LONDON — The Bank of England said Thursday British banks will need at least six months to prepare for a shift into negative interest rates. The BOE asked British banks in October about their... Read more
Israel’s decision to give 5,000 doses of the coronavirus vaccine to Palestinian frontline health workers is being criticized by Palestinians and rights groups as insufficient and falling sho... Read more
U.S. stocks jumped on Tuesday, building on a strong rally in the previous session as concerns about a speculative retail trading frenzy continued to ease. The Dow Jones Industrial Average cl... Read more
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United Arab Emirates announced that Emirati nationality will now be attainable for foreigners, in a major first for the Gulf region. The move is a significa... Read more
BEIJING — German automaker BMW has cut prices for its all-electric iX3 SUV in China, bringing the car into closer competition with vehicles from Tesla and Chinese start-ups like Nio. BMW’s w... Read more
Shares of GameStop surged again Wednesday, continuing the streak of wild swings for the stock as several high-profile short sellers said they had backed away from their positions. The name t... Read more
Microsoft stock rose as much as 6% in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported fiscal second-quarter earnings and Azure cloud revenue growth that exceeded analysts’ expectation... Read more
EY CEO Carmine Di Sibio has suggested that the main threat to businesses under the Biden administration will be the possibility of higher corporate taxes. Di Sibio told Karen Tso that he tho... Read more
The Ministry of Health says there have been 29 samples of the UK variant and seven of the South African variant confirmed in managed isolation facilities so far. (file pic) Photo: Pete Linfo... Read more
The coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer-BioNTech is likely to be just as effective against a highly transmissible mutant strain of the virus that was discovered in the U.K., according to... Read more
