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Country by country, scientists eye beginning of an end to Covid pandemic

Several experts said they expect the US Delta wave will wrap up this month, and represent the last major COVID-19 surge

How 'substantial' was progress for the US Federal Reserve?

A range of metrics - unemployment rate for Blacks, the labor force participation rate for women, the share of population overall that is working - remain significantly worse than before the pandemic

Britain's Sunak pledges to 'rewire' global finance system for net zero

"Six years ago Paris set the ambition, today in Glasgow we are provided the investment we need to deliver that ambition," he told an audience in Glasgow

Dollar hovers near peak as investors await for Fed to taper stimulus

The dollar index traded unchanged on the day at 94.11, close to its 2021 peak of 94.563 hit last month

BMW offsets lower deliveries with higher prices, strong EV sales

Electric vehicles in particular saw a significant boost, with sales in the nine months to September almost double last year's levels at just under 232,000 vehicles

Gold prices dip as investor focus turns to Fed tapering, inflation comments

Spot gold XAU= ease 0.4% to $1,780.30 per ounce by 0750 GMT. U.S. gold futures GCv1 fell 0.4% to $1,781.80.

Lufthansa returns to profit as coronavirus travel restrictions ease

The group reported adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of 17 million euros ($19.69 million) in the quarter, versus a loss of 1.262 billion euros in the year-ago period

Ether scales $4,600 to hit record high amid wider blockchain adoption

Bitcoin (BTC) was trading around $63,078 and is up about 117% this year, while ether is up six-fold

Oil prices slip after industry data shows US inventory build-up

Brent crude futures fell $1.03, or 1.2%, to $83.69 a barrel by 0724 GMT

World oil prices drops as data shows big build in United State inventory

Brent crude futures fell 71 cents, or 0.9%, to $84.00 a barrel by 0450 GMT, after dropping to a session-low of $83.27 earlier.

Oct services growth strongest in over a decade, input costs surge: PMI

The IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers' Index accelerated to 58.4 last month from 55.2 in September, above the 50-mark separating growth from contraction.

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming steps down as chairman to focus on TikTok

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming had announced his resignation as chief executive officer in May

China's services sector activity expands at faster pace in October

The improved readings in the private survey, focuses more on small firms in coastal regions, stood in contrast to an official survey, which showed the expansion in the services sector lost some steam.

China Covid-19 cases spike ahead of Communist Party conclave in Beijing

Temperature screening has been set up at entrances of shopping malls, supermarkets, hotels, cinemas as country enforces zero-tolerance policy for Covid.

Wall Street mints record highs, helped by strong earnings; Fed up next

Pfizer rises after Covid-19 vaccine sales outlook tops estimates

Whistleblower Frances Haugen blasts Facebook over Meta rebrand

The former Facebook product manager replied in the positive to the question of whether Zuckerberg should resign

Yahoo leaves China for good, cites 'challenging' environment

The company stopped providing content for users in mainland China as of November 1, according to a statement published on its website

BlackRock raises $673 million for climate-focused infrastructure fund

BlackRock Inc said it has raised a target-beating $673 million for an infrastructure fund with backing from the French, German and Japanese governments

Cryptic Musk post goes viral in China amid clash with World Food Program

On his official Twitter and Weibo accounts on Tuesday, Musk wrote in English "Humankind" before posting an abbreviated version of the 'Seven Steps Verse' in Chinese.

More than 100 countries join pact to slash planet-warming methane emissions

Among the new signatories was Brazil - one of the world's five biggest emitters of methane.