Show host Jimmy Kimmel delivers his opening monologue at the 96th Academy Awards in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 10, 2024. Mike Blake | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pressure on media companies is mounting. On Wednesday, the Walt Disney Company pulled “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air “indefinitely” from its ABC network after the…
Deliveroo CEO Will Shu. Aurelien Morissard | IP3 | Getty Images LONDON — Deliveroo CEO Will Shu is set to step down from the food delivery company he co-founded over a decade ago. Shu, who established Deliveroo in 2013 with childhood friend Greg Orlowski, said Thursday that he will step down as CEO after its…
The Bank of England voted to keep interest rates on hold on Thursday, as it weighs up sticky U.K. inflation with an uncertain growth outlook and jobs market. The monetary policy committee (MPC) voted by 7-2 to keep rates steady at 4%. The central bank last trimmed the key interest rate by 25 basis points…
Tan Su Shan is the CEO and director of DBS Group. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images An evening with Tan Su Shan, CEO and director of DBS Group, was sold by auction house Sotheby’s on Saturday for 18,900 Singapore dollars ($14,790) to the winning bidder — more than double the pre-sale estimate of about SG$6,000…
The Bank of England (BOE) in the City of London, UK, on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024. Jason Alden | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday, as traders evaluate the U.S. Federal Reserve’s rate cut on Wednesday. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen opening 0.18% higher, Germany’s…
A person walks past a display of an Atlas 900 AI cluster at the Huawei stand during the World Artificial Intelligence Conference at the Shanghai World Expo and Convention Center in Shanghai on July 28, 2025. Hector Retamal | Afp | Getty Images BEIJING — Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei announced Thursday new computing systems for…
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell takes questions from reporters during a news conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee at the Federal Reserve on Sept. 17, 2025 in Washington, DC. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve on Wednesday stateside cut interest rates by a quarter point, bringing the…
At the Meta Connect developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg, head of the Facebook group Meta, shows the prototype of computer glasses that can display digital objects in transparent lenses. Andrej Sokolow | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday unveiled the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, the social media company’s first consumer-ready smart glasses…
Bird’s-eye view of central Tokyo including Tokyo Tower at sunrise hours. Vladimir Zakharov | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were set to mostly open lower after the Federal Reserve lowered its benchmark rate as expected on Wednesday, with Fed Chairman Jerome Powell framing the move as a “risk management cut,” rather than something more…
The Santos Ltd. Logo atop Santos Place building, which houses the company’s office, in Brisbane, Australia, on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Abu Dhabi’s National Oil Company has walked away from its $19 billion offer for Australia’s Santos, ending months of speculation over what would have been one of the…
