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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday said it was closely monitoring potential wrongdoing amid recent price volatility in the U.S. stock market, and warned against illegal "manipulative trading activity."

Short-seller Andrew Left, whose company Citron was one of the hedge fund players to spark this week's battle with small-time traders over GameStop Corp, said in a YouTube video on Friday that his company would no longer publish short-selling research.

Toyota Motor Corp unveiled its Woven Planet research unit at a virtual media event on Friday, promising to deliver the world's "safest mobility" as competition heats up to develop self-driving and connected cars.

Japanese online fashion retailer Zozo Inc on Friday launched skin tone measuring glasses for ordering cosmetics online, making its latest fashion tech offering as it expands beyond apparel.

REUTERS: Three BlackBerry executives, including the chief financial officer, sold US$1.7 million of the telecoms technology firm's stock in the early days of this month's meteoric share price rise, filings with securities regulators show. BlackBerry and other heavily shorted stocks have soared in ...

LONDON: London Stock Exchange said on Friday (Jan 29) that it had completed its US$27 billion deal to buy data provider Refinitiv. "This transformational transaction brings together two highly complementary global businesses with a shared commitment to an Open Access philosophy, working in ...

Biogen Inc and partner Eisai Co Ltd said on Friday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the review period for their experimental Alzheimer's disease treatment by three months.

The digital platform anchoring India's massive COVID-19 vaccination drive will be able to handle up to 10 million shots daily to meet the country's target of covering 300 million people by July-August, a government official told Reuters.

Hong Kong's economy contracted a record of 6.1 percent in 2020 as the city was battered by the coronavirus pandemic, just months after it was upended by widespread political unrest.

Embattled Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, which has been struggling to resolve a drawn-out cash crisis, faces bankruptcy and restructuring to manage its debts, the company announced on Friday.