To combat declining revenues, Meta has announced that it will add ‘slots’ for advertisements in various places on Instagram.
Russia has threatened Moldova, between Romania and Ukraine, with the interruption of gas supplies. That’s because the former Soviet state has failed to meet its payment obligations.
The European Union and the British government are resuming talks on the Northern Ireland border issue after more than six months of standstill. Officials from both camps will meet this week, the European Commission says.
Google is pulling the plug on Stadia, its game streaming service. The company says that nearly three years after its launch, the service hasn’t been able to attract the desired number of gamers.
Pharmaceutical Biogen is worth billions of dollars more on the stock exchange in New York on Wednesday. The stock skyrocketed after the announcement of positive results from a study into an Alzheimer’s drug that the company developed with Japan’s Eisai.
Global economic growth, and certainly in Europe, will be considerably lower in the coming period than previously thought. The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) forecasts a growth of 2.2 percent for next year instead of the 2.8 percent forecast in June.
The price of gold fell to its lowest level in more than two years on Friday. The depreciation of the precious metal, which has lasted for two weeks, follows a series of interest rate hikes by central banks worldwide to cool inflation.
The coffin of the British Queen Elizabeth has been placed in the hearse at the triumphal arch Wellington Arch. From there, she is taken to Windsor Castle, where her final public funeral will take place.
The stock exchanges in New York showed small gains on Wednesday after the price boom a day earlier. Wall Street experienced its worst trading day since June 2020 on Tuesday due to a disappointing inflation rate in the United States.
Stock markets in New York fell sharply on Tuesday after the recent strong price recovery. A disappointing inflation figure weighed down the mood among investors on Wall Street. Consumer prices in the United States rose 8.3 percent in August.
