Qiagen said its non-executive Chairman Hakan Bjoerklund had resigned with immediate effect after the genetic testing company's shareholders rejected an improved takeover offer from Thermo Fisher .
Facebook Inc's chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, and some company executives have been discussing a "kill switch" to shut off political advertising after the election is over to curb misinformation, the New York Times reported on Friday, citing unnamed sources.
Mexico's government wants the local unit of Sempra Energy to build another export facility to help sell off excess natural gas in return for granting the energy infrastructure company a historic export permit, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Three new U.S. stock exchanges are set to launch by the end of September, vying for market share against incumbents like the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Inc , which have benefited from elevated trading volumes during the coronavirus pandemic.
U.S. stock index futures ticked lower on Friday, a day after the tech-heavy Nasdaq closed at a record high, as investors awaited U.S. business surveys for more clues on the economy's health.
One of the world's leading investor groups pushing for more corporate action on climate change said it has added Mexican state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) to its list of targets.
Citigroup Inc filed a third lawsuit on Friday in its latest attempt to recoup nearly US$1 billion it mistakenly sent to lenders of Revlon Inc .
Amazon.com Inc said on Friday that its consumer business head, Jeff Wilke, would retire early next year after more than two decades with the company.
Facebook is a non-partisan platform which denounces hate and bigotry, the company's India head said on Friday, amid a controversy over how the U.S. social media giant regulates political content in its biggest market by number of users.
Wells Fargo & Co resumed job cuts in early August after it paused layoffs in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a spokeswoman said on Friday.
