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The Federal Open Committee ended its two-day meeting stateside by keeping interest rates in a target range between zero and 0.25%.

Facebook's results exceeded estimates as the company lapped the first full quarter of Covid impact, leading to the fastest revenue growth since 2016.

The Fed said the economy continued to made progress toward its goals, but more substantial improvement is needed for it to start dialing back its easy policies.

Ford Motor reported earnings after the bell. Here are the results.

Qualcomm revenue was up 63% from the same period last year, and earnings per share more than doubled annually in the quarter that ended on June 27.

The company will continue to evaluate its approach outside of the U.S.

PayPal shares fell as much as 8% in extended trading on Wednesday after reporting second-quarter earnings that were weaker than analysts had expected.

Boeing snapped six straight quarters of losses, thanks to a revival in aircraft demand.

Pfizer's vaccine initially protects people 100% of the time against hospitalization, but that falls to low 90% and mid-to-high 80% after 6 months, Bourla said.

The second quarter grew at what is expected to be the strongest pace of the year, but it would have been even more rapid, if not for supply-chain issues.

It's the second delay to office returns amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

The FCA has proposed changing the rules for companies listed in the U.K. to include a "comply or explain" requirement for not meeting diversity targets. 

Pfizer on Wednesday raised its 2021 sales forecast for Covid-19 vaccines to $33.5 billion from $26 billion.

All three McDonald's divisions saw same-store sales growth top pre-pandemic levels.

Microsoft beat expectations for earnings and revenue, with Azure cloud revenue growing 51%, and the company gave a rosy revenue forecast.

Covid-19 cases in the U.K. fell for the seventh day in a row on Tuesday to 23,511 from 46,588 a week prior.

Makoto Uchida, the CEO of Nissan, said that the global chip shortage needs to be closely monitored as supply issues are yet to be fully resolved.

U.K. retailer Games Workshop has given employees a £5,000 ($6,942) bonus, following record sales and profits amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

After decades of the U.S. and Japan dominating the gaming space, China's influence is growing as its tech giants snap up gaming studios around the world.

Deutsche Bank on Wednesday posted a large profit beat for the second quarter, despite its all-important investment banking arm suffering a slide in revenues.