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Palantir shares surged 29% over the past two trading days, lifting the value of Peter Thiel's stake by over $700 million.

Sports experts suggest the NBA consider making its 72-game regular season permanent as it could help the league with a number of issues, including players resting.

Nvidia is looking to bring its GeForce Now cloud gaming service to Apple's Safari mobile web browser, according to the BBC.

Virgin Galactic CEO Michael Colglazier on Thursday said he sees the company bringing in up to $1 billion in annual revenue per spaceport in the years ahead.

Stocks jumped on Thursday on hopes the winner of the U.S. presidential election would soon be determined.

Regardless of who takes the White House, when it comes to dealing with China, it is expected to be more or less a status quo, says Clete Willems, a partner at Akin Gump.

As states wrap up vote counting, Facebook is preparing to notify users of its apps as soon as a winner is projected.

Nonfarm payrolls increased by 638,000 in October and the unemployment rate fell to 6.9%, both much better than expected.

South Africa now has less than a 33% chance of securing an IMF (International Monetary Fund) bailout this year, new research projects.

It comes as several European countries seek to impose fresh lockdown measures to tackle the spread of the coronavirus.

The detection of the mutated virus among minks has raised questions about the effectiveness of a future Covid-19 vaccine.

Farah catapulted onto the world stage after winning gold medals in both the 5,000m and 10,000m race events at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The World’s 50 Best Bars were announced on Nov. 5, with London’s Connaught Bar clinching the No. 1 spot.

"We are suffering a very significant reintensification of the virus ... that's going to start doing some damage," said Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics.

A fund run by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan Board led the $267 million investment into Pony.ai which also included existing investors.

Belgium, where the main EU institutions are based, is experiencing some of the highest Covid-19 daily infections in the Europe.

Alibaba reported cloud computing brought in revenue of 14.89 billion yuan in the three months ended September 30, a 60% year-on-year rise.

The fickle Chinese consumer has latched onto a set of new preferences for watching videos, a trend investors and media giants are tapping into.

Stocks in Asia-Pacific traded mixed on Friday as investors continue to wait for a result from the U.S. election.