Katie Ledecky showed it will take a monumental effort to pry the 800 metres freestyle title from her grip after the American great came home more than five seconds quicker that Summer McIntosh in the world championships heats on Friday.
Read More Ledecky throws down the gauntlet ahead of 800 freestyle showdown with McIntosh
The S&P 500 and Nasdaq climbed to new record highs after Microsoft’s blockbuster earnings and investor confidence in artificial intelligence.
Read More Wall Street jumps as Microsoft enters $4 trillion club after results
A security patch released by Microsoft last month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in U.S. tech giant’s SharePoint server software that had been identified in May.
Read More Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it
Coca-Cola laid out plans to launch a new product made with cane sugar on resilient demand for zero-calorie drinks as well as higher prices.
Read More Coca-Cola to roll out US cane-sugar Coke; zero-calorie drinks, higher prices drive beat
Despite predictions of a slowdown, U.S. consumers opened their wallets in June, pushing retail sales up 0.6%—a sharp rebound from the previous two months.
Read More Americans Keep Spending as Economy Defies Expectations
Zuckerberg and current and former directors and officers of Meta agreed to settle claims for the damage they allegedly caused the company by allowing repeated violations of Facebook users’ privacy
Read More Meta investors, Zuckerberg reach settlement to end $8 billion trial over Facebook privacy litigation