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Walmart halts job offers for H-1B visa candidates

Walmart halts job offers for H-1B visa candidates

Walmart will pause hiring candidates who require H-1B visas, the BBC understands, in response to the Trump administration’s new $100,000 (£74,000) fee that has roiled US employers. US President Donald Trump last month signed an executive order imposing the fee…

Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Oct. 20, 2025 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Stock futures were little changed Tuesday night after a record-setting session powered by strong corporate…

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird

DraftKings acquires predictions platform Railbird

Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images DraftKings is acquiring predictions platform Railbird as it prepares to launch a mobile platform in the coming months to be called DraftKings Predictions. Railbird is licensed by the Commodity Futures Trading…

Amazon Web Services Says Outage Has Been Resolved

Amazon Web Services Says Outage Has Been Resolved

UPDATED with latest: The Amazon Web Services outage that, at one point, saw Amazon Music, Prime Video, Alexa, Signal, WhatsApp, Snapchat, IMDb, Disney+, Fortnite, Roblox and Wordle down or suffering slowdowns, has been resolved. In a post to its support…