With Facebook's adoption of permanent remote work on Thursday, Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has untethered one of Silicon Valley's biggest companies from the place that incubated it.
REUTERS: Britain's competition regulator said on Friday it has launched an investigation into shopping websites to ascertain whether measures taken by them to fight fake reviews were enough to protect customers as they increasingly shop online during the lockdown. The Competition and Markets ...
U.S. stock index futures retreated on Friday as growing tensions between Washington and Beijing added to fears of a slower recovery from a coronavirus-led recession.
Deere & Co reported a 41per cent fall in quarterly profit on Friday as coronavirus-led lockdowns sapped demand for its tractors, harvesters and other machinery.
FRANKFURT: Germany's airline cabin crew union called on Friday for Berlin to include measures to safeguard jobs in the bailout package which is being finalised for airline Lufthansa . The UFO union said it was "regrettable" that negotiations with the government did not appear to involve provisions ...
Royalties from oil pumped on Paul Ruckman's land allowed the South Texas retiree to build a six-bedroom, seven-bathroom vacation home. He had plenty left over, and donated some of it to Helena, Texas, an 1800s ghost town that draws hundreds to historic buildings and gunfight re-enactments.
Indonesia's election commission is investigating the release of 2.3 million voters' private information on a hacker website along with a threat to release of the data of about 200 million people, the agency said on Friday (May 22).
China's Geely will explore the possibility of deeper cooperation with German luxury automaker Daimler AG , its Chairman Li Shufu said on Friday.
George Soros, the billionaire financier, cautioned that the European Union's survival was threatened by the novel coronavirus unless it can issue perpetual bonds or "consuls" to help weak members such as Italy.
