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Actor Robert Downey Jr. commended President Joe Biden for instilling a message of respect in his new administration upon entering the White House last week. 

Barclays CEO Jes Staley has compared the pent up demand currently in the global economy to the end of the 1918 flu pandemic and the subsequent "Roaring 20s."

Russian President Vladimir Putin warned the World Economic Forum that the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated preexisting imbalances and tensions.

As Huawei's smartphone business declines, Richard Yu will be tasked with turning the company into a cloud computing and artificial intelligence giant.

"Digital giants have been playing an increasingly significant role in wider society," Putin told the World Economic Forum

Shares of GameStop, which jumped 92.7% in trading, were up more than 60% in after-hours trading.

The truth about why DeepMind's Mustafa Suleyman left the company he co-founded and joined Google may finally be coming out.

Melvin Capital closed out its short position in GameStop on Tuesday afternoon after taking a huge loss, the hedge fund's manager told CNBC.

AstraZeneca has defended its delayed rollout of the coronavirus vaccine to the EU, but said the bloc had ordered later than others.

Russian President Vladimir Putin is speaking at Davos Agenda, a virtual event organized by the World Economic Forum.

SAP Chief Executive Christian Klein said investor demand for shares in Qualtrics is outstripping supply ahead of the company's stock market debut. 

It will take months for chipmakers to catch up with a shortfall in supply for the auto sector, predicts Credit Suisse's Randy Abrams.

The euro zone wants to update its fiscal rules but it could spark nervousness among investors.

ByteDance is reducing the size of its TikTok team in India, months after the popular short video app remains banned in one of its most important markets.

The pay cut for Solomon reflects prior penalties imposed on the bank and not Solomon's own conduct, the SEC filing said.

In the future, buildings will need to be functional, eyecatching and sustainable.

The International Monetary Fund now expects the global economy to grow 5.5% this year, a 0.3 percentage point increase from October's forecasts.

Gojek started in 2010 with ride-hailing and has branched out into other business areas including food delivery, digital payments and logistics.

The world needs to build up its "overall security," especially now during the Covid-19 pandemic, New Zealand's trade minister Damien O'Connor said Wednesday.

India's BSE Sensex on Thursday briefly soared to a record high, crossing the 50,000 level for the first time.