10:51 AM EDT, 08/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) is pressing executives at Bytedance and Tencent to remove links to external payment platforms allowing mini-app developers to avoid Apple's ( AAPL ) commission fee structure, Bloomberg News reported Friday, citing unnamed people familiar with recent discussions between the companies. The sources declined to be identified because the discussions...

Applied Materials, Inc. ( AMAT ) shares are trading lower by 6.5% to $183.64 during Friday’s session. Shares of semiconductor stocks are trading lower in sympathy with Intel Corp ( INTC ), which reported worse-than-expected second-quarter financial results. Applied Materials ( AMAT ) shares have also experienced volatility this week following the news that the company will not receive funding from the...

10:53 AM EDT, 08/02/2024 (MT Newswires) -- Commercial Metals ( CMC ) said Friday that Barbara Smith will retire as executive chairman of the board, effective Aug. 31. Robert Wetherbee, an independent director since March 2023, has been named board chair, effective Sept. 1. The board also decreased the number of total number of seats to nine directors from 10....

* Violent disturbances have followed dance class stabbing * Starmer says whipping up of violence online is criminal * PM adds that misinformation could prejudice future trial (Updates Thursday's story with misinformation example in paragraph 13) By Alistair Smout and Nick Vant LONDON, Aug 1 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned social media companies that they must uphold...