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US stocks rise to open big earnings week
US stocks rise to open big earnings week
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Wall Street stocks rose early Monday as markets looked ahead to a heavy week of corporate earnings and monitored the positioning of political leaders on the US government shutdown. Markets are watching the back-and-forth in Washington as the government shutdown drags on.

Shares in French bank BNP Paribas plummet after US verdict
Shares in French bank BNP Paribas plummet after US verdict
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Shares in France's biggest bank, BNP Paribas, sank more than seven percent in trading on Monday, following a US court verdict late last week finding it liable for atrocities committed in Sudan. The big drop in BNP Paribas's shares in afternoon Paris trading outstripped a decline for other French banks, which sank around one percent.

Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Many popular internet services, from streaming platforms to messaging services and some banks, went offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network. The disruption affected streaming platforms, including Amazon's Prime Video service and Disney+, as well as Perplexity AI, the Fortnite game, Airbnb, Snapchat and Duolingo.