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Swings in China's real estate stocks and bonds are keeping investors on edge, and could cause troubles in the sector to spill into the economy, says S&P.

Buying travel experiences — rather than products that need packing — is gaining popularity as the pandemic shifts gift-buying habits among Christmas shoppers.

The World Health Organization is monitoring a new variant with numerous mutations to the spike protein, officials said Thursday.

The Seattle native is now the CEO of Brightloom, which builds software that enables smaller businesses to better connect with their customers.

Shares of German cannabis company SynBiotic rose sharply Thursday a day after the incoming government pledged to make the drug legal.

Sarah Lowe is a psychologist and a public health professor at Yale. She shares recommendations on how to understand climate trauma and anxiety.

Francesco Starace made his comments during an interview with CNBC.

Experts have been poring over Germany's new coalition's pledges to see what they mean for the country's future.

Germany's central bank warned Thursday about overvaluation in the housing market, calling it a "specific vulnerability."

The idea now is that the document has a life span of nine months after the first set of vaccines are administered.

Andersson said on Wednesday that she was forced to resign after her budget bill failed to pass and the Green Party quit their two-party coalition government.

Germany's death toll has now surpassed 100,000 but the country's incoming, new coalition government is resisting a lockdown, for now.

Chinese real estate developer Kaisa announced plans for paying back investors, alleviating concerns about one company in the struggling property sector.

His comments come as energy analysts assess the effectiveness of a U.S.-led pledge to release oil from strategic reserves to stymie surging fuel prices.

A parliamentary bulletin dated Nov. 23 showed that the Indian government plans to introduce a new bill that seeks to ban most private cryptocurrencies.

European stocks are expected to open higher on Thursday as investors continue to monitor the Covid crisis in the region and political developments in Germany.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information must review any new apps and updates by Tencent before they can be launched.

Chinese tech giant Baidu said it received approval for collecting robotaxi fares in a part of Beijing, a major step toward building a driverless taxi business.

China's technology sector has been on a wild ride, with tightening regulation and Beijing continuing to push for self-sufficiency in key areas.

Ark Invest's Cathie Wood said her firm is internally testing a fund that bets against major stocks in the benchmarks and would be "Ark on steroids."