Bloomberg General Electric Co. soared after revealing that it burned less cash to start to the year, boosting Chief Executive Officer Larry Culp’s effort to rejuvenate the ailing manufa- cturer amid a global slowdown in the power-equipment market. GE’s industrial businesses went through $1.22 billion in cash in the first quarter, the company said in a statement as it reported ...

Bloomberg Apple Inc. executives had a clear message for investors: Demand for iPhones has begun to recover from a bruising holiday period. The Cupertino, California-based company reported iPho-ne sales of $31 billion in the fiscal second quarter, slightly better than analysts expected. Apple’s projection for revenue in the current period also topped Wall Street estimates, and could result in the ...

Bloomberg It was a ploy that from its outset felt like a long shot. Before dawn, Juan Guaido, flanked by his political mentor Leopoldo Lopez and a handful of soldiers who had broken ranks, issued a message to Venezuela and the world: The time to topple Nicolas Maduro’s authoritarian regime was right now. By dusk, with Maduro still firmly in ...