Microsoft Corp. is asking its Xbox gaming division to produce profit margins that are well above the industry average, ratcheting up pressure on its video-game makers during a difficult time for the ...

According to reports, Microsoft CFO Amy Hood has set a target for Xbox to deliver a 30% profit margin, which is unusually high for a gaming division. This aggressive goal is reshaping how Xbox ...

NANTONG/BEIJING, Aug 14 (Reuters) - A key segment of China's petrochemical sector is set to expand by almost half between now and 2028 even as growing competition in the broader refining sector ...

Shakespeare famously wrote in The Tempest, “What’s past is prologue,” to express how events of the past set the stage for developments in the present. That sentiment was clear for health insurers in ...

This story was featured in The Must Read, a newsletter in which our editors recommend one can’t-miss story every weekday. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Ahead of last year’s September ...

The trucking industry last year experienced the highest non-fuel operating costs recorded by the American Transportation Research Institute, which combined with the ongoing freight recession to drive ...

Pope Leo XIV has already made history, as the first-ever American-born pope to lead the Roman Catholic Church. But how might he shape the institution? Robert Francis Prevost was elected on Thursday ...

Wrexham co-owner Rob McElhenney perhaps summed it up best after the weekend victory over Stockport County, the fourth time in five league outings that Phil Parkinson’s side had won 1-0. “I guess there ...

SINGAPORE, Nov 4 (Reuters) - Chinese refiners are expected to reduce fuel output for the rest of the year and maintain lower run rates in the first quarter of 2025 despite a seasonal demand uptick, as ...

They still haven't addressed the elephant in the room: What about the millions of PCs/users still running 10 + unable to upgrade? Nothing planned for the massive e-waste it will create? No extended ...

“We’re just not going to offer it,” he says. “It’s either unavailable or too expensive for the quality... climate has a lot to do with it.” With all the challenges restaurants have faced in the past ...

JD.com delivered another quarter of growth after revenues contracted for the majority of 2023. However, Q3 revenues still came in under consensus expectations. However, JD's focus on supply chain ...