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The coronavirus pandemic has shaken up the country's labor force, moving the focus sharply to freelance, part-time jobs.

"I want to create an ecosystem ... where we would have multiple companies going for IPOs," Son told CNBC.

Indonesia's Jakarta was named the riskiest city globally due to severe air pollution as it also faces perennial threats from flooding and seismic activities.

Disney's disappointing subscriber additions for Disney+ resemble Netflix's last quarter. But Disney charges far less, making its slowing growth more worrying.

Disney's theme parks were hit hard by Covid in the fiscal second quarter, but new CDC guidance means increased capacity and a possible rollback of restrictions.

Coinbase revenue tripled from last quarter, as the price cryptocurrencies took off in 2021.

Ransomware attacks involve malware that encrypts files on a device or network that results in the system becoming inoperable.

Cruise's CEO disclosed the timing Thursday, giving the most specific time frame yet for the vehicle and commercialization of its autonomous vehicle business.

Disney+ had been bolstering the company's success as it was losing out on business from Covid restrictions, but it seems the rapid growth is starting to slow.

Disney's "Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings" and "Free Guy" will play exclusively in theaters for 45 days, the company's CEO said during an earnings call Thursday.

Elon Musk's SpaceX revealed its plan for the next step in testing of its next-generation Starship rocket.

Thursday's weakness continues a brutal week for dogecoin, the cryptocurrency that started as a joke nearly a decade ago but has risen to prominence this year.

"Those big companies, of course, have to behave within the reasonable range, but they are reasonable companies," SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son told CNBC.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Tesla would suspend car purchases using bitcoin, wiping off billions of dollars of value from the cryptocurrency market.

Futures contracts tied to the major U.S. stock indexes reversed course and traded higher on Thursday.

Elon Musk's decision to stop Tesla from accepting bitcoin as payment has led to fresh scrutiny of the cryptocurrency's environmental impact.

Many EU citizens who are still living in the U.K. after Brexit have said they do not feel treated equally to U.K. citizens and feel worried about their rights.

The idea is that the project will eventually heat buildings owned by South Tyneside Council.

Amazon is hiring 75,000 warehouse and delivery workers in the U.S. and Canada, the company said Thursday.

The concentration of price pressures in a handful of categories means markets shouldn't yet be worrying about inflation after Wednesday's U.S. surprise, economists have told CNBC.