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A Facebook Inc (FB.O) executive said in an interview on Sunday with CNN that the company does not believe that its social media service is a primary contributor to the political polarization that has become widespread in the United States. Read more
Expo 2020 Dubai, the huge world fair that opened last week, on Sunday revised up the number of worker deaths to six to include COVID-linked and construction-related fatalities but said it could not say whether more had died from other Read more
OPEC and its allies meet on Monday to debate how much oil to release into the red hot market, where supply disruptions and recovering demand from the coronavirus pandemic have pushed oil above $80 per barrel. The oil price rally Read more
Switzerland’s economic affairs secretariat (SECO) has filed a criminal complaint in relation to collapsed financier Greensill Capital for alleged violations of the law against unfair competition, it said. The Swiss NZZ am Sonntag newspaper said police searched Credit Suisse offices Read more
Bernard Tapie, a French businessman and former Olympique de Marseille (OM) president who led the soccer club to the Champions League title in 1993, died on Sunday aged 78. Tapie, whose business interests also included a stake in sportswear company Read more
ADNOC Drilling (ADNOCDRILL.AD) shares jumped more than 30% as the unit of Abu Dhabi oil giant ADNOC started trading on Sunday after its $1.1 billion initial public offering (IPO), the largest ever on the Abu Dhabi stock market. ADNOC Drilling, Read more
The chief executive of Italian aerospace firm Leonardo (LDOF.MI) said Boeing (BA.N) was expected this month to release an updated production plan for its 787 Dreamliner wide-body jet. “In the next day they will come out with a new plan,” Read more