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Malaysia's Top Glove still expects "very strong" growth ahead, following its blockbuster earnings report on Thursday, the firm's managing director Lee Kim Meow told CNBC on Friday.

UBS has raised its gold price forecast for next year from $1,850 to $2,100 per ounce, said Yeoh Choo Guan, the bank's head of ASEAN global markets.

Infineon is one of the largest semiconductor companies in the world and is a top player in automotive, power and security chips.

The Chinese yuan strengthened sharply against the U.S. dollar this week, following gains seen in recent months as the country's economy recovers and the greenback weakens.

The newly created lender, which will keep the CaixaBank brand, will have assets of more than 664 billion euros, the companies said.

More nations are inviting travelers to trade their home offices for the chance to live and work abroad during the global pandemic.

New Zealand fell into a steep recession — two consecutive quarters of negative growth — after GDP shrank 12.2% on-quarter between April to June.

Apple Inc will launch its first online store in India on Sept. 23, the iPhone maker said on Friday, coinciding with the country's festive season that rakes in some of the biggest sales for retailers every year.

China began combat drills near the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the same day a senior U.S. official began high-level meetings in Taipei, as Beijing denounced tightening ties between Chinese-claimed Taiwan and the United States.

Governments should continue to make investments that combat climate change even while they are focusing on coping with the coronavirus pandemic, said Judith Rodin, President Emerita at the University of Pennsylvania.

"Jobs that can be done over the internet can be done anywhere in the world and because of this, white-collar jobs will no longer have the geographical insulation it used to have," said Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing.

The coronavirus has infected more than 29.9 million people globally as of Thursday, killing at least 941,363 so far.

The English Premier League signed a one-year broadcast deal with China's Tencent Sports after it terminated a contract with PPTV.

FBI Director Christoper Wray described Russian efforts as a "steady drumbeat of misinformation" that he said could undercut American voters' confidence in the democratic process. 

Critics of the IPO process say that's capital that could have otherwise been invested by Snowflake in the business. 

Stocks dropped on Thursday as technology stocks declined, along with plays related to a successful coronavirus vaccine rollout.

Intelsat picked SpaceX and its European competitor Arianespace to launch seven satellites in the coming years.

Space Hero announced on Thursday plans to send the winning contestant of a reality TV show on a 10 day trip to the ISS.

Grenke said it has convened a task force to deal with the detailed rebuttal of the accusations.

"Weekly cases have now exceeded those reported when the pandemic first peaked in Europe in March," the WHO's regional director for Europe said Thursday.