Amy Thomson

Tim Cook and Donald Trump

Trump talks with Apple’s Cook as iPhone price hikes loom

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Mark Read, chief executive officer of WPP Plc, during a Bloomberg Television interview in London, UK, on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022. “Moving away from the cookie is a good thing in regards to online privacy” Read said. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

WPP first-quarter sales drop on declines in U.K., Western Europe

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

United Airlines planes at Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey, United States of America on July 16th, 2024. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Major Microsoft and Crowdstrike disruptions ground planes, banks, McDonald’s stores and the London Stock Exchange

By Amy Thomson, Shona Ghosh, and others

Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky.

France’s former IT giant Atos chose Onepoint’s restructuring plan—but Onepoint withdrew giving billionaire Daniel Kretinsky the power to step in

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Michael Dell, chairman and chief executive officer of Dell Inc., speaks during the Dell Technologies World conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Monday, May 20, 2024. The conference will cover AI, Multicloud, Edge, and the power of technology to change business and the world for the better. Photographer: Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Nvidia and Dell shares rise on news of ‘AI factory’ for Elon Musk’s xAI

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Paddy Cosgrave

Web Summit chief who indirectly accused Israel of ‘war crimes’ says he’s resigning because of ‘distraction’ over his personal comments

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Elon Musk Twitter account turned into private one is seen on a mobile phone screen for illustartion photo. Krakow, Poland on February 1, 2023. Elon Musk locked his official Twitter account to check whether it would affect engagement on his tweets. (Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Twitter users report broad outage in latest service problem after Musk’s mass layoffs

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

A sign outside the London Stock Exchange in London, UK, on Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. The UK Government wants to supercharge the City of London’s growth, arguing it will boost the whole country’s post-Brexit prospects. Photographer: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Microsoft is buying a chunk of London’s stock exchange to push its cloud services

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s third attempt to withdraw his Twitter offer is ‘invalid and wrongful,’ company argues

By Amy Thomson, Jennifer Ryan, and others

Battered by China crackdown, ride sharing giant Didi hits brakes on Europe expansion

By Amy Thomson, Ivan Levingston, and others

Screenshots of the Parler app from the App Store are seen on an Apple iPhone in this photo illustration in Warsaw, Poland on January 10, 2021. The Parler app, developed as an alternative social media platform for conservatives has been taken from the Apple App Store and the Google Play store. Supporters of Donald Trump including many who stormed the Capitol on Wednesday communicate via the app. The app has been removed from stores for containing a large number of posts that encourge and incite violence. Aamazon Web Services (AWS) has also announced it is no longer hosting the platform on it’s cloud services. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Parler reappears, but its full return could take some time

By Nate Lanxon, Amy Thomson, and others

RealPage, a maker of software for managing rental properties, had risen more than 26% this year through Friday—outpacing a 15% gain in the S&P 500 —after the pandemic spurred the adoption of online and digital services over in-person alternatives.

Thoma Bravo buys property management software firm RealPage for $9.6 billion

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

Germany is a hotspot for Amazon.com as labor rights campaigners push for higher pay and greater COVID-19 protections. Wire photography: Thorsten Wagner—Bloomberg/Getty Images

Thousands of Amazon workers will walk off the job today to fight for fair pay and COVID protections

By Amy Thomson, Matt Day, and others

Markus Braun, chief executive officer and largest shareholder of Wirecard AG, pauses at a banking conference in Frankfurt, Germany last year. Wirecard’s shares plunged on Thursday after the company revealed “spurious cash balances,” putting its finances in doubt. Wire photography: Alex Kraus—Bloomberg via Getty Images

High-flying German fintech Wirecard plunges as millions go missing

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg

HP said Xerox’s “urgency” in launching the offer shows its “desperation to acquire HP to address its continued business decline.

HP rejects Xerox $34 billion takeover bid, saying it ‘meaningfully undervalues’ the company

By Amy Thomson and Bloomberg