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A 14 billion pound ($18.5 billion) class action against Mastercard for allegedly overcharging more than 46 million people in Britain over a 15year period was on Friday given the green light by the UK Supreme Court.

Investors in Asia were set to push stocks lower on Friday as concerns about U.S. stimulus and climbing COVID19 cases weighed globally on optimism.

IOC previously operated its directly-owned plants at full capacity ahead of a nationwide lockdown enforced from late March to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Gold edged lower on Thursday, hovering close to a oneweek low hit in the last session, with its appeal dented by continued optimism for a vaccineled boost to a global economic recovery.

For the past two days, the Margolle brothers have been dragging their fishing nets back and forth across a line running down the middle of The Channel separating British and French territorial waters. But perhaps not for much longer.

Oil prices climbed on Wednesday as news about COVID19 vaccines lifted investor hopes for a recovery in fuel demand and the U.S. dollar, in which oil is traded, reached 2 1/2year lows.

As health officials from rural areas prepare to vaccinate people scattered over thousands of miles in what could be the most complex such campaign in U.S. history, they face the additional challenge of finding enough dry ice to keep a Pfizer vaccine that...

In Delhi and Mumbai, 22-carat gold is coming at a price of Rs 48,750 per 10 gram and Rs 48,350 per 10 gram, while 24-carat gold prices stand at Rs 53,180 per 10 gram and Rs 49,350 per 10 gram.

Jalen Wilson hit the goahead 3pointer with 42 seconds remaining, then watched as Marcus Zegarowski missed the last of three free throws after fouling him with 1.1 seconds left, allowing fifthranked Kansas to escape with a 7372 victory over No. 8 Creighton...

German investor sentiment soared more than expected in December on expectations that vaccines against the coronavirus will boost the outlook for Europe's largest economy, a survey showed on Tuesday.

Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Monday:

U.S. consumers took out more auto and student loans in October, but cut back on credit card borrowing, a sign that they remain cautious about spending amid a spike in virus cases.

Airbnb is requiring most professional hosts outside North America to include all service fees in the rate presented to guests, a move that mirrors how rival platforms operate.

An Australian company has lined up the country's national science agency and Japanese firms to work on a plan to capture carbon dioxide, and liquefy and transport it to a site offshore Australia to be injected under the seabed.

More than 8.1 million people in the U.S. have turned their iPhones and Android devices into pandemic contact-tracing tools, but it hasn't been of much use when their neighbors, classmates and coworkers aren't on the same system.

Buyout group EQT is selling facilities manager Apleona, a former unit of industrial services group Bilfinger, to fund management company PAI Partners for about 1.6 billion euros ($1.94 billion), it said on Sunday.