Facebook names first members of oversight board that can overrule Zuckerberg

Facebook Inc's new content oversight board will include a former prime minister, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate and several constitutional law experts and rights advocates among its first 20 members, the company announced on Wednesday.

Factbox: Who are the first members of Facebook's oversight board?

Facebook Inc on Wednesday named the first members of its independent oversight board, which will be able to overturn the company's decisions on individual pieces of content and recommend policy changes.

Surging small cap stocks offer hope of U.S. growth rebound

Big gains in small caps stocks are fueling hopes that a bounce in broader equity markets may stick, as investors ponder how quickly the U.S. economy can emerge from its coronavirus-fueled slowdown.

World shares mixed amid hopes for business pickup, oil slips

Oil prices slid and world equity markets seesawed on Wednesday as investor hopes for a pickup in business activity were dashed by downbeat economic data and a rise in U.S. crude stockpiles to three-year highs that highlighted low fuel demand.

The magic word for Detroit automakers is trucks

The coronavirus pandemic brought the U.S. auto industry to its knees, but Americans' love affair with beefy pickup trucks is helping the Detroit automakers get on the road to recovery.

Tech leads Wall Street higher as financials fall

The benchmark S&P 500 rose modestly on Wednesday, with gains in technology shares offsetting declines in financials and defensive groups as data showing U.S. private employers laid off 20 million workers in April underscored the economic fallout of the coronavirus outbreak.

Uber to cut 3,700 jobs, CEO Khosrowshahi to waive base salary

Uber Technologies Inc will cut about 3,700 full-time jobs and Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi will forgo his base salary for the remainder of the year, the company said on Wednesday, as the COVID-19 pandemic decimates ride-hailing businesses.

U.S. drafts rule to allow Huawei and U.S. firms to work together on 5G standards: sources

The U.S. Department of Commerce is close to signing off on a new rule that would allow U.S. companies to work with China's Huawei Technologies on setting standards for next generation 5G networks, people familiar with the matter said.

Breakout time behind plexiglass: Renault factory restarts in France

With temperature scanners on the door and tables partitioned by plexiglass shields in the breakout area, workers at one of Renault's French plants are adjusting to new routines as carmakers try to cope with the coronavirus crisis.

U.S. tells WTO 'no valid basis' for EU tariffs in Boeing-Airbus subsidy fight

The United States told the World Trade Organization on Wednesday there was "no valid basis" for the European Union to retaliate against U.S. goods since it has fully complied with WTO findings that Washington state's now-repealed tax breaks for Boeing were illegal.

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