 | | | | Proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) urged Apple Inc investors to vote for a resolution demanding greater transparency in the iPhone maker's efforts to protect workers in its supply chain from forced labor. | | | | | | A Johnson & Johnson subsidiary proposed on Friday that it would submit to an independent examination of the corporate restructuring the healthcare giant undertook in an attempt to settle in U.S. bankruptcy court thousands of lawsuits alleging that J&J baby powder and other talc products cause cancer. | | | | | | Wall Street ended lower on Friday after escalating tensions in Ukraine and U.S. warnings of a potential Russian invasion prompted investors to dump risky assets in the run-up to a long weekend. | | | | | | The Sackler family owners of Purdue Pharma have proposed a settlement worth up to $6 billion to resolve allegations the company and the owners contributed to the U.S. opioid epidemic, according to a mediator's report. | | | | | | After a turbulent start to the year, investors are betting stock market volatility isn't going away anytime soon. | | | | | | General Motors Co and its self-driving technology unit Cruise have petitioned U.S. regulators for permission to build and deploy a self-driving vehicle without human controls like steering wheels or brake pedals, Cruise said Friday. | | | | | | Eurodollar futures, which reflect the outlook for U.S. interest rates over the next few years, have started to price in an incremental easing of monetary policy by the Federal Reserve in 2024. If that plays out, it would be just two years after what is expected to be the start of a Fed tightening next month. | | | | | | Spotify Technology's shares fell 5% on Friday after Joe Rogan's podcast was briefly not accessible on the company's streaming platform. | | | | | | Technology that merges the virtual and physical worlds could start to become a reality for consumers in a few years, Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc has told advertising agencies, giving more details of its vision for the creation of the metaverse. | | | | | | Canada said on Friday it will halt any further public funding for the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, after the government-owned company behind the project said costs had surged 70% to C$21.4 billion ($16.8 billion). | | | | | |
