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Payments technology start-up GoCardless raised $95 million in an investment round that values it at $970 million.

Australia's unemployment rate in November was at 6.8%, according to seasonally adjusted estimates released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Thursday.

Negotiations between the U.K. and EU to reach a post-Brexit trade deal are on a knife edge, and even those in charge admit the talks could go either way.

Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore's foreign minister, said technology such as artificial intelligence and robotics will alter jobs and economies globally.

China is only the third country in the world to retrieve lunar samples after the efforts by the U.S. in the 1960s and the Soviet Union in the 1970s.

Danke, a Chinese residential rental company, has a debt-dependent business model that is showing signs of strain.

Doses of Pfizer's vaccine were quarantined after an "anomaly" in the transportation process caused the storage temperature to get too cold.

"And that's a big but. B-U-T," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said. "But, no one knows because it is up to us."

During his time at HHS, Paul Alexander also allegedly directly meddled with Covid-related studies published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Low rates are helping justify an equity surge that has gone on largely unabated since the March pandemic crisis lows, Powell said.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed nearly 340 points on Tuesday.

The Federal Reserve made a key adjustment in its efforts to support the economy, while upgrading its outlook for growth.

The central bank now expects real gross domestic product to fall just 2.4% in 2020, compared to the decline of 3.7% predicted in September.

Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, said she has donated to 384 organizations.

The U.S. central bank said on Tuesday that it is has joined a global network focused partly on developing climate risk management for the financial sector.

Health experts alike are deeply concerned about the notable absence of prison populations in existing vaccine guidance.

It comes as big-name investors like Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller have invested in the cryptocurrency.

The EU unveiled its Digital Services and Markets Acts, major reforms that are seen as part of a wider fight against U.S. tech giants.

Joe Biden has pledged to pursue "aggressive emissions reductions," pursuing a climate-focused agenda that aims to reduce fossil fuel dependence.

Facebook accused Apple of using its power to "harm developers and consumers" and welcomed draft laws outlined by the European Commission.