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Copper, which is used in everything from power to construction, has risen more than 22% this year, on pace for its best year since 2017.

Slack co-founder Cal Henderson said had his doubts about whether companies could work from home before the coronavirus pandemic.

The EU has not wasted any time and has prepared a new plan to reset the relationship with the U.S.

A potential delay to the distribution of coronavirus vaccines is the biggest economic risk, European Central Bank member Stournaras said.

The IMF has warned that unless Europe's "pandemic dynamics change significantly" in the coming months, economic growth in the euro area is set to be weaker.

Steven Altmann-Richer, who led public policy for U.K., Ireland and new markets at Tesla, joined London start-up Polymateria in the last few weeks.

Sequoia Capital, one of the best-known venture capital firms on Menlo Park's Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley, has made a major new bet on Europe.

George Soros has changed his mind about how the European Union should finance the costs of the coronavirus pandemic.

If authorization is granted, it could enable use of the vaccine in Europe this month, BioNTech said.

The euro zone agrees to strengthen the region's crisis bailout fund, the ESM, at a time of economic pain and uncertainty brought on by the Covid pandemic.

DeepMind has developed a piece of AI software called "AlphaFold" that can accurately predict the structure that proteins will fold into in a matter of days.

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Google, is one of several tech executives backing a new European start-up investment fund from Firstminute Capital.

Investment bank Goldman Sachs has forecast that more than 70% of people in developed markets will be vaccinated against the coronavirus by fall 2021. 

New York's seven-day average of new cases was higher than 6,400 as of Sunday, up over 24% compared with a week ago.

The U.K. and the EU are in the "last leg of negotiations" over a post-Brexit trade agreement, with only a few weeks left to approve any potential deal. 

Growth and stock market gains in the U.S. will be overshadowed by most other regions during 2021, according to Quilvest Wealth Management's Bob Parker. 

The World Health Organizations is holding a briefing Friday on the coronavirus pandemic as cases in Europe begin to show signs of slowing after a handful of countries shuttered their economies for weeks.

Joe Biden's presidency will be a bigger problem for China than the Trump administration, economist Jim O'Neill told CNBC's "Squawk Box Europe" on Friday.

Britain has asked its medicine regulator to assess the vaccine for a temporary supply, which could mean it's rolled out in the country before the end of the year.

It comes as drugmakers and research centers scramble to deliver a safe and effective vaccine to help bring an end to the coronavirus pandemic.