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Wirecard Card Solutions will meet Friday to outline the terms of a sale of its card technology and associated U.K. assets to Railsbank.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced his surprise resignation in a press conference Friday, citing health reasons.

Amazon said the order consisted of 1,200 of Mercedes' larger eSprinter models and 600 of its midsized eVito vans.

Cambridge has been named as the best place for students to work and live in the U.K. on completing their studies, according to a list compiled by a graduate careers app.

The Fed will have to keep supporting the economy as the recovery from the pandemic "is going to be a slow one," a top official at the central bank said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows again did not meet her request to increase the cost of the White House's coronavirus stimulus offer to $2.2 trillion.

Technology is helping architects and builders overhaul the way developments are put together.

Sustainable Energy takes a look at the relationship between renewables and greenhouse facilities in the Netherlands.

Dennis Lockhart, Atlanta Fed president from 2007 to 2017, said the U.S. economy needs more fiscal stimulus to "ward off a worst-case scenario."

Animal-loving travelers are snapping selfies with tiger cubs, swimming with dolphins and riding elephants through the jungle. A new publication by Intrepid Travel and World Animal Protection wants those activities to stop.

NZX said it experienced DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks from overseas through its network service provider on Tuesday and Wednesday.

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell announced Thursday a major policy shift by the U.S. central bank to "average inflation targeting." That means the Fed will allow inflation to run "moderately" above the central bank's 2% goal "for some time" after periods when it has run below that objective.

Ford remains under federal investigation as part of a multi-year probe into corruption of the United Auto Workers union, according to the case's top prosecutor.

The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a civil forfeiture complaint after having in March charged two Chinese nationals with laundering more than $100 million in cryptocurrency on behalf of North Korea.

Joe Biden's running mate, Kamala Harris, unloaded on President Donald Trump for his response to the coronavirus. More than 180,000 Americans have died so far from Covid-19.

There's only one speech that matters Thursday. As Donald Trump accepts his party's nomination, look for him to try to frame Joe Biden as the Washington insider incumbent and himself as the answer to all that ails America.

President Donald Trump is slated to formally accept his party's nomination in a live speech on the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention.

The U.S. government wanted a technology provider as the lead bidder on a deal for TikTok, pushing Walmart toward Microsoft and away from a consortium with SoftBank and Alphabet.

Analysts and industry watchers say TikTok fits into Walmart's broader strategy to expand its reach with customers, collect valuable consumer data and amp up its e-commerce business to fend off Amazon.

Trump plans to use his speech at the Republican National Convention to announce the deal, a White House official said.