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Eli Lilly starts human study of potential COVID-19 antibody treatment

Eli Lilly starts human study of potential COVID-19 antibody treatment

Eli Lilly and Co said on Monday it had started an early-stage trial to test its potential treatment for COVID-19, in the world's first study of an antibody treatment against the disease.



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Oil prices edge up ahead of upcoming OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices edge up ahead of upcoming OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices were little changed on Monday, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) considering meeting as soon as this week to discuss whether to extend record production cuts beyond end-June.



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Hyundai Motor's May sales down 39% as virus hits auto demand

Hyundai Motor's May sales down 39% as virus hits auto demand

South Korea's Hyundai Motor said on Monday its provisional May sales fell 39% on year to 217,510 vehicles globally, as the impact of COVID-19 continued to hit global auto demand in key markets.



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Escalating China tensions could become an obstacle for U.S. stock rally

Escalating China tensions could become an obstacle for U.S. stock rally

U.S. President Donald Trump's directive on Friday to begin the process of eliminating special treatment for Hong Kong is likely to put China-U.S. tensions back in the headlines over the coming months, creating a new driver of volatility in global equity markets.



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Oil prices edge down as wary traders eye upcoming OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices edge down as wary traders eye upcoming OPEC+ meeting

Oil prices edged down on Monday as traders took profits, with the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) considering meeting as soon as this week to discuss whether to extend record production cuts beyond end-June.



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Analysts' View: Impact of the U.S. protests on financial markets

Analysts' View: Impact of the U.S. protests on financial markets

National Guard troops have been deployed in 15 U.S. states and the U.S. capital after five nights of violence and destruction that began with peaceful protests over the death of a black man, George Floyd, in police custody.



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Amazon removes racist messages after they appear on some product listings

Amazon removes racist messages after they appear on some product listings

Amazon.com Inc said it was removing certain images after messages using extremely strong racist abuse appeared on some listings on its UK website when users searched for Apple's AirPods and other similar products.



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Exclusive: Mexican broadcaster Televisa to launch mobile phone service, challenging Slim

Exclusive: Mexican broadcaster Televisa to launch mobile phone service, challenging Slim

Mexican broadcaster Televisa said on Sunday it will start offering mobile phone service, a bid to challenge billionaire Carlos Slim's America Movil, which has long dominated the country's telecommunications market.



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Workers nervously eye return to Lear's coronavirus-hit plant in Mexico

Workers nervously eye return to Lear's coronavirus-hit plant in Mexico

Lear Corp is implementing costly safety measures that may hurt productivity at its operations in Mexico after suffering the deadliest known factory-related coronavirus outbreak in the Americas, but the U.S. auto parts maker still faces a battle to win back workers' trust.



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EU trade commissioner Hogan mulling candidacy for WTO chief

EU trade commissioner Hogan mulling candidacy for WTO chief

European trade commissioner Phil Hogan is considering putting his name forward as a candidate to be the next director-general of the World Trade Organization, his spokesman said on Sunday.



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Embraer negotiating $600 million bank financing for exports

Embraer negotiating $600 million bank financing for exports

Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA , the world's third largest commercial jet builder, should obtain $600 million in credit lines from Brazil's state development bank BNDES and private banks in June, government sources said on Sunday.



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Here's how retirement communities are adapting to a post-Covid 19 world

Here's how retirement communities are adapting to a post-Covid 19 world

Given the outsized risk that the coronavirus poses to older individuals, age-restricted communities — i.e., those for the 55-plus or 60-plus demographic — are retooling how they operate.

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With SpaceX’s first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned

With SpaceX’s first astronaut launch, a new era of human spaceflight has dawned

Space | Mike Wall | May 30, 2020 Momentum is building in the private sector We've gotten our hopes up before. The success of NASA's Apollo moon missions half a century ago, for example, made Mars seem very much within reach for human explorers. Indeed, the space agency drew up plans to put boots on

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Delta, union working to avoid furloughs of 2,300 pilots

Delta, union working to avoid furloughs of 2,300 pilots

Delta Air Lines Inc and its pilots union said on Sunday they are working to avoid furloughs of roughly 2,300 pilots following a reshuffling process meant to match staffing to summer 2021 flying.



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Asia cautious as U.S. riots weigh on S&P futures

Asia cautious as U.S. riots weigh on S&P futures

Asian share markets started on a cautious note and gold gained on Monday as images of riots in burning U.S. cities unnerved investors already tense over Washington's power struggle with Beijing.



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