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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is seeking information from Affirm, Afterpay, Klarna, PayPal and Zip on the risks and benefits of their products.

Friday coincided with a quarterly event known as "quadruple witching" that typically comes with heightened volatility.

Endemic means the coronavirus will not disappear but rather will become a constant presence like the flu.

Regulators announced Friday that JPMorgan Securities admitted to bookkeeping failures and agreed to pay $200 million to settle the charges.

Jeffrey Epstein, who once socialized with Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, and Prince Andrew, allegedly sexually abused girls with the aid of Ghislaine Maxwell, feds say.

Stocks could continue to chop around in the week ahead, with thin volume exaggerating moves in both directions ahead of the Christmas holiday.

A redefinition of what it means to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 is "certainly on the table," Dr. Antony Fauci has said.

Facebook owner Meta said Thursday that around 50,000 Facebook users have been targeted by private surveillance companies.

Checkout.com, a $15 billion payments start-up based in Britain, has hired Meta executive Meron Colbeci as its chief product officer.

The U.S. imposed trade restrictions on more than 30 Chinese entities for human rights violations and the alleged development of "brain-control weaponry."

The latest developments around Covid could very well kill the return-to-office date as we know it.

The emerging tidal power sector took a number of steps forward this week.

The Bank of England is carefully assessing the risks posed by the omicron variant in light of its surprise decision to raise interest rates, its Chief Economist Huw Pill told CNBC on Friday.

Mobility start-up Lime is planning to launch its e-scooter and e-bike rental service across the Middle East over the next two years.

Infarm, an Amsterdam-headquartered start-up that grows food indoors in racks, has been valued at over $1 billion in a new $200 million funding round.

Hong Kong holds elections for the city's legislature on Sunday — the first for the Legislative Council since Beijing led an overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral process.

The country added a record 366,100 jobs in November, eclipsing market forecasts for a 200,000 rebound, data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics showed.

Peloton removed a viral ad starring Chris Noth from its social media accounts after sexual assault allegations against the "Sex and the City" actor surfaced.

The CDC has confirmed 54 cases of people developing blood clots and showing low blood platelet levels following J&J vaccination.

Closing arguments in former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes' criminal fraud trial kicked off on Thursday.