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(RTTNews) - The Japanese stock market is advancing on Friday after the tech-driven rally overnight on Wall Street and following news that China and the U.S. have agreed to hold new trade talks in the coming days.

The once unthinkable decoupling of U.S. tech expertise and Chinese manufacturing is underway, and it could prove surprisingly positive for the yuan. Driven to innovate, China is building a self-sustaining tech ecosystem, helping the yuan to gain on its own merit and not just from the dollar's downfall.

(RTTNews) - Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and BioNTech SE (BNTX) announced additional Phase 1 safety and immunogenicity data from their ongoing U.S. study of the BNT162 mRNA-based vaccine program against SARS-CoV-2, which has advanced into Phase 2/3 evaluation.

Australian retail sales rose again in July, preliminary data showed on Friday, with gains in all states and territories except Victoria which relapsed into a lockdown last month following a surge in novel coronavirus cases.

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The dollar was on the defensive against most currencies on Friday after a rise in U.S. jobless claims and a dip in Treasury yields dampened the appeal of holding the greenback.

Saudi Arabia sacked a number of officials at tourism projects, including the historic northwestern site al-Ula and Red Sea mega-projects on suspicion of corruption, state news agency SPA reported early on Friday, citing a royal decree.

Canterbury Crusaders coach Scott Robertson said he has asked about joining the coaching staff of fellow New Zealander Warren Gatland when he leads the British and Irish Lions tour of South Africa next year.

The U.S. economy is recovering smartly from the deepest recession on record, but unlike financial markets, economic forecasters have yet to show any new wave of optimism about quelling the virus and business returning to normal.

Japan's core consumer prices were stubbornly unchanged in July, dashing hopes for a modest rise as the coronavirus pandemic hit household demand and revived fears of a national plunge back into deflation.

(RTTNews) - The Singapore stock market has finished lower in five straight sessions, sinking almost 70 points or 2.6 percent along the way. The Straits Times Index now rests just above the 2,525-point plateau and may finally find support on Friday.

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Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) key Google subsidiary is assisting -- in its own way -- with fighting the wildfires currently ravaging California. On Thursday, Google announced in an official blog post written by Vice President of Engineering and Crisis Response global

South Korean exports contracted by a smaller percentage in the first 20 days of August than in July, data from the Korea Customs Service showed on Friday.

Asian equities were poised to rise on Friday after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street in which the Nasdaq hit a record high despite downbeat data that affirmed the Fed's dour outlook on U.S. economic recovery.

Two shareholders in self-driving car startup Zoox Inc have sued the company, alleging that a rival bid would have been better for common stockholders than a $1.3 billion offer from Amazon.com announced in June.

FAST Acquisition, a blank check company formed by &vest and Sandy Beall targeting a restaurant or hospitality business, raised $200 million by offering 20 million units at $10. Each unit consists of one share of common stock and one-half of a redeemable warrant, exercisable a

Australia's Westpac Banking Corp on Friday agreed to sell its vendor finance business to a U.S. private equity firm, as part of its strategy to focus on core banking operations and trim its portfolio of underperforming businesses.

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