04:54 AM EST, 11/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Alibaba Group Holding ( BABA ) said Friday that it launched AI Mode for its Alibaba.com e-commerce platform, integrating agentic artificial intelligence into the platform's user interface. AI Mode is set to roll out in December, with capabilities like interpreting natural language queries, analyzing technical specifications, and comparing suppliers, according to the statement....

04:56 AM EST, 11/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) iPhone sales in China surged 22% from year-earlier levels in the first month following the launch of the iPhone 17 series, news outlets reported Friday, citing data from Counterpoint. The latest lineup accounted for almost four-fifths of the units sold from the Sept. 19 launch, according to reports. In...

04:15 AM EST, 11/14/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Rocket Lab ( RKLB ) said late Thursday it successfully launched two Explorer-class spacecrafts for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the University of California Berkeley's Space Sciences Laboratory. The spacecrafts were launched by Blue Origin on Thursday, from Cape Canaveral and are expected to arrive at Mars in September 2027. ...

Nov 14 (Reuters) - Blackstone appointed Franck Petitgas as a senior managing director and vice chairman of Europe, it said on Friday, to strengthen strategic initiatives and client engagement in the region. Petitgas, who will take up the newly created role in January, joins Blackstone after 30 years at Morgan Stanley ( MS ) , where he held several roles...