Ukrainian banks note the positive impact of lower loan rates on demand and expect key lending indicators to improve in 2021.

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of December 2020 stood at US$173,307 million, an increase of US$6,360 million from their level at the end of the previous month. The reserves represent 43.3 percent of GDP.

According to the preliminary data of the National Statistics Office of Georgia, FDI inflow to the Georgian energy sector amounted to US$46,383,600 during the first three quarters of 2020.

In May, the world's top risk professionals identified "prolonged recession of the global economy" as the most feared risk of COVID-19.

Starting next month, Facebook will open up academic access to a dataset of 1.3 million political and social issue ads, including those that ran between August 3 and November 3, 2020 — Election Day in the U.S.

Canada’s BlackBerry Ltd said it was unaware of any reasons for a surge in its share price on Monday that lifted gains to more than 150% since the start of January.

Regional governments are eager for job-creating export industries, especially in agriculture. Market access gives Beijing more leverage than debt ever could.

President Joe Biden’s administration is reviving an Obama-era effort to make abolitionist Harriet Tubman the face of the $20 bill, which would make her the first woman to appear on modern U.S. paper money, Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Monday, after the five-year-old idea stalled during former President Donald Trump’s term.

“Social robots like me can take care of the sick or elderly,” Sophia says as she conducts a tour of her lab in Hong Kong. “I can help communicate, give therapy and provide social stimulation, even in difficult situations.”

This time, an Italian consumer group seeks compensation for iPhone 6 and 7 users

Alpha Global includes workers from 10 countries, including the United States and Germany.

Despite shops being closed for much of 2020, figures show Britons bought books in volume – although many authors continued to struggle.

Last week I got a call from a friend who told me that Tesla TSLA +4% stock could be my way to riches.

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday that will strengthen the rules surrounding government procurement in a bid to shore up domestic manufacturing and encourage the federal government to buy more products made in the United States.

Is Zhong Shanshan really a bigger tycoon than Warren Buffett? On paper perhaps but the picture is different once liquidity is calculated.

AstraZeneca denied on Monday its COVID-19 vaccine is not very effective for people over 65, after German media reports said officials fear the vaccine may not be approved in the European Union for use in the elderly.

Action comes as EU holds talks with AstraZeneca over company’s cut to delivery pledges

Bottom Line: By helping independent online retailers standardize on their One Click Checkout process, Bolt creates a network effect across online retailers, leading to 250,000 new online customers joining every month.

A new study commissioned by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Research Foundation has found that the global economy stands to lose as much as $9.2 trillion if governments fail to ensure developing economy access to COVID-19 vaccines, as much as half of which would fall on advanced economies.

In a significant attempt to overhaul how it moderates content, Twitter on Monday unveiled Birdwatch, a pilot program to crowdsource fact-checks to combat misinformation.