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GameStop has been a red-hot target in the Wallstreetbets Reddit chat room, where an army of at-home retail investors came together in pushing shares higher.

GM announced its "aspirations" Thursday as part of a larger plan for the Detroit automaker to be carbon neutral by 2040 in its global products and operations.

"If a business is built on misleading users, on data exploitation, on choices that are no choices at all, it ... deserves scorn," Tim Cook said.

Overseas trading platforms are seeing similar spikes in usage and technical problems as their U.S. counterparts.

Coresight Research predicts that as many as 10,000 stores could close in the U.S. this year, which would set a record.

The EU has told drugmaker AstraZeneca divert supplies of its coronavirus vaccine from the U.K. to mainland Europe, as a battle rages over supplies to the bloc.

The watchdog is assessing whether the Facebook-Giphy deal will reduce competition in the supply of video clips and animated images.

Mail delivery CEO David McRedmond said congestion caused by delivery trucks in particular could see lawmakers legislate for these vehicles to be electric.

The coronavirus pandemic and declining oil prices pose severe risks to the Middle East and North African economies.

Europe's banking supervisor will stick to its guidelines on dividend payouts until September, Andrea Enria, chair of the ECB's supervisory board, told CNBC.

Maurice Levy, chairman of the supervisory board at Publicis, said it was important to recognize the scale and complexity of managing online safety.

Top executives address the challenges and opportunities brought about by the electrification of cars and homes.

BMW has cut prices for its all-electric iX3 SUV in China, bringing the car into closer competition with vehicles from Tesla and Chinese start-ups like Nio.

U.S. sanctions have cut Huawei off from key software like Google Android and critical components like chips which have hurt its sales.

A renewed focus on the environment could provide greater momentum to funds connected to environmental, social and corporate governance.

The fintech start-up, which has raised a total of $800 million to date, is looking at deploying its war chest of funds to buy another firm.

Paul Polman and Jan du Plessis made their comments during a recent panel discussion moderated by CNBC.

Apple CEO Tim Cook said the China had a "record number of (iPhone) upgraders during the quarter, the most we've ever seen in a quarter."

Few economies grew in 2020 when lockdown measures around the world to contain the coronavirus brought much economic activity to a halt.

Zhang Yichen, the chief executive of Chinese investment firm Citic Capital, told CNBC that it's still "relatively comfortable" in China.