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Joe Scarnici/Getty Airbnb aims to IPO in December and will seek to raise about $3 billion, Reuters reported Friday. The debut could value the company at more than $30 billion, sources told Reuters. Airbnb's fundraising target establishes the upcoming offering as one of the biggest of the year alongside Snowflake and Palantir. Visit the Business Insider homepage for more stories. The multibillion-dollar target sets the home rental company up for one of the biggest market debuts of the year, joining Snowflake and Palantir as firms to hold massive IPOs amid the coronavirus pandemic.
EU Council president Charles Michel proposes to set up a five billion euro reserve fund for any "unforeseen consequences" of Brexit on bloc member states. SOUNDBITE
US Vice President Kamala Harris tells the UN's COP28 conference that the United States will contribute $3 billion to a global climate fund -- its first pledge since 2014. 'Today, we are demonstrating through action how the world can and must meet this (climate) crisis,' Harris told world leaders at the summit in Dubai. SOUNDBITE
European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis announces details of an 18-billion-euro ($18-billion) economic support package to get Ukraine through 2023, which it hopes will be approved by EU member states. SOUNDBITE
French President Emmanuel Macron announces a fund, initially worth 100 million euros ($98 million), for Ukraine to directly buy weapons and other material it needs in its war against invading Russia. Macron was speaking after an EU summit in Prague. SOUNDBITE
The European Union is drawing up an emergency 1.2-billion-euro aid package for Ukraine, EU chief Ursula von der Leyen says. SOUNDBITE