Bloomberg Qualcomm is putting the value of its patent portfolio on the line in a California courtroom in its hometown to try to make Apple Inc. pay for using technology the chipmaker credits for the iPhone’s commercial success. It’s the first time a US jury will have a say in the two-year, sprawling global battle between the tech giants. Qualcomm ...

Bloomberg Economic activity in the euro area was stronger than expected in February as an improving services sector managed to offset a slump in industry. Services expanded across the 19-nation euro area, bolstered by gains in Germany, Ireland and Spain, according to IHS Markit. That pushed a composite Purchasing Managers’ Index to 51.9, the highest in three months. An initial ...

Writing in The Wall Street Journal, Princeton economist Alan Blinder calls it “The Obama-Trump Economic Boom.” This may be the best bad label for what may soon become the longest economic expansion in American history. Anyone who regularly reads this column knows that I am a great skeptic in assigning credit for good economic times to particular presidents. But Blinder’s ...