A police officer stationed at Vancouver's airport on the day Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested two years ago testified on Monday he found himself to be in a "very uncomfortable position" as the point of contact for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Alphabet unit Google needs to be more transparent about how it is fighting the spread of "fake news," European Commission Vice President Vera Jourova said on Monday after a video conference with the company's CEO Sundar Pichai.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -The dollar slid against most currencies on Monday in choppy trading, as investors looked past the surge in coronavirus cases and ahead to a possible new COVID-19 U.S. stimulus deal and vaccines to fight the pandemic.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Oil prices fell around 1% on Monday as surging coronavirus cases and heightened tensions between the United States and China undermined the positive impact from an OPEC+ deal on production.
British and EU leaders will meet face-to-face to try to seal a post-Brexit trade deal after failing again to narrow their differences on Monday, increasing the chance of a disorderly parting of ways at the end of the month.
Institutional investors pumped $429 million into cryptocurrency funds and products for the week ended Dec. 7, the second highest on record, pushing the sector's assets under management to an all-time peak of $15 billion, according to Monday's data from digital asset manager CoinShares.
A senior British government source said on Monday there was every chance a deal would not be reached with the EU, saying that while the negotiating process was not over, no progress had been made since Friday.
Stocks on global indexes eased on Monday as worries escalated over the economy because of increasing COVID-19 cases and restrictions, while sterling slumped as Britain and the European Union made a last-ditch attempt to strike a trade deal.
Online lending startup Social Finance Inc (SoFi) has held discussions with blank-check acquisition companies about a deal that would allow it to debut in the stock market, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Budget furniture giant IKEA has decided to discontinue its catalogue, one of the world's biggest annual publications, as shoppers move online, it said on Monday. Ciara Lee reports
Analysts say UK shoppers could face empty shelves again as supermarkets battle Christmas demand and the upheaval of Brexit. Julian Satterthwaite reports.
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