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U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co (DIS) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META) said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

Investors who have put money into major U.S. indices have enjoyed respectable returns since the bottom of the market in March 2020. As good as investors in the major U.S. indices have had it since 2020, a number of retail-favorite names have performed that much better.

The overturning of Roe v. Wade Friday -- and resulting end to a half-century of federal abortion rights in the U.S. -- is expected to lead to the procedure becoming illegal or restricted in about half of states. Major American corporations are responding by covering travel expenses for women who would need to travel out-of-state for an abortion.

U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co (DIS) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

U.S. companies including Walt Disney Co (DIS) and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (META) said on Friday they will cover employees' expenses if they have to travel for abortion services after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

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Microsoft Spokesperson. * MICROSOFT SAYS WILL SUPPORT EMPLOYEES, THEIR DEPENDENTS IN ACCESSING CRITICAL HEALTHCARE, WHICH INCLUDES SERVICES LIKE ABORTION, GENDER-AFFIRMING CARE. * MICROSOFT SAYS SUPPORT HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO INCLUDE TRAVEL EXPENSE ASSISTANCE FOR LAWFUL MEDICAL SERVICES WHERE ACCESS TO CARE IS LIMITED - SPOKESPERSON Further company coverage:

- A handful of U.S. companies were quick to outline their policies for employees after the nation's top court decided to overturn the landmark ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide.

- A handful of U.S. companies were quick to outline their policies for employees after the nation's top court decided to overturn the landmark ruling that recognized a woman's constitutional right to an abortion and legalized it nationwide.

Electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Inc. will move up a spot in the Russell 1000 Index following an annual June overhaul that will take place after the close of trading on Friday. Annual reconstitution is done to maintain accurate market representation by capturing the shifts in the overall market and changes to individual companies over time.

Occidental Petroleum Corporation is among the world's most prolific oil exploration and production companies, and over the past year, recent traders and investors in the firm have been rewarded handsomely.

Apple Inc  and Alphabet Inc  Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan became spyware targets, a Google report found. Milan's RCS Lab, which claimed European law enforcement agencies as clients, developed tools to spy on private messages and contacts of the targeted devices.

Walmart Inc  developed the capability to switch seamlessly between cloud providers and servers using its own servers and software to deploy one of the most significant so-called hybrid clouds, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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Apple, Inc.  may not have disclosed much information on its augmented reality/mixed reality headsets but analysts are excited about the offering from the tech giant. Will Boost Industry's Prospects: Apple will be a game-changer for headsets, prominent Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo said in a note shared on LinkedIn.

Microsoft Corporation  co-founder Bill Gates' purchase of 2,100 acres of farmland in North Dakota is reportedly raising hackles among local residents and has led to the state's top prosecutor intervening in the matter. What Happened: North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley shot off a letter to the Gates-linked Red River Trust this week, reported KFYR, Bismarck, North Dakota-based T.V. station.

From Silicon Valley shares to U.S. and European government bonds, securities that are already under heavy pressure stand to lose a major buyer as Switzerland ends its long-standing policy of recycling euros and dollars into foreign markets.

* Energy, cyclical sectors lag. * Lower bond yields support technology, growth stocks. * U.S. business activity slows considerably in June-survey. * Indexes up: Dow 0.64%, S&P 0.95%, Nasdaq 1.62% By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Sruthi Shankar.

* Energy, cyclical sectors lag. * Lower bond yields support technology, growth stocks. * U.S. business activity slows considerably in June-survey. By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Sruthi Shankar.