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Many of the key programs that the central bank has used since March are expiring at the end of the year.

Stocks fell sharply on Monday as traders booked some profits given the historically strong gains logged in November.

United's first flight carrying Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccines arrived in Chicago on Friday.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is one of several tech executives backing a new European start-up investment fund from Firstminute Capital.

Moderna will be the second drugmaker to seek emergency use from the FDA after Pfizer applied for the same authorization on Nov. 20.

The IMF has warned that unless Europe's "pandemic dynamics change significantly" in the coming months, economic growth in the euro area is set to be weaker.

European stocks closed out November to post their best monthly gain on record, fueled by positive news on coronavirus vaccines.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast that more than 70% of people in developed markets will be vaccinated against the coronavirus by fall 2021. 

SpaceX may attempt the next test flight of its Starship prototype rocket as early as Wednesday, CEO Elon Musk shared .

The deal is expected to be about half cash and half stock and will price Slack at a premium to its current price.

The facility is located in waters off the coast of Zeeland, in the Netherlands.

Since the “Golden Age of Travel,” economy seats have gotten smaller, but other aspects of air travel have improved for passengers.

The U.K. said in July that carriers would have to stop buying Huawei 5G equipment by year-end and strip out its kit from their infrastructure by 2027.

The U.K. and the EU are in the "last leg of negotiations" over a post-Brexit trade agreement, with only a few weeks left to approve any potential deal. 

OPEC+ is expected to consider delaying its output increase at its meeting this week, but there are "some cracks in the foundation," said Herman Wang of S&P Global Platts.

China's National Bureau of Statistics announced Monday that the official manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index for November was at 52.1.

As of Friday's close, both the Nifty 50 and S&P BSE Sensex sat close to all-time highs that were touched in recent days.

China's commerce ministry on Friday announced preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging from 107% to 212% on Australian bottled wine imports.

Lijian Zhao, a spokesperson at the Chinese foreign ministry, earlier tweeted the fake image of an Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of a child.

Oil-producing group OPEC, and its allies, will likely delay an output hike at its meeting this week as it weighs positive vaccine news against new coronavirus lockdowns.