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Around the world, architects and designers are developing buildings which integrate interesting materials.

The PBOC previously warned that reliance on borrowing to make debt repayments by some large firms could present a risk to the entire economy.

It comes as drugmakers and research centers scramble to deliver a safe and effective vaccine to help bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic.

Beijing is concerned countries in Asia will partner with the U.S. to counter China under President-elect Joe Biden, says Andrew Gilholm of Control Risks.

Positive results were announced by Singapore's Covid vaccine candidate ARCT-021, developed by Arcturus Therapeutics together with Duke-NUS Medical School.

Fitch Ratings said the number of defaults among Chinese state-owned enterprises could "rise marginally" in 2021 as funding conditions tighten.

The U.K. on Friday said a new government unit will work to tackle ongoing concerns about a concentration of power among a small number of tech giants.

Data on China's industrial profits for October is set to be out at around 9:30 a.m. HK/SIN on Friday.

Full-time operations employees will receive a $300 bonus, while part-time workers will get a $150 bonus.

Sequoia Capital, one of the best-known venture capital firms on Menlo Park's Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, has made a major new bet on Europe.

“We believe that this product will never be licensed in the U.S.,” one group of critical U.S.-based analysts wrote this week.

The company's "conversion lift" tool suffered a glitch that reportedly affected thousands of ads between August 2019 and August 2020.

First two phases of the development will be built simultaneously.

Since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, women have been bearing the brunt of extra childcare duties and unpaid domestic work, a study by the UN has found. 

Deutsche Bank upgraded its global growth outlook for 2021 but cautioned that two key risks could still spoil the economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis.

There's one thing that most people are agreed upon: Christmas is not likely to be the same this year.

Interest in "green hydrogen" has started to increase in recent years. 

Barclays has backed European equities to hit new highs in 2021, with 13% potential upside for the Stoxx 600 and two stocks offering more than 50% potential returns.

Bitcoin has plunged by close to $3,000 in less than 24 hours after hitting highs not seen since the end of 2017.

Top Glove has shut 20 manufacturing sites in Malaysia after thousands of workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease.