Amazon.com Inc. said it will introduce limited advertisements to its Prime Video streaming service in the US, UK, Germany and Canada early next year as it seeks to increase investment in content.
Talent Agent Oren Rosenbaum fueled podcasting’s multibillion dollar boom. Now he must navigate its acrimonious deflation.
US equity futures pared gains and European stocks slipped as traders assessed the risk of a hard landing for major economies from higher-for-longer interest rates.
Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set to clear its final regulatory hurdle after the UK competition authorities signaled they will accept the latest concessions, ending a wait of more than a year and a half to complete the biggest ever gaming deal.
The Biden administration announced final restrictions Friday on expansion in China by semiconductor companies that will receive federal funds to build plants in the US.
As the $69 billion deal between Microsoft Corp. and Activision Blizzard Inc. looks ever more likely to win approval in the UK, the gap between the video-game maker’s stock price and takeover offer is narrowing.
European classifieds company Adevinta ASA jumped the most in three years after saying it’s received a private equity takeover proposal that would rank as one of the year’s biggest buyouts.
Cainiao Network Technology Co., the logistics arm of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., is planning to file for its Hong Kong initial public offering as soon as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially making it among the first of the Chinese tech firm’s units to go public.
UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt said the West must engage in talks with China over how best to regulate the growth of artificial intelligence, as Britain prepared to warn at the United Nations that AI risks destabilizing the world order.
Rupert Murdoch’s decision to step down as chairman of Fox Corp. and News Corp. leaves his son, Lachlan Murdoch, with a daunting task — steering the family’s cable TV and newspaper companies around two troubled industries.
