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The bond market is defying Wall Street forecasters, as long-term Treasury yields continue to head lower despite a strong economy and rising inflation.

Officials from seven Chinese government department visited Didi's offices to conduct a cybersecurity review on Friday.

Iron ore has been in a bull market for more than two years, and it's not about to end soon, according to Nicholas Snowdon of Goldman Sachs.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen expects inflation run to ease, though she cautioned that prices could continue to rise over the next several months.

Separate sets of Covid restrictions in Singapore will kick in on July 19 as a new cluster linked to nightlife establishments continues to grow.

Paytm will issue new shares worth 83 billion rupees ($1.1 billion) and an offer for sale worth another 83 billion rupees by existing shareholders.

The People's Bank of China has been working on developing a digital version of the yuan, known as e-CNY, since 2014.

The Bank of Japan downgraded its real GDP forecast for fiscal year 2021 to a 3.8% expansion, as compared with the 4% growth forecast made in April.

President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Angela Merkel delivered remarks at the White House on Thursday in what is likely to be her last visit to Washington. 

There's not enough evidence that booster vaccines are needed for now, said Norman Baylor, president and chief executive officer of Biologics Consulting.

More than 40 SPACs — or special purpose acquisition companies — are targeting the region, according to Vinnie Lauria, managing partner at Golden Gate Ventures.

Prenetics is set to merge with Artisan Acquisition, a SPAC, in a deal that will value the new entity at $1.3 billion or more, a source told CNBC.

The spread of the more transmissible delta variant has pushed daily Covid-19 cases to record highs in Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand in recent weeks.

President Joe Biden said Thursday that the U.S. has no plans to send troops to Haiti in the wake of the assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

Michaela Cricchio grew up wishing she could travel the world. Two years ago, she made plans to become a digital nomad and now teaches English abroad.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted Thursday on Twitter that the Cybertruck might flop but said he doesn't care because he loves its unusual trapezoid-like design.

At the Prosper Show in Las Vegas this week, Amazon seller aggregator Acquco launched a program to give away $10 million in Tesla Model Ys for referrals.

Cambridge University research shows China accounted for less than half of the power used to mine bitcoin in April, down sharply from 75.5% in September 2019.

Yields in the $10.6 trillion space for the lowest-grade bonds in terms of quality are at historic lows after a tumultuous year.

PayPal users can now buy $100,000 of bitcoin and other digital assets per week, up from a previous limit of $20,000.