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Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (DO), a government agency, said on Wednesday it had launched an investigation into fashion retailer H&M following a media report accusing H&M of racism in Swedish stores.

Brazil's Gol became the world's first airline on Wednesday to fly the Boeing 737 MAX commercially since the planes were grounded 20 months ago following two deadly crashes that killed hundreds of people.

:Shares of DoorDash Inc were set to soar in their debut on Wednesday after the food delivery startup raised US$3.37 billion in one of the biggest U.S. stock market launches so far in 2020.

:Coffee chain Starbucks Corp on Wednesday named Vice Chair Mellody Hobson as head of its board, making her the only African American woman to chair a Fortune 500 company.

YouTube said on Wednesday it would start removing content that falsely allege widespread fraud changed the outcome of the U.S. presidential election, in a change to its more hands-off stance on videos making similar claims.

U.S. job openings increased modestly in October and layoffs rose, strengthening views that the labor recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic was slowing.

Alphabet Inc's Google will lift its ban on political advertisements beginning Dec. 10, it said on Wednesday.

LONDON: Europe's medicines regulator said on Wednesday it was the target of a cyberattack and it was investigating the incident with help from law enforcement. The European Medicines Agency - which is responsible for assessing and approving medicines, medical devices and vaccines for the ...

Procter and Gamble named Andre Schulten, currently senior vice president of its baby care unit in North America, as its new chief financial officer, replacing Jon Moeller.

WASHINGTON: New York Attorney General Letitia James will make a major "business related" announcement on Wednesday afternoon, her office said in a press release. The announcement came among widespread expectation that a group of state attorneys general will sue social media giant Facebook for ...