LONDON (Reuters) -Bill Gates pledged on Thursday to give away some $200 billion to the world's poorest people in the next two decades. The 69-year-old billionaire co-founder of Microsoft spoke to Reuters shortly after announcing his decision to accelerate donations through his foundation at a time when the Trump administration is terminating billions in funding from the U.S. Agency for...

(Reuters) -Aspen Insurance ( AHL ) secured a valuation of $3.05 billion after its shares jumped 10.8% on Thursday in their return to the New York Stock Exchange, as the IPO market kicks back into action after tariff-driven volatility paused activity. Shares of the Bermuda-based company opened at $33.25 apiece, compared with the offer price of $30. Parent Apollo Global...

12:57 PM EDT, 05/08/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Apple ( AAPL ) is working on new chips for future devices including its first smart glasses, artificial intelligence servers and more powerful Macs, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. (Market Chatter news is derived from conversations with market professionals globally. This information is believed to be from reliable...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...