International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) didn't disappoint when it announced its first-quarter results on Monday. IBM offers a public cloud platform similar to market leaders Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure, but the company's main focus is on hybrid cloud computing. IBM is betting that its base of large customers will benefit from mixing on-premises hardware and public cloud services, instead of simply going all-in on public cloud.
MPs are set to vote on government plans to stop young people from ever smoking.
Mideast fears and surging yields triggered another ugly market reversal. Nvidia and Microsoft fell while Tesla dived.
Stocks eyed a broader comeback from a steep sell-off as investors digested results from Bank of America and other heavyweights.
India has deferred approval of Paytm’s 500 million rupee ($6 million) investment in its Paytm Payment Services arm in part due to concerns about a Chinese shareholding in the parent company, according to three government officials and a document seen by Reuters. One 97 Communications, popularly known as Paytm, is already under the scrutiny of India's banking regulator and financial crime-fighting agency after the central bank ordered it to wind down its payments bank in January. Paytm sought government approval last year for the investment it had already made in its newly established payments gateway arm, a necessary step for Paytm Payments Services to receive the payment aggregator licence necessary to accept online payments.
Motorola has announced its next generation Edge smartphones.
SZA will be honored by the Songwriters Hall of Fame with the Hal David Starlight Award, which recognizes young songwriters. SZA — who won three Grammy Awards for her sophomore album “SOS” and was Variety’s 2023 Hitmaker of the Year — joins previous recipients Taylor Swift, Post Malone, Lil Nas X, Halsey, Sara Bareilles, Ed …
A 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a bishop and several churchgoers were injured on Monday.
British lawmakers will on Tuesday debate and vote on the government's plans to introduce a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young people from ever smoking. The bill, a key policy announced by Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak last year, will make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009. It has the support of the opposition Labour Party and is expected to pass.
The dollar touched five-month highs against the pound and euro on Tuesday, a day after hotter-than-expected U.S. retail sales sent Treasury yields higher, raising worries of an intervention from Tokyo as the yen languished at its lowest since 1990. Data on Monday showed U.S. retail sales rose 0.7% last month, compared with a 0.3% rise that economists polled by Reuters had forecast, reinforcing expectations that the Federal Reserve will not be in a rush to cut interest rates this year. "The U.S. economy continues to grow very solidly at a level which is above the long-term trend and which does support higher U.S. bond yields and which argues against the Fed cutting interest rates," said Kenneth Broux, head of corporate research, FX and Rates at Societe Generale.
Spring is here and that means it's time for some fun at home and with the family. Our favorite mom-son team Kathryn and Dylan Emery share some of their favorite finds.
A late goal from Sebastien Haller last week has given Dortmund hope in this quarter-final tie
Coronation Street dog Freddie to be taken hostage in big Roy Cropper storyline, as internet sleuths hold the pet to ransom in exchange for murder confession.
Like CrossFit but much harder. Londoners have become addicted to Hyrox. William Hosie lunges, squats and sweats through his first session to find out why
Willie Limond, the Glaswegian former British and Commonwealth super-lightweight champion who has died aged 45, had 48 professional fights spanning a quarter of a century; yet one of Scotland’s most popular boxers will be best remembered for two of the few fights he lost: his tremendous battle with the up-and-coming Amir Khan at London in 2007 and a gallant display against the great Erik Morales before a crowd of 56,000 in Mexico City three years later.
LONDON (AP) — An unseemly squabble involving six Chelsea players over who should take a penalty angered manager Mauricio Pochettino because of the message it sent around the world about his squad’s behavior. “You cannot behave like kids,” Pochettino said in reference to a minute-long series of bizarre confrontations in the second half of Chelsea’s 6-0 victory over Everton in the Premier League on Monday. After Chelsea was awarded a spot kick in the 63rd with the team leading 4-0, Noni Madueke an
The blockbuster quarter-final tie remains firmly in the balance
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Apple CEO Tim Cook said Tuesday that he wants to further increase investment in Vietnam a day after the company announced it would spending on suppliers in the Southeast Asian manufacturing hub. Vietnam has become more important to Apple as the company seeks to diversify its supply chains away from China, where most of its smartphones and tablets are assembled. The company began looking at moving its production to countries like Vietnam, and more recently India, after shutd
The Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix was packed with fans when Steve Hackett was rushed to the hospital. Here's what happened, what ticketholders can do.
Spanish giants hold slender lead in the quarter-final tie
JK Rowling has accused transgender rights activists of sinking to “a new low” by making “baseless and disgusting claims” she is a Holocaust denier.
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