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JPMorgan posted first-quarter profit of $4.50 a share, much higher than the $3.10 per share expected by analysts surveyed by Refinitiv.

If approved, the facility could start supplying the commercial market before the year 2023.

The U.S. should go ahead with President Biden's plan to raise the federal minimum wage as a way to recover faster from the Covid crisis, the OECD said.

Grab is set to go public through a SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp., in a deal that values the ride-hailing company at $39.6 billion.

Coinbase's $250 reference price for its direct listing would value the company at around $65.3 billion on a fully diluted basis.

Climate change is high on the agenda for Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates but some are questioning if they're focusing their efforts on the right areas.

Google is backing a climate change start-up founded by ex-DeepMind employee Jack Kelly through its philanthropic arm, Google.org.

Nissan plans to electrify 100% of its new vehicles on offer by the early 2030s.

Policymakers are under intensifying pressure to deliver on promises made as part of the Paris Agreement ahead of this year's COP26.

Coinbase is set to go public Wednesday, and investors are hailing it as a "watershed" moment for the cryptocurrency industry.

Hong Kong-listed shares of Chinese tech firms jumped on Wednesday after 12 companies signaled compliance with antitrust laws.

A growing list of countries is reducing or eliminating quarantine and Covid testing requirements, but only for those who have been fully vaccinated.

Twelve major Chinese technology companies pledged Wednesday to comply with anti-monopoly rules, according to statements shared by the national market regulator.

The IMF expects the five largest developing economies in Southeast Asia to collectively grow by 4.9% in 2021, down from its previous projection of 5.2%.

The hires will be a part of Dyson's £2.75 billion ($3.7 billion) global technology investment plan to expand research into advanced robotics and AI.

Globally, the U.S. and China stock funds are two regions that have attracted the most inflows over the past two quarters, according to EPFR Global.

Analysts polled by Reuters had expected the Singapore economy to shrink 0.2% in the first quarter from a year ago.

Sources told CNBC's David Faber that the bank is looking to sell more blocks of the media company.

Wood has big bets on names like Square and PayPal, which dominate the digital wallet space.

Southeast Asian ride-hailing giant Grab is going public via a record-setting SPAC merger with Altimeter Growth Corp., valued at nearly $40 billion.