Brendan McDermid | Reuters Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks at the Anti-Defamation League’s “Never is Now” summit in New York City, December 3, 2018 Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook said the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should implement a new framework that increases transparency around companies that handle user data …

David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Thomas Kurian, the incoming head of Google Cloud and formerly president of product development at Oracle, speaks at the Oracle OpenWorld conference in San Francisco on Sept. 24, 2013. Google is raising prices for the basic enterprise and small business versions of …

As the U.S. and China negotiate on trade, Beijing is working overtime, pulling multiple levers to steady its lagging economy and boost markets. China’s central bank on Wednesday injected a record $83 billion into the financial system, seeking to avoid a cash crunch. The move is the latest in a …

Anthony Kwan | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees serve customers inside an Apple store in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. Apple will slow hiring for some divisions amid disappointing iPhone sales, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. The sources told Bloomberg that CEO Tim …

Delil Souleiman | AFP | Getty Images A picture taken on December 30, 2018, shows a line of US military vehicles in Syria’s northern city of Manbij. An attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij has resulted in multiple casualties including U.S. troops, a senior Kurdish security official confirmed …

Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ren Zhengfei, founder and chief executive officer of Huawei Technologies Co., left, speaks during an interview at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, China, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019. The U.S. Justice Department will pursue a criminal case against Chinese tech giant Huawei for …

Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018. Senate Democrats on Wednesday came up short in a vote to stop the Trump administration from easing sanctions on companies linked to Oleg Deripaska, …

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jeff Bezos, founder and chief executive officer of Amazon points to an aquarium while touring the Spheres during opening day ceremonies at the company’s campus in Seattle, Washington, in 2018. The Spheres, a new gathering and working space for Amazon employees located in the …

Video-streaming giant Netflix announced Tuesday that it is raising prices between 13 and 18 percent for new and existing customers. That’s the most substantial increase in its history. Following the announcement, the company’s stock shot up more than 6 percent. If you had invested in Netflix in 2007, when it …

Samuel Corum | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images President Donald Trump gives his first State of the Union address to Congress and the country in Washington, United States on January 30, 2018. Kirstjen Nielsen, the secretary of the U.S. Homeland Security Department, on Wednesday pushed back on a suggestion by …