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Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks have taken flight to start April, rising amid statistically unusual bullish momentum. In the process, the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average have knifed to record highs, while the Nasdaq Composite has staged a potentially consequential trendline breakout. Before detailing the U.S. markets’ wider view, the S&P 500’s …

U.S. stocks are firmly higher early Friday, rising after a strikingly better-than-expected monthly jobs report. Against this backdrop, the Nasdaq Composite is rattling the cage on uncharted territory, vying to surpass its record close (9,817) and absolute record peak (9,838). Meanwhile, the Dow industrials have knifed firmly atop the 200-day moving average early Friday, clearing …

You’ve heard of fast advancements in Asia’s economy. Now get ready for Africa. Twitter TWTR, +0.30%  CEO Jack Dorsey tweeted about his plans to move to Africa in 2020, saying he wants …

SEATTLE — Twenty years ago, Amazon.com Inc. was an online bookstore that was powered by the same servers and systems that other companies used. In trying to expand beyond books, Amazon AMZN, -1.28% …

Technically speaking, the major U.S. benchmarks have sustained a break to record territory amid still conspicuously muted November selling pressure. Against this backdrop, the big three benchmarks remain near-term extended — and are due a cooling-off period, if not a corrective pullback — though the more important longer-term market bias remains comfortably bullish. …

Relief over well-received results from Apple and Facebook may not be enough to fuel another S&P 500 record on Thursday, as rumblings on the trade front are getting in the way. Those big tech names are an integral part of our call of the day from BlueBox Asset Management’s co-portfolio manager William De Gale who …

Microsoft Corp. easily trumped expectations with an earnings report Wednesday afternoon that displayed double-digit percentage gains in profit and sales, but shares dipped in late trading as the Azure cloud business’s growth rate continued to decline. The most valuable public company in the U.S. reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $10.7 billion, or $1.38 a share, …

A former Google employee accused the tech giant’s executive ranks of fostering a culture of sexual misbehavior in a scathing blog post detailing her relationship with the company’s top lawyer. In a Medium post published Wednesday, Jennifer Blakely accused Google Chief Legal Officer David Drummond — in whose department she once worked — of chronic …

JOHN THYS/AFP/Getty Images EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager speaks to reporters after slapping Google with an antitrust fine in March 2019. Congress, with some goading from their competitors, appears eager to apply antitrust enforcement to Facebook FB, -1.21% …

Facebook Inc. FB, -0.62% CEO Mark Zuckerberg says breaking up big tech won’t solve key issues over data privacy and antitrust concerns, but regulation could. At the Aspen Ideas Festival on Wednesday, …