The divestment is part of its strategy to become a more focused industrial engineering company.https://www.wsj.com/business/deals/smiths-group-to-sell-smiths-interconnect-to-molex-in-1-75-billion-deal-3b688880?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
The company detected unauthorized third-party access to data related to a business it previously acquired in Sweden, but there is no evidence that Verisure’s own network and systems have been compromised, it said.https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/verisure-unit-hit-by-data-breach-the-week-after-stock-market-debut-7932569b?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Revenue climbed 11% to $18.43 billion in the quarter as consumers spent more on retail, restaurants and airlines, said the company.https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/american-express-sales-rise-as-cardholder-spend-keeps-climbing-6401ffd3?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Nichanian is to step down after her last show for the French luxury house in January.https://www.wsj.com/business/retail/hermes-menswear-creative-chief-veronique-nichanian-to-leave-after-nearly-four-decades-c9d33e53?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
EssilorLuxottica shares surged after the Ray-Ban maker reported an acceleration in quarterly revenue that beat analysts’ forecasts.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/essilorluxottica-shares-soar-after-revenue-accelerates-ahead-of-forecasts-54712308?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
The retailer’s Soho store is a beloved spot to do your business—but not necessarily the revenue-generating kind.https://www.wsj.com/lifestyle/new-yorkers-are-losing-their-favorite-bathroom-rei-bed74dd1?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Find insight on T-Mobile, Shopify, HYBE, AI in Taiwan and more in the latest Market Talks covering Technology, Media and Telecom.https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-media-telecom-roundup-market-talk-6c378559?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Find insight on CSX, Continental, Volvo and more in the latest Market Talks covering Auto and Transport.https://www.wsj.com/articles/auto-transport-roundup-market-talk-6566715f?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
The provider of financial services to institutional investors notched a higher top and bottom line for the third quarter, boosted by broad-based fee revenue increases.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/state-street-posts-higher-profit-as-fee-revenue-rises-65c395e4?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Fifth Third Bancorp posted higher profit in the third quarter, while Comerica’s earnings slipped slightly, as the regional lenders prepare to combine in a $10.9 billion all-stock deal.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/fifth-third-profit-rises-comericas-slips-ahead-of-tie-up-259be126?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Continental is to publish third-quarter figures on Nov. 6 and said it expects its adjusted earnings before interest and taxes margin at around 11.4%, above a consensus forecast.https://www.wsj.com/business/earnings/continental-shares-climb-after-strong-quarter-outlook-confirmation-a16091aa?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
An overdue overhaul of federal preferences for ‘disadvantaged’ firms.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/disadvantaged-business-enterprises-trump-administration-transportation-ac366bd0?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f
Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—it risks the same fate.https://www.wired.com/story/can-ai-escape-enshittification-trap/
Many will assume that OpenAI’s Sora app represents a new era of social media. But that’s wrong—all it does is reanimate our current one.https://www.wired.com/story/the-blurred-truths-of-sora/
ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.https://www.wired.com/story/bytedances-ai-chatbot-is-quietly-gaining-traction-around-the-world/
Niantic is giving its cute AR cartoon companions a voice that will let them guide you around in the real world and point out interesting facts. The feature is being demo’d first in Snap Spectacles.https://www.wired.com/story/niantic-peridot-augmented-reality-snap-spectacles/
An AI chatbot developed by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is now more popular than DeepSeek. The feat proves that user-friendly design often matters more than having the most advanced AI model.https://www.wired.com/story/bytedance-doubao-chatbot-popularity/
Indian real-estate firms have been accused of fraud, money laundering and more on other projects. The Trumps have stepped up overseas deals in the president’s second term.https://www.wsj.com/world/india/trump-organization-india-real-estate-36eb2946
New Delhi didn’t outright contradict the president, saying it was committed to protecting consumers by diversifying its energy supplies.https://www.wsj.com/world/india/india-delicately-counters-trump-claim-it-will-drop-russian-oil-1e21cf97
Leaders delay a vote on its taxation-without-representation scheme.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/united-nations-shipping-carbon-tax-international-maritime-organization-54ae92b2