Innovators

Apple said it had hired over 11,000 women globally in the past year - 65% more than the previous year - to boost employee diversity.

Video-streaming service provider Netflix Inc reported U.S. subscriber additions below its own forecast, which the company attributed to the ongoing transition to chip-based credit and debit cards.

Electronic Arts Inc. raised its earnings outlook for the second time in as many quarters as Wall Street and videogame players alike await the release of the company's potential blockbuster: "Star Wars Battlefront."

Tesla Motors Inc. posted a wider loss of $229.9 million in the third quarter as costs to launch the Model X led to a 10th-consecutive quarter of red ink.

Memory chipmaker Micron Technology Inc reported a bigger-than-expected fall in quarterly revenue, hurt by weak demand for chips used in personal computers and as average selling prices fell.

United Technologies Corp raised the lower end of its full-year adjusted earnings forecast and announced a $1.5 billion restructuring plan aimed at reducing costs, mainly through factory consolidation.

Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc, Uber Technologies Inc's biggest competitor in the United States, is looking to raise up to $1 billion in a Series F funding round, according to filing provided by VC experts.

Uber Technologies Inc. has raised a new round of funding that could value the ride-hailing company at as high as $64.6 billion, a person familiar with the matter said.

General Motors is writing a massive check to ride-hailing company Lyft in hopes of capitalizing on an evolving industry.