Vodafone Group Plc’s new boss needed some luck. The financing markets appear to be favuoring Nick Read as the UK mobile phone giant prepares to splash out on buying a huge chunk of John Malone’s European cable empire. Read unveiled a 4 billion-euro ($4.5 billion) financing package for the purchase, which should help the company create a converged mobile, broadband ...

Microsoft has unveiled the results of a survey of business leaders on the topic of artificial intelligence. The findings are surprising: German and Russian entrepreneurs and executives appear to come out ahead of those from the US and other advanced European economies when it comes to adopting the technology. Mostly, however, this and several other studies confirm a frustrating problem: ...

Bloomberg US stocks bounced back from the worst week of the year, as the latest retail-sales data boosted confidence that the economy isn’t headed for a downturn. Treasuries slipped and the dollar held steady. The S&P 500 rose for the first time in six days, while the Nasdaq 100 jumped after Nvidia agreed to a deal and Apple was upgraded. ...