The PE firm Veritas Capital and the hedge fund Elliott Management have tied up over their bid to acquire the US healthcare software developer Athenahealth, saying they are close to sign the deal.
Apple and iHeartMedia have held talks over taking a stake in the US radio firm by the tech giant, the Financial Times said on Thursday.
South Korea's export increased 22.7% over the year to $54.97B in October, the second-largest figure in a history, a government report revealed on Thursday.
Sydney Airport CEO Geoff Culbert believed that Australia should do more to capitalize on 80M Chinese tourists travelling abroad every year, despite a 13% increase in the number of China's visitors over the past year to March.
Top global miner BHP stated that it would return shares and pay back $10.4B to shareholders, sticking to a pledge to hand back all of the proceeds from the US shale business sale.
China announced plans for more tax cuts in a bid to spur domestic consumption and is set to provide $30.72B in new financing to poor areas until 2020, Zou Jiayi, the Vice Finance Minister, stated.
American International Group reported a narrowed quarterly loss of $1.26B in the quarter ended September 30, as reinsurance pacts supported the offset of steep losses in North America and Japan.
France and Germany urged Beijing to do more to level EU businesses' playing field in China and address concerns over the business environment through systematic and concrete measures.
Theresa May, the UK Prime Minister, agreed a deal with the EU that would give Britain's financial services companies lingering access to European markets after Brexit.
Ford Motor and Volkswagen were in exploratory talks to cooperate on development of electric and self-driving vehicles in a strategic alliance aimed to save the companies billions of dollars.
On Wednesday, the Switzerland National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan said that rising global trade war could hurt the Swiss Franc.
On Wednesday, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May's spokesperson declined to comment whether a Brexit deal would be reached by November 21.
On Wednesday, UK's Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab said that a Brexit deal would be finalised by November 21.
On Wednesday, more than 2000 migrants departed the Salvadoran capital en-route to the United States, as the US President Donald Trump increased pressure to stop the flow of people.
On Wednesday, the European planemaker Airbus announced plans to reduce its jet delivery goal, after series of industrial problems.
Airbus is in talks with Emirates Airline about the delay of undelivered A380 jet airliners, and also faces new problems in delivering A330s jet to HNA group.
On Wednesday, Anthem Inc shares surged by 5%, as the health insurer company reported better-than-expected Q3 profit.
On Wednesday, Anthem Inc Chief Executive Officer Gail Boudreaux said that the company's predictions for the next year's earnings are better than current Wall Street estimates.
The DIW economic institute stated that the EU migrants are good for the German economy, as 5M of them bolstered it by about 0.2% annually since 2011 and that the country should strengthen its efforts to lure more citizens.
Vietcombank is set to become the first Vietnam's bank to launch a representative office located in the United States, after gaining preliminary agreements to do so, the bank stated on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Elliott Management stated that is portfolio unit ASG had offered $10 for a share in cash to acquire fintech provider Mitek Systems.
PepsiCo stated on Wednesday it had acquired the nutritional food start-up Health Warrior in its latest health push to target the healthy-eating consumers.
The biggest interdealer broker in the world, TP ICAP, entered the advanced negotiations over acquiring the US broker Axiom Commodity Group, sources reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, General Motors reported a better-than-expected profit results, saying it would expect robust full year earnings results that should be driven by a high demand in North America.