Mar 05, 2024
Taylor Swift urges US fans to vote in Super Tuesday elections

By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK (Reuters) -Pop megastar Taylor Swift encouraged her millions of fans on Tuesday to vote in Super Tuesday primary contests across the U.S., but did not endorse any specific candidate. The 14-time Grammy award winner, whose…

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…