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British-Swedish vaccine maker AstraZeneca is fighting battles on several fronts this week.

Facebook announced it will start rolling out its Facebook News product in the U.K. on Tuesday, and will pay publishers for their content.

Markets in Australia and India are closed on Tuesday for holidays.

Price target upgrades to the Tencent stock from Citi and UBS propelled it higher, but on Tuesday, investors took profits, sending shares lower.

The rupiah has stayed roughly flat against the U.S. dollar this year, after losing 1.1% to the greenback in 2020 at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Xpeng Motors' Navigation Guided Pilot or NGP is rolling out to eligible customers of its P7 sedan in a challenge to Tesla's own software.

AirAsia reported a fifth straight quarterly loss in November and is in the process of raising funds through loans and investors.

Speculation was reignited after U.K. newspaper the Times reported the Japanese government had privately concluded that the Games would have to be cancelled.

Chinese short video app Kuaishou said it would issue 365,218,600 shares each priced between $105.00 Hong Kong dollars to $115.00 Hong Kong dollars for its IPO.

Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index has risen more than 10% since the start of the year, as of its Monday close.

The U.S. and China had been growing apart before Trump and that trajectory will likely continue under President Joe Biden, a trade expert told CNBC on Monday.

The vote made Yellen the first female to the lead the Department, a feat she matched as chair of the Federal Reserve.

The patient with the Brazil variant is a resident of the Twin Cities metro area who recently traveled to Brazil, according to state health officials.

The wild rocket higher in GameStop, then its quick fall is a sign of frothy trading that could precede a pullback, strategists said.

The government is a major purchaser of vehicles. However, replacing such a fleet with EVs assembled domestically will be costly and take time.

Apple did not mention what project Riccio would work on in its announcement.

Wall Street prepares for the busiest week of earnings, which will include reports from some of the largest tech companies.

After quadrupling last year, bitcoin has had a wild start to 2021, climbing to $40,000 for the first time earlier this month.

Biden bans entry of most non-U.S. citizens from South Africa and extends restrictions on most non-U.S. citizen travel from the U.K., much of Europe and Brazil.

Former President Donald Trump had strongly opposed the proposed tax arrangements, saying they discriminated against American firms.