Hospitals are preparing for the first COVID-19 shots to be delivered on Monday, but it will take months before most Americans can get it. Healthcare workers and elderly residents of long-term care homes are first in line to receive the inoculations.
LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Stocks began the week with robust gains as investors gauged the chance of added U.S. fiscal and monetary stimulus, while the British pound rose as a last-gasp extension to Brexit talks dodged a difficult divorce.
From Air Canada to China's CDB Aviation, airlines and leasing firms are rushing to permanently convert older passenger jets into freighters, betting on a boom in e-commerce as the value of used planes tumbles amid the pandemic.
Social network firm Reddit said https://redditblog.com/2020/12/13/reddit-welcomes-video-platform-dubsmash-to-team on Sunday it would buy short-video platform Dubsmash, becoming the latest company to expand in a space dominated by Chinese-owned TikTok.
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) -European Union Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Monday that sealing a trade pact with Britain was still possible before the country's final break with the 27-nation bloc on Dec. 31 but the next few days of negotiations would be critical.
SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) -China warned its Internet giants on Monday that it would not tolerate monopolistic practices and to brace for increased scrutiny, as it slapped fines and announced probes into deals involving Alibaba Group and Tencent Holdings.
AstraZeneca shares fell 9% on Monday, as investors moved to price in the British drugmaker's $39 billion deal for U.S. biotech firm Alexion Pharmaceuticals, the company's largest ever and one of this year's biggest mergers globally.
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