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The Amazon- and Ford-backed company already surpassed both Ford and General Motors by market cap.

Average stock and bond returns aren't expected to be as robust in coming decades, and retirees may have to reduce withdrawals from their nest eggs.

Reputation is set to be used as a tool in the fight against climate change.

A new U.K. study has found that going to sleep between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m. could lower the risk of heart disease.

Germany, once seen as the prime example of how to deal with Covid, recorded more than 50,000 new cases on Thursday.

Uber is raising fares in London by 10% as part of an effort to attract more drivers to the platform, marking the biggest price rise in the capital since 2017.

Unable to halt inflation on his own, President Joe Biden is offering worried consumers sympathy and supply chain fixes.

Musk sold the shares in part to satisfy tax obligations related to an exercise of stock options.

Affirm shares soared in after-hours trading Wednesday, after the company announced it would expand its Amazon deal and that it beat on fiscal Q1 revenue.

Beyond Meat reported a wider-than-expected loss for its fourth quarter and revenue that fell short of analysts' estimates.

E-commerce company Zalora is anticipating record-breaking business this Singles Day amid economic reopening and increased tech adoption across the region.

Russia did not cause Europe's energy crisis — but it didn't help, and tried to benefit from the situation, said Amos Hochstein of the U.S. State Department.

There are still several hours left of Singles Day this year with JD's sales ending at midnight China time on Friday so its transaction volume will increase.

Financial institutions and individual board members could be the next targets of climate litigation cases.

Indonesia's GoTo Group has secured $1.3 billion from investors in the first close of an ongoing funding round ahead of a planned initial public offering.

JD said that as of Nov. 11, more than 100,000 people had used China's digital currency on the company's app during the Singles Day promotion period.

Elon Musk's SpaceX launched four astronauts from Florida on Wednesday.

International expansion from both JD.com and rival Alibaba could challenge the e-commerce dominance of Amazon in certain parts of the world.

A federal complaint unsealed Wednesday charges McKinsey partner Puneet Dikshit with insider trading in his client Goldman Sachs' acquisition of GreenSky.

Disney, WarnerMedia and ViacomCBS all added subscribers in the third quarter, but streaming growth slowed from the prior quarter.