Bloomberg Germany’s services providers bolstered economic momentum in February, with a slump in manufacturing deepening on the back of global trade tensions and weakness in the auto industry. IHS Markit’s composite Purchasing Managers’ Index rose in February to a four-month high of 52.7. Owing exclusively to more optimism in services, business confidence was the best since September. Manufacturing suffered from ...

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp. is introducing an improved version of its HoloLens augmented-reality goggles and lowering the price, as it tries to develop a bigger business selling the devices to corporate customers. At $3,500, the HoloLens 2 with a wider field of view and easier controls than the original is still an expensive piece of gear, but it’s less than the ...

President Trump, in a rare reversal of a decision, has decided to keep “hundreds” of US troops in northeast Syria to provide “campaign continuity” and stability there as the fight against the IS extremists winds down, senior defense officials told me. “After studying it further, (Trump) has decided to take a different course” from the one he announced in December, ...