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[NEW YORK] Wall Street’s main indexes opened higher on Wednesday (Oct 15), boosted by solid results from major banks, while chipmakers rallied after positive quarterly results from ASML.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104.7 points, or 0.23 per cent, at the open to 46,375.17. The S&P 500 rose 44.0 points, or 0.66 per cent, to 6,688.27​, while the Nasdaq Composite rose 216.8 points, or 0.96 per cent, to 22,738.496. REUTERS

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BRUSSELS :U.S. tech giant Microsoft looks set to avoid a French antitrust investigation into its search operations because regulators are planning to dismiss a complaint by Qwant, the French rival search engine said on Wednesday.Qwant, which has historically relied on Microsoft’s Bing platform to deliver search and news results, took a grievance against Microsoft’s search practices to the French regulator earlier this year. It said on Wednesday it may challenge the decision to reject its case in court or take it to other authorities.Qwant had asked the watchdog to take interim action against Microsoft while it decided if there was…

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US Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks about the sending of warning letters to companies for illegally marketing products containing 7-hydroxymitragynine, also known as 7-OH, as part of their actions combatting opioids, during a press conference at HHS headquarters in Washington, DC, on July 29, 2025. Saul Loeb | Afp | Getty ImagesA group of Democratic state governors has launched a new alliance aimed at coordinating their public health efforts.They’re framing it as a way to share data, messages about threats, emergency preparedness and public health policy — and as a rebuke to President Donald…

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The European Commission has fined Gucci, Chloé, and Loewe over 157 million euros for anti-competitive pricing practicesMILAN — MILAN (AP) — The European Commission has fined luxury fashion houses Gucci, Chloé and Loewe over 157 million euros (nearly $183 million) for anti-competitive practices restricting independent retailers’ ability to set prices for their luxury goods.The commission said the companies’ fixing of resale prices breached the bloc’s competition rules, and harmed consumers.“The decision sends a strong signal to the fashion industry and beyond that we will not tolerate this kind of practice in Europe, and that fair competition and consumer protection apply…

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The Government has vowed to pursue a company linked to Baroness Michelle Mone for millions of pounds paid for defective PPE at the height of the COVID pandemic after a High Court deadline passed without repayment.Earlier this month, the High Court ruled that PPE Medpro, a company founded by Baroness Mone’s husband Doug Barrowman and promoted in government by the Tory peer, was in breach of contract and gave it two weeks to repay the £122m plus interest of £23m. In a statement, the Health Secretary Wes Streeting said: “At a time of national crisis, PPE Medpro sold the previous…

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WASHINGTON :U.S. government officials said on Wednesday that federal networks are being targeted by an unidentified “nation-state cyber threat actor” that’s trying to exploit vulnerabilities in products made by the cybersecurity company F5.In a statement, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency said exploitation of the devices “could allow the threat actor to move laterally within an organization’s network, exfiltrate sensitive data, and establish persistent system access, potentially leading to a full compromise of targeted information systems.”Earlier, F5 said it had detected unauthorized access to certain company systems by a threat actor, but the breach had no impact on its operations.The company…

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Senate Majority Leader John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota, left, and US House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, during a news conference at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. Valerie Plesch | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe government shutdown stretched into its third week on Wednesday as Republican and Democratic senators continued to dig in their heels on dueling stopgap funding proposals.The Senate is set Wednesday afternoon to vote for the ninth time on competing short-term funding resolutions that have failed in eight previous votes.Republicans insist on a “clean” continuing resolution that…

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