Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has sold $14.5 billion worth of shares since early November when the world's richest person polled Twitter users about offloading 10% of his stake in the electric-car maker.

(Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes struggled for direction on Wednesday, cooling off after a day-earlier rally, as worries lingered around the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its impact on global economic recovery.

(Reuters) -The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq climbed on Wednesday on a boost from Tesla shares, while better-than-expected economic data added to signs the impact of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on the economic recovery could be limited.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Commission proposed on Wednesday three new EU-wide taxes to help to repay the joint government borrowing in the 27-nation bloc for their 800 billion euro ($904 billion) COVID-19 recovery fund.

Amazon.com Inc is taking India's financial crime fighting agency to court, seeking to quash an investigation into one of its 2019 deals, a court filing seen by Reuters shows.

(Reuters) -U.S. stock indexes were set to open lower on Wednesday, cooling off after a day-earlier rally, as worries lingered around the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and its impact on global economic recovery.