Bloomberg Euro-area businesses stepped up hiring during the second quarter when pandemic restrictions started to ease and the economy returned to growth. Employment increased by 0.5% in the three months through June after declining 0.2%. The economy expanded by 2% in the same period, matching an initial estimate. The region’s economic outlook has vastly improved in recent months, after a ...

Bloomberg Twitter Inc is adding an option for users to report misinformation to the company, but says the expanded ability to flag tweets won’t necessarily lead to more fact-checking or labels on problematic posts. The test, only available in a few markets, will let users notify the company about alleged misinformation in the same way they can alert Twitter to ...

Bloomberg US equity-index futures fluctuated between gains and losses, while the dollar halted a two-day rally, as investors assessed the outlook for economic recovery and awaited the latest Federal Reserve minutes to gauge the direction of monetary policy. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index slipped 0.1% after the underlying gauge falls by the most in four weeks. The dollar halted ...