(Reuters) – Wall Street’s main indexes powered higher on Wednesday in a broad rally after upbeat economic data and hopeful developments about the severity of the Omicron coronavirus variant that is sweeping the world. The S&P 500 gained at least

ATHENS, Ohio — The U.S. has opened a formal investigation into the potential for Tesla drivers to play video games on a center touch screen while the vehicle is in motion. In a document posted Wednesday on its website, the

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new EU-wide taxes to help to repay the joint government borrowing in the 27-nation bloc for their 800 billion euro ($904 billion) COVID-19 recovery fund.FILE PHOTO: EU flags flutter in front

Michael Gove has held fresh talks with Britain’s biggest lenders in a bid to ease the cladding crisis that has left thousands of homeowners unable to sell their properties. Sky News understands that the secretary of state for levelling up,

(Reuters) – Amazon Inc, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc will not send teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as concerns grow about Omicron, the firms said on Tuesday.FILE PHOTO: Attendees head

FILE PHOTO: Attendees head into the Sands Expo and Convention Center during the 2020 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. January 7, 2020. REUTERS/Steve Marcus(Reuters) -Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc, Twitter Inc and Pinterest Inc separately said on Tuesday they

OPINION: A columnist’s final column for the year is always a celebratory one. A celebration because it’s your last to angst over writing. And a celebration because it’s a chance to look back on the past year. To avoid the

A Chicago-based developer planning a new 30-story office tower downtown has purchased the land — and buy-and-hold parking lot baron Buzz Geller has netted another impressive return. Riverside Investment & Development, which has developed three 50-story-plus office towers in the

The Bank of England’s interest rate hike will add to monthly mortgage payments for millions of borrowers. Industry body UK Finance estimates that 26% of home loans are on variable rates, translating to around two million. Of those, some 850,000

Steel & Tube Holdings, one of the longest-serving listed companies, has been off the investors’ radar for some time. But it’s back as the New Zealand sharemarket had another down day, falling nearly half a per cent. The S&P/NZX 50