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VW's electrification plans put it in direct competition with companies like Elon Musk's Tesla.

The two had denied the charges against them.

Political analysts believe most potential party leaders have been secretly planning their campaigns for several weeks.

Samsung's second quarter earnings guidance, which provided relief for investors, helped drag up shares of chipmakers TSMC, UMC and SK Hynix.

Japan's stocks gave up some gains on reports that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was gravely injured in an apparent shooting.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.

After "misgivings" among locals about a Covid vaccine requirement, state-run Beijing Daily published a report on the rules that removed mention of that mandate.

China saw a boom in homegrown exchange-traded funds, growing faster than stocks. Now the country is letting foreign investors trade those ETFs via Hong Kong.

The deal was already in uncertain territory since Musk had demanded more information on the percentage of spam accounts on the platform.

"You need to recognize that tech could have more than just a temporary bounce," the "Mad Money" host said.

The jury in the fraud trial of former Theranos executive Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani reached a verdict on Thursday.

The company is making staff cuts across departments as part of an effort to turn around the videogame retailer and drive growth.

Former president Donald Trump left the board of his social media company just weeks before it was issued federal subpoenas, records show.

The three major averages rose on Thursday, and the S&P 500 notched a four-day winning streak.

Federal vehicle safety regulators will investigate a crash last month in which a vehicle struck a self-driving car from General Motors-backed Cruise.

The Fed is well on its way to another sharp interest rate hike in July and perhaps September as well, even if it slows the economy.

Meta debuted a new way for users to log into virtual reality headsets without using their Facebook accounts.

Goldman sliced its outlook for second-quarter GDP to an annualized gain of just 0.7%, down from the previous expectation of a 1.9% increase.

Given his extraordinary fall from political grace, there is disquiet over the prospect of Johnson remaining in office for any time at all.

European stocks closed sharply higher on Thursday, building on gains in the previous session.