Over the past week, stock markets around the world plunged as distressing news about the spread of the novel coronavirus continued to accumulate. In the United States, the three major stock indexes—the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Nasdaq Composite, and the S&P 500—fell more than 10 percent below their recent peaks, a sharp decline that […]
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iPhone overtakes Android to claim majority of US smartphone market
For the first time ever, there are more iPhones in use in the US than any other type of smartphone. Citing data from analytics firm Counterpoint Research, the Financial Times reports the iPhone overtook the entire Android ecosystem in June to claim 50 percent of US market share. In doing so, Apple achieved its highest-ever […]
Lumber prices decline to a new 2022 low as Goldman warns housing market has further room to fall
A discounted batch of planks is seen as people shop for lumber at a Home Depot store in Alhambra, California on May 4, 2022. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images Lumber prices fell 4% to a new 2022 low on Tuesday as the housing market continues to cool off. The decline came on the same […]
Waymo’s Move to Sell Lidar Units Is a Bet on a Bigger Market
The shift to sell its technology to robotics and security companies is an indication that Waymo isn’t placing all its bets on self-driving cars. https://media.wired.com/photos/5c8010ea36d49b72487e2062/master/pass/Waymo-honeycomb_tabletop-FA.jpg
Bill Gross, the king of the bond market, abdicates
As the returns vanished in recent years, investors lost faith
Conflicts in the credit-derivatives market threaten to undermine it
A ruling on the exact meaning of a complex contract surprises markets
Efforts to fix the market in auditing rumble on
Regulators in both Britain and Europe want to make audits less cosy
Investors fear that the unwinding of QE is causing market turbulence
The Fed wanted its balance-sheet policy to be dull. It is anything but
The market for cyber-insurance is growing
But computer risks are harder to handle than physical ones
As China’s debt soars, the market for buying bad loans revs up
Where most see peril, a hardy few see profits