Economy

(Reuters) -Meta’s Facebook (NASDAQ:META) and Instagram were down for thousands of users across the United States on Wednesday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com. There were more than 27,000 incidents…

(Reuters) – The Nasdaq breached the 20,000-point mark on Wednesday, as a rally in technology stocks showed no signs of slowing on hopes of looser regulation under Donald Trump’s presidency…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Health care companies are taking a step back to better understand patients’ experiences after a powerful U.S. health insurance executive was murdered last week, executives from…

OTTAWA–In a move to mitigate slower economic growth and a weakening labor market, the Bank of Canada has reduced its main interest rate by half a percentage point. This adjustment,…

ATHENS (Reuters) – The Greek government is working on a plan to reduce bank fees and charges for retail transactions, to help households cope with high cost of living, the…

In a move aimed at supporting economic growth, the Bank of Canada has announced a reduction in its policy rate by 50 basis points, bringing the new target for the…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is well and in good spirits after having emergency surgery to drain a bleed on his brain, Lula’s doctor Roberto…

SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A majority of Brazilians do not believe the government’s package of tax reforms and spending cuts will be enough to address their country’s fiscal deficit, a…

By Kopano Gumbi JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that existing debt relief mechanisms were far from adequate to address global vulnerabilities, calling on the…

By Andreas Rinke and Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany can cover future increases in military spending without creating a special funding instrument, but must do more to coordinate defence…