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Banking shares tumbled on Monday following the leak of reports on $2 trillion worth of suspicious transactions facilitated by major lenders and other financial institutions.

First proposed in 2012, the National Broadband Plan has been a protracted and at times controversial process.

Analysts warn that European countries are likely to impose more restrictions on public life in the coming days amid a rapid rise in the number of daily coronavirus infections.

Jim O'Neill, former chief economist at Goldman Sachs, pointed to the latest Chinese consumer spending data as a sign of China's accelerating recovery

Americans will hold four of the five seats on TikTok Global's board, with ByteDance's CEO holding the fifth seat. ByteDance investors will hold a majority of shares in the company.

One of Singapore's goals is to ease the pressures of a growing and aging population on roads by using autonomous vehicles to boost public transport.

Elon Musk's electric car company is likely to disclose specifications for at least one new type of battery cell that the company has been developing, and may give an aspiring start-date for manufacturing its own cells at scale, too.

American Airlines is planning to start training its pilots on a revamped Boeing 737 Max in November, as the recertification of the plane approaches.

Elon Musk to Tesla employees: company has to "rally hard" to achieve record deliveries in the third quarter.

"A draft version of proposed changes to these recommendations was posted in error to the agency's official website," the CDC said.

A New York City police officer was arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with acting as an illegal agent of China.

"The Social Dilemma," a new Netflix documentary-drama on how technology companies have manipulated human psychology with dire consequences for our society, is unlikely to impact these businesses' bottom lines.

Stocks fell sharply on Monday as fears about the potential worsening of the coronavirus pandemic rattled traders.

AT&T executive says Apple's 5G iPhones may not be the massive event some are expecting, especially given the economic realities of pandemic quarantines.

Although it's known for its big-box stores, Walmart has an advertising business that resembles Amazon's, albeit on a much smaller scale.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, flanked by Defense Secretary Mark Esper, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, said the administration would sanction Iran's Ministry of Defense and Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro. 

Microsoft announced Monday that it will buy ZeniMax Media, the company that owns well-known video game publisher Bethesda, for $7.5 billion in cash.

The announcement comes after short-selling firm Hindenburg Research accused Nikola of fraud. The company pushed back on the accusations, saying there were "dozens" of inaccurate allegations in the report.

Appetite for VPNs surged in the U.S. over the weekend as citizens realized President Donald Trump could soon block their access to Chinese apps like TikTok and WeChat.

British Fashion Council Chairman Stephanie Phair says now is the time for designer businesses to think about how they can "rebuild on better foundations."