Mar 05, 2024
Meta’s Facebook, Instagram back up after global outage

By Jaspreet Singh and Aditya Soni (Reuters) -Meta-owned Facebook and Instagram were back up on Tuesday after a more than two-hour outage that was caused by a technical issue and impacted hundreds of thousands of users globally. The disruptions started…

Mar 05, 2024
Marketmind: Apple angst, Tesla tanks, Bitcoin balks

A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan Has the "Magnificent Seven" become the "Famous Five" or even "Fab Four"? With one eye on the major macro events of the week, Apple and Tesla's…

Mar 04, 2024
Apple launches MacBook Air laptops with faster M3 chips

(Reuters) - Apple on Monday unveiled a pair of new MacBook Air laptops with its latest M3 processors, betting that the more powerful models would attract consumers looking to upgrade to artificial intelligence-powered personal computers. The new MacBook Air models…

Mar 04, 2024
Timing is everything: Five questions for the ECB

By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON - The European Central Bank meets on Thursday, with markets eyeing any nudge towards an interest rate cut as inflation weakens. The ECB, expected to hold rates at a record 4%, is navigating…

Mar 01, 2024
S&P 500, Nasdaq close at fresh records on AI boost, easing yields

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks rose on Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq closing at record highs, as technology stocks rallied on continued enthusiasm for artificial intelligence, with further support from declining Treasury yields. The gains…

Mar 01, 2024
Airbus has explored buying Spirit A220 wings plant, sources say

By Tim Hepher and Allison Lampert PARIS/MONTREAL (Reuters) -Airbus and Spirit AeroSystems have explored the idea of the European planemaker taking over a plant in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where Spirit makes wings for the A220 but no such deal is…