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BlackRock's proprietary Geopolitical Risk Indicator has fallen to a four-year low as markets focus more on inflation and the economic recovery than geopolitics.

HSBC and Citi have introduced so-called "Zoom-free" days, setting aside a day of the week where employees aren't expected to be on video calls.

China's labor market faces a number of challenges such as an aging population. Automation could be one way to help solve some of the issues.

The Southeast Asian economy expanded by 1.3% in the first quarter of 2021 compared with a year ago, the ministry of trade and industry said.

People desperate for hospital beds, oxygen cylinders and medication have posted requests on Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for public help.

The U.S.-China trade war caused businesses to move their supply chains out of China — but China's fortunes may change as other countries see a Covid resurgence.

Strategists said heightened regulatory pressure as well as its technical picture are pointing to more wild trading ahead.

Unvaccinated people appear more comfortable traveling — and to more densely-populated places — than vaccinated people, according to data from Zeta Global.

Fed Governor Lael Brainard pressed the case for a digital dollar, saying a cryptocurrency backed by the central bank could provide a variety of benefits.

With other coronaviruses, SARS and MERS, researchers were able to identify the animal those diseases emerged from at this point in those outbreaks.

The crypto market edged higher Monday after a week of hell during which billions of dollars were wiped off the value of bitcoin and ether.

Amazon is close to a deal to buy MGM Studios for between $8.5 billion and $9 billion, sources say, its biggest acquisition since it bought Whole Foods in 2017.

Tech stocks gained to shake off another rough period for bitcoin over the weekend as the cryptocurrency bounced Monday.

British multinational transport company FirstGroup is facing a shareholder rebellion over the sale of its two U.S. bus businesses to Swedish private equity firm EQT.

"This was a case of state-sponsored hijacking ... state-sponsored piracy," Ryanair's Michael O'Leary said.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken is heading to the Middle East this week on the heels of nearly two weeks of fighting between Israel and Palestinians.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog on Monday said it has agreed with Iran to extend its monitoring agreement by one month.

Two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or AstraZeneca-University of Oxford vaccine provide protection against the Covid variant first found in India, a study found.

Nobel prize-winning economist Robert Shiller is worried a bubble is forming in some of the market’s hottest trades.

A purple-pink diamond has set a new record as the largest ever to be auctioned, selling for $29.3 million in Hong Kong.