While the initial announcement of the program provided a major lift to Wall Street, there now are worries that the risk-on sentiment could be getting carried away.
Microsoft remains committed on video games, but after less than four years it hasn't been able to surpass Amazon's Twitch in market share, and its promoting Facebook
Apple announced an upgrade to its operating system on Monday that will allow drivers to use mobile devices as digital car keys and give keys securely to trusted contacts by iMessage.
CNBC's eighth annual Disruptor 50 list, revealed last week, identified private companies that are changing the world in unimaginable ways. Yet there's one dramatic trend that has nothing to do with the underlying technologies driving their growth: a social or environmental mission that is core to their business model.
There has been a surge in coronavirus cases in the U.S. and Brazil, and further outbreaks in Germany — where the reproduction rate of the disease has risen substantially.
Goldman Sachs has tipped several European technology, insurance and utility companies for acquisition in the latest reshuffle of its M&A basket for the region.
China's customs authority said on Sunday it had suspended imports of poultry products from a plant owned by U.S.-based meat processor Tyson that has been hit by the novel coronavirus.
The currency markets are currently facing "multiple cross-currents" amid fears over a potential second wave of coronavirus cases in the world, said Deutsche Bank's Sameer Goel.
The European Union is hoping to revive investment talks with China on Monday, as it hosts calls with the Chinese President Xi Jinping and Premier Li Keqiang.
The English town of Reading was to hold a minute's silence on Monday for the victims of a stabbing that killed three people including an American in the latest attack linked to terrorism.
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the central bank should start to reverse its quantitative easing asset purchases before raising interest rates on a sustained basis, a reversal of long-standing BoE policy.
China kept its benchmark lending rate unchanged on Monday, with the 1-year loan prime rate left at 3.85%. The 5-year loan prime rate was also kept steady at 4.65%.
Britain will seek changes to the law to allow scrutiny of some foreign takeovers to ensure they do not threaten the country's ability to tackle public health emergencies such as the coronavirus outbreak, the government said on Sunday.
China Standards 2035 is an ambitious 15-year blueprint that will lay out Beijing's plans to set the global standards for the next-generation of technologies.