Wall Street’s main indexes climbed on Wednesday, while investors awaited comments from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell later in the day.
Read More Tech rally drives S&P 500, Nasdaq to record highs; Powell comments in focusTag: Salesforce
US retailers aim to cash in on Cyber Monday with steep online discounts
Retailers are pulling out all the stops with steep promotions and discounts on their websites and apps after the long Thanksgiving weekend.
Read More US retailers aim to cash in on Cyber Monday with steep online discountsOpenAI is a bigger threat to Google than US regulators
Google is facing a bigger threat from OpenAI even as it awaits a decision on how antitrust regulators in Washington plan to level the playing field in the internet search business.
Read More OpenAI is a bigger threat to Google than US regulatorsWall St gains after Friday sell-off, Mideast tensions subside
Some megacap growth stocks edged higher in early trading, with Meta Platforms, Amazon.com and Apple up between 0.6% and 1.5%.
Read More Wall St gains after Friday sell-off, Mideast tensions subsideGoogle’s contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulators
Nearly a dozen antitrust experts and industry analysts say it is unlikely that an acquisition by Google would hamper competition.
Read More Google’s contemplated mega deal would prompt new fight with regulatorsExclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot, sources say
The potential acquisition would be Alphabet’s largest ever and allow it to put some of its cash pile, which reached $110.9 billion as of the end of December, to work.
Read More Exclusive: Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for HubSpot, sources say
