President-elect Joe Biden's pick for Treasury secretary, Janet Yellen, earned at least $7 million from speaking engagements over the past two years, according to disclosures posted on Thursday. Read More
Tribune Publishing Co's largest shareholder, Alden Global Capital, said on Thursday it had offered to take full control of the owner of the Chicago Tribune in a deal that values the company at $520.6 million. Read More
SHANGHAI -- Chicago corn futures extended gains on Thursday to hit their highest in six-and-a-half years, after major exporter Argentina said it would be restricting exports of the grain and as dry weather continued to threaten harvests in the region. Read More
BEIJING -- China has given conditional approval for general public use for a COVID-19 vaccine developed by state-owned drug maker Sinopharm, an official with China's National Medical Products Administration told a media briefing on Thursday. Read More
BEIJING -- China has given conditional approval for general public use to a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), an official with China's National Medical Products Administration told a media briefing on Thursday. Read More
BEIJING -- China's factory activity expanded in December as hot export demand fueled a recovery in the world's second-largest economy from the coronavirus slump, although higher labor and transport costs slowed the pace of growth. Read More
MEXICO CITY -- Mexico's government on Wednesday hailed Britain's approval of a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, and said that Mexican authorities were also close to authorizing its deployment. Read More
Gold prices held steady on Wednesday, as Read More
LONDON -- Britain on Wednesday became the first country in the world to approve a coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, hoping that rapid action would help it stem a surge of infections driven by a highly contagious variant of the virus. Read
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics Co Ltd Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee told a Seoul court on Wednesday he would "make a new Samsung" in the final hearing of a trial that will decide whether he returns to jail for alleged bribery. Read More