The economy of China is expected to expand more than 7% in 2021 after a modest growth in 2020, a report published by the Swiss bank Credit Suisse shows.
The Bank of Canada decided to keep the key interest rate unchanged at 0.25% amid uncertain economic conditions, a statement published by the bank shows.
The economy of Uruguay is expected to contract 5.5% in 2020 and to rapidly recover in 2021, a report published by the Central Bank of Uruguay shows.
The unemployment rate in Australia declined to 6.6% in December from 6.8% in November, a report published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics shows.
Foreign trade turnover of Uzbekistan declined 13.1% to $36.3B in 2020, compared to the previous year, data published by the Uzbek State Statistics Committee show.
Malaysia's e-wallet venture owned by Ant Group and CIMB Group has entered advanced negotiations with investors to attract at least $150M for funding expansion plans, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Deutsche Telekom, the German telecoms group, has tied up with Cellnex, Spain's phone mast operator, as two companies seek to combine their tower businesses in the Netherlands.
On Thursday, BlackRock announced it would add bitcoin futures as the eligible investment to two funds, amid the asset manager's intention to offer its clients the access to the cryptocurrency world.
On Thursday, global stocks racked up their record highs and the US dollar dropped, as investors got major stimulus from the new US President Joe Biden, Reuters reported.
Britain's IG announced on Thursday it was planning to acquire tastytrade, the US trading platform, in a $1.0B deal.
TIAA's asset management unit worth $1.1 trillion, Nuveen, exited Chinese companies that had been affected by the US investment ban, including such companies as Xiaomi Corp and China Telecom.
The US President Joe Biden announced the United States would return to the global Paris Agreement to battle climate change amid a review of the ex-President Donald Trump's actions.
Procter & Gamble boosted its full-year sales estimates for the second time, benefiting from higher demand for the company's cleaning products, driven by the coronavirus pandemic.
The central bank of China is planning tougher antitrust rules for the non-bank payments industry's companies, such as Tencent's WeChat Pay and Ant Group's Alipay.
Mercedes-Benz has revealed its new electric compact sports utility vehicle, the EQA, as the German carmaker seeks to take on its competitor Tesla, as well as meet emission-free targets in China and Europe.
United Airlines Holdings reported it is planning to trim about $2B of its annual costs by 2023 following the pandemic-driven fourth consecutive quarterly loss.
Morgan Stanley boosted its long and short-term operating targets, as the coronavirus-caused volatility in the financial markets resulted in the bank's quarterly profit to be above estimates.
Kinder Morgan, the pipeline operator, topped Wall Street's outlook for quarterly results, reporting its revenue surged to $3.12B, above the forecast of $3.05B.
British Airways and Iberia owner IAG agreed to purchase Spain's Air Europa for €500M, after the price was cut in half in the pandemic.
HSBC is set to cut up to 340 manager positions within a shake-up of the UK branch network, a source familiar with the situation told Reuters.
Amazon sued the EU antitrust regulators for letting Italy's competition watchdog continue its own investigation against the US online retailer over the way it chooses sellers.
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz revealed the EQA, the new electric SUV, within a strategy to take on Tesla and offer more emission-free cars and meet targets in China and Europe.
Shares of Netflix, the world's biggest streaming service, soared as much as 13% in the premarket trading on Wednesday on the company's statement it no longer needs borrowing of billions of dollars in order to finance its content.
On Wednesday, Wall Street main indexes were about to open close to their record highs, as Joe Biden was ready to take the office as a new US President, Reuters reported.