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Just over half said they are "more optimistic" and 8.1% are "much more optimistic" given the expected change from President Donald Trump's administration.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, has praised remdesivir, saying it would set "a new standard of care" for patients.

The latest Consumer Reports' annual Auto Reliability Survey also dropped a Toyota brand from No. 1 for the first time in 15 years.

The session in Asia follows a tepid finish overnight where U.S. stocks closed slightly higher as traders increased their exposure to major technology names.

The programs were set to expire at the end of the year. They were instituted in early March as markets froze.

Roblox joins a parade of consumer internet companies preparing to go public by the end of the year.

"It's someone who will be accepted by all elements of the Democratic Party, from the progressive to the moderate coalitions,"

Stocks closed slightly higher on Thursday as traders increased their exposure to major tech names amid a rising number of coronavirus cases.

Facebook says artificial intelligence software now detects 94.7% of the hate speech that gets removed from its platform.

Stadia will run in the Safari web browser on iPhones to skirt Apple's strict App Store, a strategy also used by Amazon and Nvidia.

The fear is that relaxing the rules risks further spikes in coronavirus infections.

Drugmakers are scrambling to deliver a vaccine to help bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic that has claimed over 1.3 million lives.

First-time filings for unemployment benefits totaled 742,000 last week vs. the Wall Street estimate of 710,000.

Ex-Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett told CNBC that President Donald Trump's refusal to concede the election is making the country suffer. 

The total spending to date, by way of comparison, is more than twice the gross domestic product of Japan.

EU's Gentiloni is worried that a $2 trillion stimulus plan will not be delivered as quickly as planned after veto from Hungary and Poland.

Europe is already home to some major offshore wind farms, as well as projects focused on ocean energy.

Soros Fund Management, the asset management company founded by billionaire investor George Soros, has disclosed that it plans to sell its stake in Palantir.

The promising early-stage results were published in The Lancet, one of the world's top medical journals, on Thursday.

Life-saving coronavirus vaccination programs must reach everyone around the world, the World Health Organization's Europe chief said.