(Bloomberg) — International Business Machines Corp. dropped from the top spot for US patents in 2022, the first time in decades Big Blue hasn’t claimed the most in a year, signaling a strategy shift at the longtime intellectual property leader.
The housewife was real. The deal wasn’t.
Vodafone Group Plc’s board has enlisted headhunters to help find a replacement for the chief executive officer it abruptly ousted in December after its share price hit a 25-year low, people with knowledge of the matter said.
(Bloomberg) — European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said price pressures in the euro area will remain elevated even if surging energy costs are starting to ease.
(Bloomberg) — Fertilizer prices are falling after hitting records in 2022 as gas costs and farmer demand both decline.
(Bloomberg) — Federal Reserve officials Friday stressed further interest-rate hikes are needed to tame inflation even though there are emerging signs that price pressures are cooling.
Tech companies including Microsoft Corp. and Meta Platforms Inc. are expected to hit the bond market in size to buy back stock after last year’s rout.
The original policy would have threatened new pollution curbs — and deterred drilling — in the world’s largest oil field.
Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank President Esther George said officials have a tough road ahead in determining policy as they try to balance inflation and employment.
(Bloomberg) — The US Securities and Exchange Commission ended its investigation into stock trades that former US Senator Richard Burr made in the weeks before the coronavirus pandemic, he said in a Friday statement.
