[The United States in September "small non-farm" quarter cut! Labor market turning point has quietly come?] The latest data released on Wednesday (October 4) showed that the growth rate of private employment in the United States, known as "small non-farm", contracted off the cliff, slowing down far more than market expectations.

Eastern time on Wednesday, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed higher, with the Nasdaq up 1.35%, the S&P 500 up 0.81% and the Dow up 0.39%. Big tech stocks rose across the board, with Tesla up nearly 6% and back above the $800 billion mark; AMD, ARM, ST, AsML rose more than 3%, Google rose more than 2%, Nvidia, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta rose more than 1%, Netflix, Apple rose slightly. Energy stocks were weak, with Caron Oil down more than 7 percen ... 阅读全文

Apple CEO Tim Cook recently sold 511,000 shares of Apple stock for $41.5 million after taxes, according to a newly released form from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Exxonmobil expects changes in industry margins to positively impact third-quarter energy products earnings, which are expected to increase by $900 million to $1.1 billion compared to the second quarter. Natural gas price changes will drive revenue growth of $200 million to $600 million; The impact of liquid energy prices was $900 million to $1.3 billion.

Amazon is shutting down its AMP live video service.

Apple has released a software update to fix an overheating iPhone 15.

Warren, an antitrust crusader in the U.S. Senate, has asked the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to review UnitedHealth's merger with Amedisys.

Google rose more than 1% after announcing the launch of the Pixel 8 series of phones.

Google announced the Pixel8, which starts at $699, and the Pixel8 Pro, which starts at $999. Both phones are based on TensorG3 chips, which enable Google to use its own artificial intelligence and robotic learning resources in areas such as cameras. Both phones will be available for pre-order on October 4 and will ship/be available on October 12.

Barclays PLC began laying off 3% of its global investment banking staff this week, targeting 3% of its global investment banking workforce, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. Barclays has sought to streamline its operations after a tumultuous year. The cuts are part of an annual review that also involves deals and research, the sources said. Overall, up to 300 employees could lose their positions in this round of layoffs, the sources added.

The Hong Kong stock market has just hit an uncomfortable level. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 2.7 per cent on Tuesday to its lowest close of the year after a public holiday the previous day. Investors and analysts said there were multiple reasons for Tuesday's sell-off. Here are some of the key factors: -- US Treasury yields rose. On Monday, the yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit 4.7 per cent intraday for the first time since October 2007. Jason Lui, head o ... 阅读全文

According to redactions in an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against Amazon.com (AMZN), Amazon used an algorithm code-named "Project Nessie" to test price increases that competitors would follow. According to people familiar with the complaint, the algorithm helped Amazon drive up profits on a wide range of goods, and because of the company's influence in e-commerce, it led competitors to raise prices and charge customers more. If a ... 阅读全文

The yen rebounded on Tuesday after weakening and briefly dipping below 150 yen to the dollar. That prompted traders to speculate that Japanese authorities had intervened to prop up the yen. As the yen approaches 150 to the dollar, analysts and investors have been preparing for possible intervention. Earlier Tuesday, the yen was trading just below that level, but fell below that level after U.S. Labor Department data released at 10 a.m. Et showed a surprisingly lar ... 阅读全文

U.S. auto industry sales continued to climb in the third quarter as automakers and buyers largely shrugged off rising interest rates and an ongoing strike by the United Auto Workers union. General Motors (GM) on Tuesday reported a 21 percent increase in its U.S. sales, a big jump driven by the Chevrolet and Buick brands and a rebound in supply of its best-selling pickup trucks. In the quarter just ended, Toyota Motor's (TM) U.S. sales rose 12%, while Honda Motor's ... 阅读全文

Canada has sought to defuse tensions with India after a diplomatic furore, calling on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government not to further expel Canadian diplomats. "We don't want this to escalate," Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Tuesday. Relations between the two countries were strained last month after Canada alleged that India was involved in the killing of a Sikh separatist leader on Canadian soil, a charge that the Indian governm ... 阅读全文

China Renaissance Holdings Limited (1911.HK) has appointed an acting Chief Executive Officer to formally take charge of the management of the company. The move comes after the boutique investment bank was rocked by the disappearance of its chief executive and controlling shareholder. Mr Xie, 53, will act as chief executive of Bao Fan, who went missing in February. Mr Xie is a co-founder of China Renaissance and has been leading the company's executive committee si ... 阅读全文

Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group, has said that artificial general intelligence is so powerful that it will surpass all human knowledge within a decade. "Either seize the opportunity or fall behind," Son said at SoftBank World, SoftBank's annual general meeting. Mr Son, 66, has made it clear he is convinced. He devoted much of his roughly hour-long talk on Wednesday to arguing for the widespread development and application of general artificial intelligence, a ... 阅读全文

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier were awarded The Nobel Prize in Physics. For their work on electron dynamics in matter. Their research demonstrates a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to provide information about processes inside atoms and molecules. The Nobel Committee on Tuesday congratulated the three scientists for their work exploring the behavior of electrons on a one-attosecond time scale. Electrons are subato ... 阅读全文

The deepening Treasury sell-off triggered another sell-off on Wall Street on Tuesday, wiping out the Dow's remaining gains for the year and pushing US Treasury yields to fresh multi-year highs. Stocks fell broadly, led by riskier technology companies, rate-sensitive banks, real estate owners and consumer discretionary stocks. Utilities were the only S&P 500 sector to rise. Utilities rose 1.2 per cent, following Monday's sharp decline. The Dow fell about 431 points ... 阅读全文

Senators Marsha Blackburn and Richard Blumenthal are seeking information about TikTok's executive transfer from its Chinese parent company, Bytedance. In a letter sent to TikTok on Tuesday, the senators asked about that relationship, including whether TikTok had disclosed recent personnel changes to the U.S. government. Since the beginning of the year, executives transferred from ByteDance to TikTok have taken on a number of senior positions in TikTok's profitable ... 阅读全文