Shares of Gilead Sciences Inc rose 6% on Friday after its antiviral drug, remdesivir, became the…
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Quibi Streaming Service Shutting Down Just Months After Launch
Short-video app Quibi said it is shutting down just six months after its early April launch,…
Microsoft to let employees work from home permanently
Software giant Microsoft will let employees work from home permanently if they choose to, US media…
South Sudan oil firm bids to set up a $500m regional refinery
South Sudanese oil marketing giant Trinity Energy Ltd is set to inject $10 million worth of…
Secret and unprofitable Palantir goes public
Seventeen years after it was born with the help of the CIA seed money, data-mining outfit…
South Africa vows struggling national airline won’t be liquidated
Johannesburg, The South African government said Friday that was it was concluding efforts to secure funding…
Dubai may be as indebted as South Africa if dissenters are right
Determining how much debt Dubai’s government has amassed depends on who’s counting. What is less in…
China’s yuan sees biggest quarterly gain on record
China’s policy makers are in no rush to rein in a rapid advance in the yuan,…
Jane Fraser becomes the first woman to head a major Wall Street bank.
Citigroup’s Jane Fraser will become the first woman to lead a Wall Street bank when she…
A few questions for Agra on farming revamp
If you are one of the 2,000 delegates virtually attending this week’s African Green Revolution Forum…