Southwest Airlines (LUV) on Thursday reported a net loss of $1.2 billion on revenue of $1.8 billion in the third quarter. Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly says the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause huge losses for the airline but he is encouraged, “by modest improvements in leisure passenger traffic,” since a slowdown in July. Here are the quarterly results compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Diluted earnings loss per share: net loss of $1.96 per share vs. expected loss… Source link

The Justice Department says Google CEO Sundar Pichai (left) met privately with Apple chief Tim Cook in 2018 to discuss how their two companies could collaborate. Bertrand Guay/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption … Source link

Should Google’s benefits to consumers cancel out any alleged abuses of its economic might? That’s where the company and the US government may inevitably clash in court. How a judge answers the question could have far wider ramifications than this one case. It reflects deep tensions between what critics of US law say has allowed decades of corporate concentration, and what its defenders say is a feature of the system — not a bug — that keeps the focus squarely on consumers’ welfare in a… Source link

An archive photo VITEBSK, 22 October (BelTA) – The Belarusian TV manufacturer Vityas has designed and is about to start making smart TV sets powered by a multimedia platform of the… Source link

New jobless claims unexpectedly dipped below 800,000 last week, but still remained historically high as hundreds of thousands of more Americans were put out of work during the ongoing pandemic. The U.S. Department of Labor released its weekly unemployment insurance claims report at 8:30 a.m. ET Thursday. Here were the main metrics from the report, compared to Bloomberg estimates: At 787,000 new jobless claims came in below 1 million for an eighth straight week, but at a level that still… Source link

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face off in their last presidential debate Thursday at 9 p.m. ET at Belmont University in Nashville.  Yahoo News will offer live fact checks during the 90-minute debate, from our own team of journalists and our network of partners. Yahoo News will also host a special broadcast at 8:50 p.m. ET to preview the debate and will air a post-debate show to provide analysis and reactions. Under a new rule from the Commission on Presidential… Source link

President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden will face off in their last presidential debate Thursday at 9 p.m. ET at Belmont University in Nashville.  Yahoo News will offer live fact checks during the 90-minute debate, from our own team of journalists and our network of partners. Yahoo News will also host a special broadcast at 8:50 p.m. ET to preview the debate and will air a post-debate show to provide analysis and reactions. Under a new rule from the Commission on Presidential… Source link

A new feature being internally tested at Google could remove the need to say “Hey Google” before voicing commands to Nest Hub smart displays, Android Central reports. Instead, the feature codenamed “Blue Steel” could allow the device to simply sense your presence, and proactively listen for commands without first needing to hear the wake word. The functionality has been shown off in a video posted to YouTube by Jan Boromeusz, who Android Central notes previously leaked features… Source link

Watch: Prince William handed two wildlife patronages from the Queen Prince William has said science on climate change is “irrefutable” as he calls for positive action to solve the problems facing the planet. William, 38, is to appear on climate change podcast Outrage and Optimism as he sets out his plans for his Earthshot Prize, which has the ambitious goal of repairing the planet. He joined hosts Christiana Figueres, Tom Rivett-Carnac and Paul Dickinson, for an episode of the podcast which… Source link

New Delhi: Reliance Jio has revamped its made-in-India browser as JioPages, which supports eight Indian languages — Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Gujarati, Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and Bangla. Currently available for Android smartphones, the browser is a revamped version of JioBrowser which has already been downloaded over 10 million times from Google Play Store. The revamped browser, built on the powerful Chromium Blink engine, focusses on data-privacy to give users full control over their… Source link