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Interest in "green hydrogen" has started to increase in recent years. 

Barclays has backed European equities to hit new highs in 2021, with 13% potential upside for the Stoxx 600 and two stocks offering more than 50% potential returns.

Bitcoin has plunged by close to $3,000 in less than 24 hours after hitting highs not seen since the end of 2017.

Top Glove has shut 20 manufacturing sites in Malaysia after thousands of workers tested positive for the coronavirus disease.

India has blocked at least 220 Chinese mobile apps, some of them made by China's prominent consumer-facing tech companies like ByteDance, Tencent and Alibaba.

In future, artificial intelligence will help to diagnose patients and develop the medicine required at "very low costs," says venture capitalist Tim Draper.

So far in 2020, markets in Southeast Asia have largely been among the worst performing.

Hong Kong could see positive growth next year and in 2022, according to an economist from Commerzbank.

The U.S. private sector alone cannot compete with the entire Chinese government and private sector in tech development, said Edward Knight of Nasdaq.

The majority of these layoffs will be from its parks, experiences and products division and include the 28,000 workers that the company previously announced.

Investor reaction to minutes from the Fed's meeting earlier this month was watched.

From treetop dining to underwater villas, the Maldives is coming up with imaginative ways to help travelers stay socially distanced.

The large gains in November may steal from December's rally, but stocks are still expected to end the year at higher levels.

"I'm not scared for the day itself, but for what's going to happen, two, three and four weeks later," Dr. Megan Ranney, an emergency physician in Rhode Island, said.

President Donald Trump's first national security advisor, Michael Flynn, has tried to undo his guilty plea for more than a year.

"I mean, frankly we probably should have done this sooner," Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former U.S. Food and Drug Administration commissioner, told CNBC.

Stocks took a breather after the Dow Jones Industrial Average topped a significant milestone.

President Donald Trump is scrambling for a way to undo the projected win for President-elect Biden. He faces virtually impossible odds.

The acquisition would be Saleforce's largest to date if it goes through.

Officials at the meeting voted to keep benchmark short-term borrowing rates anchored near zero.