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The OECD has warned that countries need to come to an agreement over digital tax or risk damaging the global economy further.

Lawmakers from countries within the Five Eyes alliance have urged tech firms to develop backdoors that allows them to access encrypted messages.

The unemployment rate in India was 6.7% in September, down from the April high of 23.5%, according to data from Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy.

Consumers in the world's second-largest economy clearly still have cash to spend, even if China as a whole is still recovering from the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic.

China's central bank moved to change a rule that means traders will find it cheaper to short the yuan, triggering some weakness in the currency on Monday after months of strengthening.

With no domestic air travel market, Singapore "can't wait around for a vaccine" to revive its aviation sector, said Ong Ye Kung, the country's transport minister.

Investors will watch the yuan's movements on Monday, after the People's Bank of China announced a rule change that made it cheaper to short the yuan.

As major businesses and institutions pledge to double down on their diversity and inclusion (D&I) agendas in the wake of international protests against systemic racism, it's becoming easier for employees to rate their efforts.

A group of central banks recommended that digital currencies compliment — but not replace — cash and other forms of legal tender.

The U.S. reported more than 57,000 new coronavirus cases on Friday, the highest tally since mid-August.

It wasn't long ago that the tech titans of today were aggressive upstarts setting out to make our lives easier. What happened?

The White House gathering marks Trump's first public event since he revealed last Friday that he and first lady Melania Trump tested positive for Covid-19.

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plan to meet later Friday as the try to reach a coronavirus stimulus deal.

Stock market optimism for a stimulus package has been rising, but the focus swings to earnings and that could be a positive for stocks.

Stocks rose on Friday to end their best week in months as President Donald Trump signaled support for a bigger coronavirus aid package. 

The London Stock Exchange confirmed it had entered exclusive discussions with Euronext in relation to the sale of the Borsa Italiana group last month.

Ideas around design and how we interact with technology can have a big impact on the workplace.

Finance Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday that firms whose premises have to shut over the winter period as part of local or national restrictions will receive grants.

The United Nations World Food Program has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger.

A "great rebalancing" of investor portfolios away from core government bonds and a "coupon clipping environment" for markets are coming, according to HSBC Global Asset Management.