(Reuters) – Spotify was facing issues on Wednesday, the audio streaming platform said, with outage tracking website Downdetector reporting that the service was down for over 18,000 users in the United States. “Something’s not quite right, and we’re looking into it,” Spotify said in a tweet. (Reporting by Rahat Sandhu in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh…
By Liz Hampton and Arunima Kumar (Reuters) -Oilfield firm Baker Hughes Co beat first-quarter profit estimates on Wednesday, as stronger oil prices supported demand for its equipment and services. Global oil futures are currently trading around $83.12 a barrel, down about 22% from a year ago but still well above a level where firms can…
By Krisztina Than and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s central bank could cut its 25% top collateralised loan rate next week as part of a “multi-step process” towards policy normalisation, its deputy governor said on Wednesday, jolting markets as the forint lost almost 2%. With many economists saying inflation in central Europe has peaked,…
By Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair will have to trim its July schedule because it expects around 10 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft will be delayed due to manufacturing issues, Group Chief Executive Michael O’Leary said on Wednesday. “We are beginning to look at schedules maybe being about 10 short for July. We’ll get maybe…
(Reuters) -Citigroup raised its 2023 global economic growth forecast to 2.4%, citing “solid” performance in the United States, euro area and China, and also pushed out its expectation for a U.S. recession to the fourth quarter of the year. Citi economists had earlier pegged global growth at 2.2% for the year and expected the onset…
(Reuters) – U.S. Bancorp (USB) on Wednesday beat estimates for first-quarter profit as rapid rate hikes from the Federal Reserve helped the lender earn more from the interest charged on loans. That cushioned a hit from the bank increasing its rainy-day funds to $427 million from $112 million last year, as it girds for an…
DUBLIN (Reuters) -Growth in services across the euro zone is still accelerating but the steady improvement in business and consumer sentiment may have stalled, European Central Bank chief economist Philip Lane said on Wednesday, calling recent developments mixed. The ECB has raised interest rates at its past six meetings and said that unless the economy…
By Andy Bruce and David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – Britain was the only country in western Europe with double-digit inflation in March after it fell less than expected, official data showed on Wednesday, bolstering bets that the Bank of England will raise interest rates again in May. Consumer price inflation (CPI) dropped to an annual…
(Reuters) -Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd is pushing back on some of the conditions the United States has attached to chip-factory subsidies as it seeks up to $15 billion from the U.S. government, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday. TSMC, which in December more than tripled its planned investment at its new Arizona plant…
By Tim Hepher and Valerie Insinna PARIS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Planemakers have signalled a shift in production strategy to make factories more resilient to recent supply disruptions by adding “surge capacity,” even where that means extra cost. Leaders of Airbus and Boeing have both used the term in recent days – which can include expanding factory space…
