BioNTech's CEO Ugur Sahin said that the biggest hurdle facing Pfizer-BioNTech now that the US FDA has authorized the vaccine for emergency use would be to scale up production to meet the huge demand.
Roblox Corp has delayed its proposed initial public offering until early 2021, the company's CEO David Baszucki said in a memo on Friday.
The UK AstraZeneca agreed on Saturday to acquire American drug producer Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39B to diversify its business.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the German government is planning to close shops starting from next week as a part of stricter coronavirus measures.
The Swiss government announced on Saturday that it has frozen the financial assets of the Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko due to the violent elections in August 2020.
Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Friday that the United Kingdom is likely to exit the European Union in few weeks without a post-Brexit trade deal.
The UK Ministry of Defence announced that the Royal Navy would be prepared on January 1 to protect the British fishing waters in the case of no-deal Brexit.
On Sunday, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel is expected to have a meeting with the heads of German stated over imposing stricter lockdown measures.
According to the Il Messaggero newspaper, Fiat CEO Mike Manley is considering taking a similar position at Ferrari.
Roblox Corp, the US gaming platform, decided to postpone initial public offering (IPO) until 2021 to finish prcesses related to employee benefits.
The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson stated on Friday that the UK government would cease its support to foreign gas and oil projects to prevent rapid climate change.
The US Labor Department announced on Friday that the producer price index for final demand edged higher by 0.1% in November.
Britain's GlaxoSmithKline and the French Sanofi announced on Friday that they would delay the launch of their coronavirus vaccine due to inadequate immune response showed in older people.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Ecuador's state-run oil firm Petroecuador is considering legal action against Vitol.
According to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, Mexico plans to extend travel restrictions on non-essential with the United States for another month.
Shares of Sequential Brands fell as much as 16.4% on Friday, after the US Securities and Exchange Commission sued the brand management firm, accusing the company of deceiving investors.
The British supermarket retailer Asda paid its parent company Walmart a $1.52 billion dividend in March, the company's annual report showed on Friday.
On Friday, the British Supreme Court has allowed a £14 billion class-action lawsuit against Mastercard to go ahead.
On Friday, US stocks edged lower, as concerns over delayed fiscal stimulus agreement dented risk appetite.
The dollar index, which measures the US Dollar against a basket of major currencies, edged higher on Friday, as doubts over stimulus deal dented market sentiment.
US producer prices increased modestly in November, backing views on inflation remaining benign due to a surge in new COVID-19 cases.
China's toymaker Pop Mart International surged nearly 80% in its Hong Kong debut on Friday, with the market capitalisation of $12.5B, Reuters reported.
On Friday, Electric Last Mile Solutions has agreed for a public listing via a merger deal with the SPAC Forum Merger III, bringing the US electric commercial carmaker's valuation to $1.4B.
Lockheed Martin is set to join the fighter plane programme curated by MHI (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries) to manufacture a new fighter jet for Japanese air force in the mid 2030s, according to The Nikkei report.