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Facebook, YouTube and Twitter have agreed with big advertisers on first steps to curb harmful content online, following boycotts of social media platforms that advertisers had accused of tolerating hate speech.

Markets were mixed in Asia on Wednesday as investors kept a wary eye on how the coronavirus pandemic will affect the economic outlook.

Up to 1,000 Barclays staff who had returned to officebased working in recent weeks will revert to working from home following British government guidance on Tuesday, a spokesman for the bank told Reuters.

Facebook says it has removed a small network of fake accounts and pages that originated in China and focused on disrupting political activity in the U.S. and several other countries.

China will step up support for key firms engaged in supply chains in advanced manufacturing, services and trade sectors, the central bank and other state agencies said in guidelines issued on Tuesday, amid a deepening rift with the United States.

Deutsche Bank is working hard to prepare for a wave of mergers in the banking sector, its finance chief said on Tuesday, signalling a potential change in tone at Germany's biggest bank which has been focusing mainly on its turnaround.

Gold prices slipped on Tuesday following a sharp drop the previous day, as the dollar hit multiweek highs ahead of U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's appearance at a congressional committee.

Beijing has sped up development of a blacklist that could be used to punish U.S. technology firms, with Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] rival Cisco Systems Inc among the companies seen as likely to be included in the list, the Wall Street Journal rep...

Asian shares opened weaker on Tuesday on concerns about new pandemic lockdowns in Europe and after reports about financial institutions allegedly moving illicit funds hurt global banking stocks.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says that many midsize U.S. businesses are now able to borrow from banks, suggesting that the need for a Fed lending program that was designed to serve struggling mediumsize companies has waned.

Microsoft is buying the company behind popular video games The Elder Scrolls, Doom and Fallout.

The issues of CAMS and Chemcon Speciality Chemicals were out on September 21, while the IPO of Angel Broking is going to open on September 22.

OneWeb, the collapsed satellite operator rescued by the British government and India's Bharti Group, will resume launches with Arianespace in December, putting it on track to begin commercial services next year, it said on Monday.

Shares of some major banks are tumbling before the market open Monday following a report alleging those including JPMorgan, HSBC, Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank and Bank of New York Mellon continued to profit from illicit dealings with disreputabl...

Unilever NV shareholders approved plans to end the AngloDutch company's dualheaded corporate structure and form a Londonbased entity, which it says will make dealmaking simpler.

Royal Dutch Shell is looking to slash up to 40% off the cost of producing oil and gas in a major drive to save cash so it can overhaul its business and focus more on renewable energy and power markets, sources told Reuters.