Facebook apps down for some users across the globe
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday some users around the world were facing trouble in accessing its widely used Instagram, Whatsapp and Facebook apps, making it one of the longest outages the company has suffered in the recent past.
Brazil, Mexico ground Boeing 737 MAX planes after fatal crash
Latin America’s two largest nations Brazil and Mexico on Wednesday suspended Boeing Co’s 737 MAX aircraft from flying, mirroring actions by European, Chinese and U.S. authorities after the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane.
Colombia bans Boeing 737 MAX 8 planes from its airspace
Colombia’s civil aviation authority said on Wednesday it would not allow Boeing Co 737 MAX 8 planes to fly into its airspace after the grounding of the aircraft by several nations, while the cause of the deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane is i…
Panama suspends operations of Boeing 737 MAX jets in its airspace
Panama’s civil aviation authority on Wednesday temporarily suspended the operations of all Boeing 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft in its airspace, following Sunday’s deadly crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane.
Boeing faces crisis with worldwide grounding of 737 MAX jetliners
The United States grounded Boeing Co’s money-spinning 737 MAX aircraft on Wednesday over safety fears after an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash that killed 157 people, leaving the world’s largest planemaker facing its worst crisis in years.
Asia shares flat after mixed China data, pound near 9-month peak
Asian shares barely budged on Thursday as investors reacted cautiously to mixed data from China, while the pound hovered near nine-month highs as the risk of a no-deal Brexit receded following a late-night vote.
Wells Fargo CEO gets 5 percent pay raise
Wells Fargo & Co gave Chief Executive Tim Sloan a 5 percent pay raise for 2018, the bank said on Wednesday.
SoftBank, Toyota in talks to invest $1 billion in Uber’s self-driving unit: sources
A group of investors led by SoftBank Group Corp and Toyota Motor Corp is in talks to invest $1 billion or more into Uber Technologies Inc’s self-driving vehicle unit, which would value the unit at $5 billion to $10 billion, said two people familiar wit…
Mexico suspends operations of Boeing 737 MAX jetliners
Mexico’s civil aviation authority on Wednesday temporarily suspended flights by Boeing Co’s 737 MAX 8 and MAX 9 aircraft in and out of the country following an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash on Sunday that killed 157 people.
California jury orders J&J to pay $29 million in latest talc cancer trial
A California jury on Wednesday ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $29 million to a woman who said that asbestos in the company’s talcum-powder-based products, including Johnson’s Baby Powder, caused her mesothelioma.




