What stops the tech juggernaut?

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Apple crushes it Audio Articles now available! Download the Reuters App.   Trading Day Trading Day Making sense of the forces driving global markets   By Jamie McGeever, Reuters Open Interest Markets Columnist    Wall Street  took a breather on Thursday but not before another  tech whoosh  had lifted the S&P 500 and Nasdaq to new highs, while  the dollar  and bond yields ended little changed, as investors trimmed positions ahead of Friday's U.S. jobs data. More on all that below. In my column today I analyze Fed Chair Jerome Powell's press conference, and the message that came across loud and clear - as long as  the unemployment rate  stays low, it will be very hard to justify rate cuts.    Data refreshes every time you open this email. For more U.S. market news, click here . Plea...

Big Law pulls back on pro bono

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+ Judges question Trump's tariff power. Audio Articles now available! Download the Reuters App.   The Afternoon Docket The Afternoon Docket A newsletter by Reuters and Westlaw   By Karen Sloan What's going on today? President Trump's ability to impose tariffs under emergency powers faced sharp questioning from appeals court judges.  A federal judge shot down a writer's bid for a share of profits from the blockbuster Tom Cruise movie " Top Gun: Maverick ." Plus billable hours .    Trump's war on Big Law leads firms to retreat from 'pro bono' work for underdogs   REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein; Illustration REUTERS/John Emerson Securing pro bono help from law firms has gotten tougher for nonprofit legal organizations during Donald Trump 's second term. Dozens of major law firms, wary of political retaliation, have scaled back pro bono w...