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  • Valneva initiates a complementary phase III trial for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate to generate data in the elderly and to evaluate a vaccine candidate against a variant of SARS-CoV-2.
  • Royal Dutch Shell will apy $111 million to settle an oil spill dispute in Nigeria.
  • US senators want to end the Apple and Google duopoly on apps.
  • Deutsche Telekom raises its 2021 targets.
  • TUI lost €670m in fiscal Q3, but generates its first positive cash flow since the crisis.
  • Meggitt has received an informal cash offer at GBp900 per share from TransDigm.
  • TechnipFMC to take a stake in Norway's Loke Marine Minerals.
  • Aviva plans to return at least £4bn to its shareholders. NYSE to require US health pass to access floor, according to CNBC.
  • DoorDash has discussed a $40-50 billion buyout of Instacart, according to The Information.
  • Moderna loses 16% on Wednesday's session after a negative recommendation from BofA Merrill Lynch. eBay's results were mixed, with the stock declining slightly after the session.
  • DoorDash, AMC Entertainment and SITC International join the MSCI World Index. 
  • Facebook - Britain may require Facebook to sell GIF platform Giphy after the U.K.'s competition authority said Thursday that its investigation found the deal between the two groups would hurt competition in the display advertising market.
  • eBay on Wednesday issued a revenue forecast for the current quarter below market expectations as online sales slowed. The stock was down 1.7% in pre-market trading.
  • Tesla - The supply chain is extremely limited when it comes to some standard automotive chips, founder and group executive Elon Musk said Thursday. At the same time, the CEO made clear how important it is for the company to keep to the schedule for building its European "gigafactory" in the German state of Brandenburg, German Economy Minister Joerg Steinbach said Thursday.