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Oil prices fell for a second day today on signs that global economic growth is being hit by the US-China trade war, although losses were limited by tensions in the Middle East after last week's tanker attacks.

French pharmaceutical firm Sanofi said today it is partnering with Google to use artificial intelligence and deep analytics tools to sift through its data to find better treatments.

Lenders to crippled Jet Airways said they would start bankruptcy court proceedings after failing to find someone to take over the Indian carrier.

Leasing giant GECAS is in talks to place an order for the newly launched Airbus, industry sources said, after a subdued start to Paris Airshow for aircraft orders.

Energy giant Total said its new supercomputer - which has propelled it to a world ranking as the most powerful computer in the sector - will enable its geologists to find oil faster, cheaper and with a better success rate.

Sixteen of the world's biggest advertisers have joined together to push platforms such as Facebook, Twitter Google's YouTube to do more to tackle dangerous and fake content online.

Spanish utility Iberdrola will this week launch an Irish retail business and plans to invest over €100m in renewable energy and storage projects on the island of Ireland by 2025.

The world's population is expected to climb to 9.7 billion by 2050 from 7.7 billion today, with the population of sub-Saharan Africa doubling, according to a new United Nations report.

Boeing raised its rolling 20-year industry forecast for passenger aircraft by 3% today, fuelled by strong air traffic predictions, though global geopolitical and economic risks could upset the rosy outlook.

Patrick Drahi, the billionaire behind telecoms and media group Altice, agreed today to buy historic art auction house Sotheby's in a deal worth $3.7 billion on an enterprise value basis.

A long-running criminal probe into diamond sales by Italian banks has uncovered what prosecutors say is further evidence of corruption by officials at UniCredit, Italy's largest lender, and smaller rival Banco BPM.

Consumers are being encouraged to familiarise themselves with upcoming changes to their online shopping and banking.

Pfizer said today it would acquire Array Biopharma for $10.64 billion in cash, giving it access to the target's approved drugs for skin cancer and the targeted cancer medicines in its pipeline.

Diaceutics, the diagnostics data analytics and implementation services company, has invested £1m in the expansion of its global data lake through the acquisition of 16 million additional patient records a year.

State companies Coillte and the ESB are close to agreeing a joint venture that could spark a €1 billion investment in green electricity.

Euro zone wages rose in the first quarter of the year at the highest pace ever recorded since data is collected, data from the European Union's statistics office showed today.

An increase in general government spending is more concerning than the argument about how to treat corporation tax receipts, according to EY's chief economist.

Companies listed in Britain will be able to sell shares in China today with the launch of a long-awaited London-Shanghai Stock Connect project.

Deutsche Bank is planning to overhaul its trading operations by creating a so-called bad bank to hold tens of billions of euros of non-core assets, a source close to the matter said today.