Apple opens up iPhone app store in Europe, a major crack in its ‘walled garden’
Apple didn’t make these moves voluntarily — they were required by a new European law, the Digital Markets Act.
FTC launches AI inquiry into Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, looking at ‘investments and partnerships’
FTC Chair Lina Khan said on Thursday that her agency is looking into AI deals among the biggest players developing and using the technology.
Japan’s stock market roared back to life in 2023, and investors expect even more gains ahead. How to trade it
A ‘change in animal spirits’ has foreign investors the most bullish they’ve been on Japan in a generation.
Trump briefly testifies at E. Jean Carroll sex defamation trial, defense rests
Former President Donald Trump briefly testified in the civil sex defamation case against him by E. Jean Carroll in New York federal court.
10-year Treasury yield pulls back after GDP data shows slowing inflation, strong growth
A report Thursday showed faster than expected economic growth in the fourth quarter failed to push inflation higher.
64K women and girls became pregnant due to rape in states with abortion bans, study estimates
The research letter, published by JAMA Internal Medicine, estimated that nearly 520,000 rapes were associated with 64,565 pregnancies across 14 states.
IBM shares rise after earnings top estimates in ‘uncertain, volatile’ economy
IBM ended the year with more than $11 billion in free cash flow, more than it had been projecting, due to acceleration in distributed infrastructure.
Biden guest at State of the Union will be Texas abortion case mom
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden spoke Sunday with Kate Cox, the mother whose abortion was blocked by the Texas Supreme Court.
Arizona GOP chair resigns after Kari Lake bribery allegation, says she threatened him
In audio of the 2023 exchange, Jeff DeWit can be heard telling Lake “very powerful people” could give her “an incredible opportunity” if she put her political ambitions on ice.
Thursday’s GDP report expected to show the U.S. economy at a crossroads
The consensus outlook for the fourth quarter is that gross domestic product grew at a 2% seasonally adjusted annualized pace.
