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Trump suggests Pfizer could win Covid vaccine approval, J&J to come later

US President Donald Trump on Monday suggested Pfizer Inc could secure the first US approval of a Covid-19 vaccine in coming weeks, saying a contender by Johnson & Johnson could come later.

US to challenge judge's order that blocked WeChat app store ban

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Microsoft Corp to acquire Doom-owner ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would acquire ZeniMax Media for $7.5 billion in cash, strengthening its Xbox video game offering with the studio behind smash hit titles Fallout and the Doom reboot.

HSBC, StanChart shares fall to 22-yr low on reports of illicit money flows

BuzzFeed and other media articles were based on leaked suspicious activity reports filed by banks and other financial firms with the U.S. Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Barclays raises oil price outlook, expects limited downside to demand view

The bank raised its 2020 Brent and U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) price forecasts by $2 to $43 per barrel and $39, respectively

India's Petronet buys LNG cargo for delivery in November: Report

etronet bought the cargo which is for delivery to either Dahej or Kochi LNG terminal over Nov. 17-22 at about $4.80 per million British thermal units

Global GDP to hit pre-coronavirus levels in mid-2021: Deutsche Bank

Deutsche raised its forecast for global GDP, expecting it to shrink 3.9% this year after predicting in May a contraction of 5.9% for 2020

France's Iliad makes $4.2 billion bid for Polish telecom firm Play

Iliad, which has already agreed to buy 40% of Play from two shareholders, said it had now bid for all of the operator at 39 zlotys per share, a 38.8% premium to Play's Friday close

Shares, currencies tentative as attention shifts to US election, stimulus

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was a shade weaker, though it was not too far from a June 2018 peak at 568.84

China's ByteDance gets Trump's in-principle nod to avoid TikTok shutdown

ByteDance was racing to avoid a crackdown on TikTok after the US Commerce Department said on Friday it would block new downloads and updates to the app come Sunday

Britain is at Covid-19 tipping point, health minister Matt Hancock says

Covid-19 cases have risen sharply in recent weeks, with 3,899 reported on Sunday

ByteDance says not aware of $5 billion education fund in TikTok deal

US President Donald Trump said he had approved a deal, which included a $5 billion education fund, to allow TikTok to continue to operate in the United States

US will delay the TikTok app store ban by a week over Oracle, Walmart deal

US Commerce Department announced a one-week delay until Sept. 27 in an order issued Friday that was set to require Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to remove the TikTok app for download

Monsoon session may be curtailed as Covid-19 cases rise among MPs: Report

The government has also mandated daily tests for journalist entering parliament to cover the session from Saturday.

TikTok files complaint against Trump administration to try to block US ban

Popular video-sharing app TikTok has asked a U.S. judge to block the Trump administration from enforcing a ban on the Chinese social media network, according to court documents filed late on Friday

'Resolutely opposed' to US decision of banning WeChat, TikTok: China

China's Commerce Ministry said on Saturday it was "resolutely opposed" to the U.S. decision to ban WeChat and video-sharing app TikTok from U.S. app stores starting Sunday night

What is the real impact of Donald Trump's action against TikTok?

Trump administration will ban TikTok from US app stores, a move that will block Americans from downloading or updating the Chinese-owned platform over concerns it poses a national security threat

Taiwan scrambles jets as China planes cross 'sensitive' region of island

China had earlier announced combat drills and denounced what it called collusion between the island, which it claims as part of its territory, and the US

SoftBank Group to sell last of its telecoms assets with Brightstar deal

SoftBank said in a statement it would sell the firm to a newly formed subsidiary of private equity firm Brightstar Capital Partners for cash as well as a 25 per cent stake in the subsidiary

Women lead race to head WTO amid rising protectionism, deep recession

A final decision is expected later this year, possibly after the US election in November