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LONDON—European stock markets closed in tentative positive territory on Thursday, with Ukraine peace talks in focus. pan-european Stocks 600 It was up 0.5% at the closing bell, with most major stock exchanges and sectors rising.Apparel companies bookended the index on Wednesday as Zara’s parent company Inditex topped the Stoxx 600 index and closed 10% higher, extending its gains with a 2.7% rise on Thursday.hugo bossMeanwhile, the stock fell 0.9% during the session. This follows a 10% drop in the previous session after the company cut its profit outlook.volvo cars On Wednesday, it reported that November sales were down 10% from…
AI research institute Anthropic isn’t slowing down its efforts to acquire enterprise customers. The company announced Wednesday that it is expanding its partnership with cloud data company Snowflake with a $200 million, multi-year AI contract to bring Anthropic’s large-scale language models to Snowflake’s platform and, as a result, to the company’s massive customer base. “Anthropic joins a very select group of partners with nine-figure collaborations, product-level co-innovation, and a proven track record of working together for customers around the world,” Snowflake co-founder and CEO Sridhar Ramaswamy said in a blog post. “The combined power of Claude and Snowflake is raising…
People walk next to the Google Cloud logo during the 2025 Mobile World Congress (MWC) on March 4, 2025 in Barcelona, Spain.Albert Geerreutergoogle Cloud on Thursday announced a multi-year partnership with artificial intelligence coding startup Replit, giving the search giant new leverage against rival coding products such as Anthropic and Cursor. Under this partnership, Replit will expand its use of Google Cloud services, add more Google models to its platform, and support AI coding use cases for enterprise customers. Google will continue to be Replit’s primary cloud provider. Founded nearly 10 years ago, Replit is a leader in the rapidly…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition government on Wednesday boycotted a Knesset vote supporting US President Donald Trump’s Gaza plan. The vote, initiated by opposition leader Yair Lapid, passed with 39 votes in favor and zero votes against. Members of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s coalition fled the parliamentary plenary session as time began to debate the proposal, rushing to the exits as the vote approached. “I admit that I am surprised and disappointed that Prime Minister Netanyahu is not here,” Lapid said as the debate began. “This is the first opportunity we have as Congress to say to President…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) after the opening bell rings on December 3, 2025 in New York. Timothy A. Clary | AFP | Getty Images After shaking off some of the weakness at the start of the month, the market looks ready to ride Santa’s sleigh, riding a second straight day of gains this week. Wednesday’s gains came on the back of surprisingly weak private-sector employment data, with payroll firm ADP’s November report showing a loss of 32,000 jobs, well below the 40,000-job gain expected by economists compiled by Dow Jones. This further…
Meta Inc. may be planning significant layoffs at its Metaverse division, Bloomberg reported, citing anonymous sources. Company executives are considering cutting the virtual reality platform’s budget by up to 30%, the report said, adding that the cuts would also include layoffs. If Meta moves forward with such plans, the move would reflect an overall lack of interest in products like Meta’s social virtual reality platform, Horizon World, and virtual reality hardware, both in the industry as a whole and among consumers. Since Meta rebranded in 2021, investors have grown skeptical of the company’s allocation of resources to Metaverse projects, which…
‘Year of Efficiency’ Will Mark Zuckerberg Return to Metaplatform? The social media giant’s shares rose more than 5% to $676 each at Thursday’s high after Bloomberg reported that Mr. Zuckerberg plans to cut Metaverse spending by up to 30%. Metaverse Group is working on its virtual “Horizon World” environment and Quest series of virtual reality headsets. It’s been a while. Meta’s slump in 2022 came as the Federal Reserve aggressively raised interest rates to combat high inflation and as investors grew concerned that Mr. Zuckerberg was spending countless sums of money building virtual worlds with little idea of when he…
Israel will be allowed to compete in next year’s Eurovision Song Contest after organizers decided not to hold a vote on participation, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said. The competition is a fun-filled pop music spectacle that attracts millions of viewers around the world. Organizers met on Thursday to discuss Israel’s participation, amid calls for the country’s exclusion over the Gaza war and threats of boycott from some member states. The meeting was held at the Geneva headquarters of the EBU, which is made up of broadcasters from 56 countries, and was held to consider new rules announced last month…
Jen Tran & Devin StraderStatus: SplitOn the season 21 finale of The Bachelorette, it seemed like Bachelor alum Jen Tran finally had her happy ending with finalist Devin Strader. But Jen revealed on After the Final Rose in September 2024 that Devin snubbed her as soon as the cameras stopped. “He would boldly declare his love and then all of a sudden the next day he wouldn’t say anything and he would deny that he was in love,” Jen told host Jesse Palmer on the Sept. 3 episode. “All the promises he made to me, all the love he wanted…
BEIJING, CHINA – DECEMBER 3: French President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk during a state visit at the Great Hall of the People on December 3, 2025 in Beijing, China. Adek Berry Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images President Xi Jinping told President Emmanuel Macron in Beijing on Thursday that China is willing to increase imports of products from France in exchange for a “fair and favorable environment” for Chinese companies in European countries. The French president began a three-day visit to China on Wednesday as tensions escalate over a range of topics, including…