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Technology and innovative ideas are helping to change the way buildings operate.

Liquidity conditions are pushing the British pound toward price action associated with emerging markets currencies, according to Bank of America analysts.

The grim milestone reported on Wednesday surpasses the peak that was hit in late April.

Google will pay some publishers for "high-quality content" on a new service expected to launch later this year.

Wirecard said management had decided to open the proceedings "due to impending insolvency and over-indebtedness."

The European Union will propose a single report on stock market transactions as part of efforts to build a "truly integrated" capital market after Brexit, an EU document showed on Thursday.

The coronavirus has infected more than 9.4 million people around the world as of Thursday, killing at least 482,128 people.

The recent spikes in cases have led to growing fears of a "second wave" of the pandemic, as countries that seemingly passed the peak of infections some months ago experience new outbreaks.

More than 20 years after Eric Mosley co-founded software business, Workhuman, the Dublin-headquartered firm has just achieved a valuation of over $1 billion.

Amazon has had Covid-19 related deaths, protests, and law suits. Its closest equivalents in China, Alibaba and JD.com, have had none of those.

Britain's Royal Mail laid out restructuring plans on Thursday that will affect around 2,000 management roles and see it save 130 million pounds in staffing costs next year.

Countries are very unlikely to impose another full lockdown even as virus cases appear to be resurging in some parts of the world, analysts told CNBC.

The rise in corporate value was driven by the growth of SoftBank's stake is Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba and following the successful merger of its U.S. wireless unit with T-Mobile.

Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau stressed the importance of transitioning to a "greener world" and renewable energy sources.

Demand for air travel was predicted to hit 8.2 billion passengers in 2037, but the coronavirus pandemic has brought global economic activity to a halt.

The Department of Defense (DOD) document listing 20 allegedly military-backed companies includes China Mobile Communications Group and China Telecommunications Corp, as well as aircraft manufacturer Aviation Industry Corp of China.

The precarious state of relations between the U.S. and China remains a point of concern for the UAE, which has strong ties to both countries.

On Wednesday, the company said its proposed phased opening of its two parks in Anaheim for July 17 would be postponed as state officials will not be issuing theme park reopening guidelines until after July 4.

Along with other airlines around the world, Qantas is battling against a huge drop in demand after countries including Australia closed their borders to try contain the global pandemic.

SoftBank's investment and partnership with Wirecard has renewed scrutiny about the Japanese tech conglomerate's investment strategy.