On Friday, the Dutch Supreme Court stated that a takeover deal of Yukos Oil's Dutch parts by Russia's state-oil firm Rosneft, which took place in 2007, was illegal.
Trian Fund Management is not planning to challenge PPG Industries' director board at the shareholder meeting scheduled for 2019, due to new commitments on financial targets and demands.
On Friday, China Molybdenum announced it would acquire a holding firm in a deal worth $1.14B to lift its control of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Tenke copper mine.
Tencent Holding, China's gaming giant, is weighing an offer for the South Korean gaming firm Nexon's holding company, seeking to enlist co-investors.
Poland's Idea Bank agreed to acquire its competitor Getin Noble Bank in the all-share deal that would create the seventh largest bank in the country.
The exchange operator Nasdaq has entered talks with the Oslo stock exchange operator's board over a potential takeover deal, according to the Financial Times.
European Union officials have revealed that from Saturday import tariffs will be enforced on Chinese e-bicycles. The tariffs are set because the Chinese government has been subsidizing the bikes and flooding the EU market.
On Friday, global stock indices were set for the best week of gains during the last half a year. The surge was attributed to a report, which revealed that China and the US have made progress in trade talks.
France's telecoms group Orange is exploring a bid for its Spanish rival Euskaltel, a potential deal that could consolidate firm's market position as the second-largest in Spain.
Asia's top refiner Sinopec might experience difficulties in selling a multi-billion-dollar IPO of its fuel marketing unit as investors are pushing back against arm's higher valuation due to tepid equity markets.
Netflix reported its Q1 revenue forecast slightly below Wall Street's expectations, despite hitting a record-high number in new customers, sending its shares down 4% in after-hours trading.
The French carmaker Renault is targeting a slight growth in sales this year, after posting a 3.2% rise in its 2018 vehicle sales, driven by a new China joint venture, and revived demand in Latin America and Russia.
Maoyan Entertainment, the Tencent-backed China film ticketing platform has launched an initial public offering in Hong Kong on Friday, seeking to attract up to $345M.
Schlumberger has won more than $200M worth contract to manage the oil major Equinor's offshore rig project, as part of the drilling programme in the Campos basin.
On Thursday, Fitch Ratings stated the planned bankruptcy of the US power company PG&E would not affect California's credit quality.
Eddie Lampert, the Sears Holdings chairman, won the bankruptcy auction to acquire the US retailer after offering an improved bid worth $5.2B; however, the company's creditors oppose the deal.
Nissan Motor's US arm stated that it plans to lay off nearly 700 contract employees at the company's Mississippi assembly plant, citing slowing sales of Titan pickup trucks and vans.
Netflix stated that it added 8.84M paid global subscribers in the Q4, while analysts anticipated 9.18M increase in net global streaming additions.
To help to eliminate the plastic waste, three main Japanese chemical firms that they are set to offer about $92M to a new international fund.
The arms exports' total value approved by Germany's government dropped 22.7% in 2018, the Ministry of Economic Affairs stated.
Euro zone's consumer prices remained flat last month, while the yearly rate of inflation dropped from 1.9% to 1.6% in the month of November, according to the revised estimate.
The US consumers this month were the most pessimistic over the economy since November 2016, the third drop in succession after expectations to the 16-year high three months earlier, due to the partial government shutdown.
Lenders in the UK anticipated demand for credit cards lending and mortgages to fall markedly in several years, adding to signs of a weaker economic growth before Brexit.
Archers Daniels Midland, the US agribusiness group, is set to buy the rest of 50% stake in the UK grain merchant Gleadell from his current partner InVivo, taking the full control of the company.