LIVE Updated 7 mins ago Rian Howlett and Karen Friar 2 min read US stocks split at the opening bell on Wednesday as investors eyed attacks on shipping in the Iran war and assessed the latest inflation report, which came in line with expectations. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) led the way up with a...

United Parcel Service’s cost-reduction program is not shrinking the company, but rather positioning it for profitable growth as it navigates a glide down in Amazon volumes to chase higher-margin business than short-distance courier service, a top executive said last week. Analysts are giving UPS (NYSE: UPS) solid marks so far in executing the largest network...

“Meta needs to create a new, separate set of rules to ensure users can reliably recognize AI-generated content. Additionally, it should amend its current policies to ensure a timely and adequate response to deceptive AI-generated output.” Those are the words of Meta’s own oversight board: the entity created by the social-media giant to scrutinise its policies...