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Facebook announced limited changes on Thursday to its approach to political ads, including allowing users to turn off certain ad-targeting tools, but defied critics' demands that it bar politicians from using its ads system to spread lies.

BEIJING/PARIS: Development of China’s C919 single-aisle plane, already at least five years behind schedule, is going slower than expected, a dozen people familiar with the program told Reuters, as the state-owned Commercial Aircraft Corporation (COMAC) struggles with a range of technical issues ...

Alphabet Inc's Waymo said on Thursday that arbitrators had finalized a judgment of US$128 million, plus undisclosed legal costs and interest, against two former employees who went to rival Uber Technologies Inc.

Oil prices dropped on Friday extending days of losses as the threat of war in the Middle East, a major oil producing region, receded and investors switched their attention to economic growth prospects and demand for crude.

Boeing Co late Thursday released redacted versions of communications tied to the development of simulators used in the development of the 737 MAX it called "completely unacceptable."

The world's shares hit a record high on Friday as a relief over de-escalation of U.S.-Iranian tensions quickly prompted investors to bet on faster global growth, especially in the technology sector.

Brazil's Supreme Court on Thursday overturned an injunction against Netflix Inc that had prevented the video streaming service from showing a domestically-made controversial Christmas special that depicts Jesus as gay.

Private equity firm Blackstone Group Inc has secured US$3.4 billion from investors for its first fund dedicated to investments in the life sciences sector, targeting US$4.6 billion in total, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.

The Japanese company is an emblem of resistance to corporate governance reform, says the Financial Times' Leo Lewis.

Travel to Taiwan is generally safe but post-election risk requires monitoring, says SafePro’s Ross Darrell Feingold.