‘Signs of recovery’ claims Amazon Web Services after internet outage hits many websites and apps – business live

<p>Fortnite, Roblox, SnapChat, Lloyds Bank and Ring doorbells among services hit by online outage</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/oct/20/amazon-web-services-aws-outage-hits-dozens-websites-apps">Full story: <strong>Amazon Web Services outage hits dozens of websites and apps</strong></a></p><p>Heads-up: <strong>UBS</strong> have upgraded their view on global equities to ‘attractive’, a sign that they think investors should be putting more money into shares.</p><p>Despite the angst in parts of the market that valuations have risen too high, UBS reckon share prices have further to climb.</p><p><em>“</em>We think investors should review current allocations to equities and ensure they are at least consistent with, or modestly higher than, their long-term strategic asset allocation targets. If investors are currently under allocated to equities, we believe they should reallocate excess cash, bond, or high yield credit holdings toward stocks.”</p><p><em>“</em>We prefer areas that are exposed to secu­lar growth, like the US, China, (particularly China’s tech sector, which we rate among the Most Attractive sectors globally), as well as global technology, transformational inno­vations (AI, Power and resources, and Longevity), and pockets with clear catalysts that could drive earnings upgrades (Japan and global banks).”</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/live/2025/oct/20/china-economic-growth-gdp-low-house-prices-fall-stock-markets-ftse-business-live-news">Continue reading...</a>