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Foreign investors poured a record $76.5 billion into emerging market portfolios in November, powered by positive COVID19 vaccine news and the apparent normalization of the U.S. transfer of power, the Institute of International Finance said in a report on...

Consumer advocates are protesting a move by the Trump administration that they say will make it harder for the government to punish airlines that treat passengers unfairly.

Up to 18.7% of Spanish companies could be insolvent by the end of the year because of the economic impact from the COVID19 pandemic, with one in 10 of them unviable "zombies", according to a worstcase scenario published by the Bank of Spain on Tuesday.

Oil prices were broadly steady on Tuesday as investors awaited direction from OPEC and its allies after the producers postponed a formal meeting to decide whether to lift output from January.

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech's COVID19 vaccine could be rolled out in Europe this month, the companies said on Tuesday after they applied for EU emergency approval for the shot.

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This year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the final date for filing the IT returns has been pushed by the government to December 31, 2020 instead of July 31, 2020 for the assessment period of April 1, 2019 to March 31, 2020.

Britain and the European Union are running out of time to clinch a Brexit trade deal but if good progress is made this week then the talks could be extended, Environment Secretary George Eustice said on Monday.

The European Commission will confirm in February rules to calculate industries' free carbon permits over the next five years, it said on Friday, pushing back a plan to finish the regulations this year.

Copper miners and smelters are late agreeing charges for processing concentrate for next year, three sources with knowledge of the talks said, with smelters seeking a rollover while miners are pointing to a tight spot market.

Biogen Inc will take a $650 million stake in Sage Therapeutics and pay $875 million in upfront payment as they jointly develop and sell treatments for depression and other neurological disorders, the two companies said on Friday.

The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis.

The European Union and Britain said on Friday there were still substantial differences over a Brexit trade deal as the EU chief negotiator prepared to travel to London in a lastditch attempt to avoid a tumultuous finale to the fiveyear Brexit crisis.

The COVID19 pandemic this year has dented oil consumption and brought forward forecasts by energy majors, producers and analysts for when the world's demand for oil may peak.

British pub operators Mitchells & Butlers and Fuller, Smith & Turner posted millions in financial losses on Thursday and said they had cut around 2,000 jobs as the hospitality industry reels from the past month's retightening of COVID19 restrictions.

A billboard of a runnynosed, dourfaced girl framed by Glencore's sprawling zinc mine in Peru greets commuters at Zurich's main train station with an ominous slogan: "Water contaminated. Child poisoned. Commodities firm liable."