Bloomberg Home Depot Inc surged the most since the early days of the pandemic after posting stronger-than-expected results, a sign that increased North American spending on home improvement continues to stretch through the pandemic. Comparable-store sales, a key metric for retailers, increased 6.1% in the third quarter, according to a statement. That’s well above the 1.5% average estimate of analysts …

Bloomberg While many other technology giants embrace the metaverse as the next frontier of growth, Sundar Pichai sees Google’s future in its oldest offering: internet search. “I feel fortunate our mission is timeless,” Pichai, who is chief executive officer of Google and its parent, Alphabet Inc, said in an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Emily Chang for the Bloomberg New Economy …

Bloomberg Microsoft Corp has turned on a series of data centers at three sites in Sweden that run entirely on green energy through a partnership with state-owned utility Vattenfall AB. The Swedish computer halls, covering a total area of nearly 900 acres, are the latest in the company’s expansion to meet the huge appetite from businesses for secure cloud services. …