Stocks making the biggest moves before the bell: BA, MASI, BIDU, DIS

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Boeing — Shares of the aerospace giant rose more than 2% after the company announced CEO Dave Calhoun was stepping down at the end of the year. Board Chairman Larry Kellner is also resigning. Masimo — Shares soared nearly 12% following the medical technology company’s announcement […]

Apple, Google and Meta face first formal investigations under EU’s DMA

What’s the collective noun for investigations on Big Tech? Because the European Union has just announced a pile of probes on gatekeepers designated under the Digital Markets Act (DMA). Alphabet/Google, Apple and Meta are facing the first formal non-compliance investigations under the bloc’s rebooted ex ante competition rulebook. Alphabet/Google’s rules on steering in Google Play […]

Several injured as Russian missiles target Kyiv

By Lipika Pelham A three-storey building in Kyiv has been badly damaged, Ukrainian officials say, as the city comes under renewed Russian attack. They said two ballistic missiles were intercepted, but seven people were injured as debris fell. Explosions were heard across the Ukrainian capital and a column of smoke was seen rising in the […]

Ecuador's youngest mayor found shot dead

By Vanessa BuschschlĂŒter Ecuador’s youngest mayor, Brigitte GarcĂ­a, has been shot dead. The 27-year-old and her press officer were found dead in a car on Sunday in the town of San Vicente, where she had won the mayoral election last year. No arrests have been made so far and it is not clear what the […]

Binance executive escapes Nigerian custody as authorities file new tax charges

The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a smartphone with the word “cancelled” on a computer screen in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images One of two Binance executives detained in Nigeria has escaped custody, while the Nigerian government has filed new tax evasion charges against the global […]

Stampede at Nigeria cash hand-out kills seven

By Mansur Abubakar Seven people, including an eight-year-old girl, have been killed in a stampede at a charity event in Nigeria. On Sunday, a businessman in Bauchi state, in the north-east, had invited residents to collect 5,000 naira ($3.70; ÂŁ2.90) each. The event attracted a big crowd and “before you knew it things got out […]

V2 Retail opens stores in Siliguri, Telibagh

Value fashion and lifestyle retailer V2 Retail has launched two new brick-and-mortar stores in Siliguri and Telibagh (Lucknow) to cater to shoppers in West Bengal and Uttar Pradesh respectively as part of its plan to open 35 new brick-and-mortar stores in India this calendar year. V2 Retail continues to open new stores in Tier 2 and […]

GoStudent, the online learning platform, says it’s now profitable

GoStudent — the online tutoring marketplace last valued at $3.2 billion — has carved out a position for itself as one of the biggest and more popular startups to come out of Vienna, Austria, with 11 million families and 23,000 tutors on the platform. Now it’s adding another distinction to the list: It is profitable. […]