WhatsApp to launch cloud API, premium features to attract businesses
WhatsApp is introducing free cloud-based API services in a push to get more businesses using the app, Meta Platforms (FB.O) CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at the company's...
H&M reaches $36 mln settlement with New York over unused gift cards
H&M will pay $36 million to settle accusations that the fashion retailer illegally kept millions of dollars in gift cards that customers never used, New...
U.S. existing home sales fall for third straight month; house prices at record high
U.S. existing home sales dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in April as house prices jumped to a record high amid a...
Kohl’s cuts profit forecast, becomes latest retailer to warn of inflation pain
Kohl's Corp (KSS.N) cut its full-year earnings forecast on Thursday, joining some of the largest U.S. retailers in warning that red-hot inflation is starting to erode profit...
Many Ukrainian fighters remain in Azovstal, commander says operation going on
Russia's siege of the Ukrainian city of Mariupol stuttered towards its end on Thursday, with hundreds of fighters still holed up in the Azovstal steel...
Wall Street mixed as Cisco sinks and Nvidia recovers
Wall Street was mixed on Thursday, with Cisco Systems slumping following a dismal outlook, while Nvidia and other megacap growth stocks rebounded after recent losses....
Turkey’s Erdogan digs in over NATO expansion as Biden hosts Finnish, Swedish leaders
U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday threw his full support behind Sweden and Finland's bids to join NATO as he and European leaders said they...
UK sanctions Russian airlines to prevent them selling landing slots
Britain said on Thursday it was introducing new sanctions against the Russian airline sector to prevent state-owned Aeroflot, Ural Airlines and Rossiya Airlines from selling...
Analysis: British Pound: The sick man of the currency world
In volatile currency markets, one trade stands out as an easy bet: selling the British pound. With the world's fifth-biggest economy grappling with a particularly...
ECB to force UK-based investment banks to relocate staff, trading
Too many global investment banks continue to serve euro zone clients out of London and the European Central Bank plans to force them to relocate...