A landmark jury verdict holding Meta Platforms Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google liable for harming a young user with products designed to be addictive threatens to put the social networking companies in the same category as Big Tobacco and opioid makers — a potential crack in their shield from legal responsibility for what happens on their platforms.

Meituan’s stock price jump on Wednesday came with a rise in protection costs, highlighting investor unease ahead of earnings that may show a big hit from stiff price competition.

Bloomberg Television brings you the latest news and analysis leading up to the final minutes and seconds before and after the closing bell on Wall Street. Today's guests are Edward Jones’ Mona Mahajan, Lotus Technology Management’s Alap Shah, Mizuho’s David Bellinger, S&P Global Energy President Dave Ernsberger, Wells Fargo Investment Institute’s Veronica Willis, BMO’s Mark McCormick, Willow Wealth CEO Mitchell Caplan, & Pleasant/Rock Co-Founders Brian K. Hinds Jr. & […]

Prologis CEO Dan Letter joins Bloomberg Businessweek Daily to discuss the state of global logistics and shipping as geopolitics and associated risk impacts the firm's customer base. However, Prologis is optimistic about its data center business. Letter says the company's strong relationship with hyperscalers is ongoing, bolstering "a fortress of a balance sheet" as Prologis continues to secure longer-term power capacity. Letter speaks with Carol Massar and Tim Stenovec. (Source: Bloomberg)

Vedanta Ltd.’s Cairn Oil & Gas is looking to quadruple daily output to the equivalent of 1 million barrels over the better part of the next decade as India’s largest private sector oil producers basks in the war-drive surge in crude prices.

European Union rules requiring electronics to include easily replaceable batteries could force consumer tech makers to rethink their designs and go beyond the repairability improvements they’ve made in recent years.

A Los Angeles jury found that Google and Meta are liable and must pay damages to a woman who alleged that social media platforms from the tech companies were addicting and caused her to have a mental health crisis. Bloomberg's June Grasso broke down the landmark case and said because it is the first of its kind to go to trial, it is a bellwether for future cases, but also cautioned against reading too much precedent into one case. (Source: Bloomberg)

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum is working to develop climate models that will help prevent extreme weather events, part of a push to set up a public supercomputer that can use millions of data points to tackle national challenges.