The Chinese Premier Li Keqiang stated on Saturday planned tax cuts for businesses were intented to improve employment and achieve economic stability.
The US Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook stated on Friday that the government would not grant any new waivers for Iranian oil.
Suhail al-Mazrouei, the Energy Minister of the United Arab Emirates, stated on Saturday he projected oil price to fluctuate around $70 per barrels in 2019.
On Saturday, one of the senior Nissan Motor Co's executives Jose Munoz decided to resign amid being a "person of interest" in the Carlos Ghosn case.
The European Central Bank Policymaker Ewald Nowotn stated on Friday that there is no clear understanding on how serious and lasting current problems in German economy are.
Representative of the US Democratic Party Tulsi Gabbard stated in an interview that he would participate in next presidential elections.
The US government's partial shutdown could depress the January job growth by as much as 500K and raise the unemployment rate above 4.0%, unless Washington resolves the issue before next Friday.
On Friday, Indonesia's gas and oil firm Medco Energi Internasional made an offer worth $436M in cash for the UK-listed Ophir, which holds assets in the south-east Asia.
Gambling company Lottoland is seeking to raise its offer to acquire Germany's lottery business Tipp24 up to $88M, potentially beating the price proposed by the company's owner Zeal Network.
The CEO, CFO and COO of Faroe Petroleum, Graham Stewart, Jonathan Cooper and Helge Hammer, are set to resign from their positions after hostile takeover by DNO, Faroe announced on Friday.
Germany's regional utility EWE is set to offer a 26% minority stake to its investors next month, in a bid that could value the group at up to $7.2B.
Elior, the French catering group, is expecting bids for the company's catering division Areas by the end of this month, seeking to raise up to €2.0B from the potential deal.
Oslo Bors, the Norwegian exchange operator, stated on Friday it had received interest for the company from parties other that Euronext, which had offered to acquire the firm for $720M.
Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, is set to build a stake in Caesars Entertainment, the news that sent the shares of the casino operator up 11.6% on Friday, according to CNBC.
Greece's consumer prices rose at a 0.6% pace in the year of 2018, almost twice as slow as in the prior year, according to the report by the ELSTAT.
The US consumer price dropped for the first time in the nine-month period in December due to a plunge in prices of gasoline.
The US carmaker Ford announced plans to cut 1.15K jobs in the UK with nearly 1K job losses at the company's Bridgend engine plant in Wales.
General Motors stated that its revamped lineup of pickup truck is likely to boost 2019 earnings, while Cadillac is likely to be its lead EV brand, sending shares more than 8% up.
On Friday, India's IT services firm Infosys raised its annual revenue growth estimates to 8.5-9% in the constant currency, from its previously announced 6-8%.
Accenture's CEO Pierre Nanterme is set to step down from his position amid health reasons, the outsourcing and consulting firm announced on Friday, and will be replaced by David Rowland.
SEAS-NVE and Enel have lined up the final bids for the Danish power grid worth around $2.9B sold by the energy firm Orsted, sources reported.
On Friday, 21st Century Fox stated it had no plans to bid for the regional sports networks owned by Walt Disney, which it might sell to receive the US approval for Fox's TV and film assets purchase.
Slack Technologies is planning to pursue a direct listing in the Q2, which could potentially make it the second large technology company, WSJ reported on Friday.
The world's biggest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev is considering to launch an initial public offering of its Asian business in a move that would help the firm to ease the debt burden.