Second order this year focuses on UK users; earlier attempt included US user data, but was withdrawn under US pressure. The British government has ordered Apple to hand over personal data uploaded by its customers to the cloud for the second time this year in an ongoing privacy row thatRead More →
LONDON — European stock markets kicked off the new month higher, as the defense and health-care sectors received a boost from corporate news. The Stoxx Aerospace and Defense index was up 1.65% at 10 a.m. in London (5 a.m. ET), after the U.K. government announced Sunday that Norway had placedRead More →
Erik Isakson | Digitalvision | Getty Images The U.K. government is facing a legal challenge from campaigners over its decision to override a local authority and wave through development of a new “hyperscale” data center. Last year, the local authority of Buckinghamshire, England, denied planning permission for proposals to buildRead More →
Oli Scarff | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks are expected to open broadly higher on Thursday as regional traders keep an eye on the latest economic data from the region. The U.K.’s FTSE index is seen 0.11% higher, Germany’s DAX up 0.12%, France’s CAC 40 flat and Italy’s FTSE MIBRead More →
Ukrainian military personnel prepare a Leopard 2A4 tank ahead of a training exercise conducted by the Spanish military, at the San Gregorio military base outside Zaragoza, Spain, on Monday, March 13, 2023. Paul Hanna | Bloomberg | Getty Images LONDON — European stocks opened lower on Wednesday as global marketRead More →
Dukai Photographer | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets were poised to open lower Wednesday, tracking Wall Street declines overnight, with investors awaiting a slew of economic data from the region. Japan’s Nikkei 225 was set to open lower, with the futures contract in Chicago at 43,385 while its counterpart in OsakaRead More →
European stock markets close flat ahead of Trump-Putin meeting European stock markets closed flat ahead of a meeting between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine. The Stoxx Europe 600 index shed 0.01%. Regionally, Germany’s DAX was also down just 0.01%, while the FTSE 100 closedRead More →
This week’s inflation data will be huge for markets, and not just for the numbers. Beneath the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ reports on consumer and producer prices will be simmering questions over the data’s validity. Those concerns have accelerated as budget cutbacks have forced the agency to change the wayRead More →
Elon Musk’s X on Monday denied allegations made by French authorities as part of a criminal investigation into alleged data tampering, adding that it would not submit to the prosecutor’s demand to hand over data. X’s global government affairs account said the French investigation, which ramped up this month, isRead More →
