UK Sport stated that holding the World Cup of 2030 in the UK would be a "crowning achievement" to bookend a sport decade, including plans to host the Ryder Cup, the world athletics championships.
Dell Technologies confirmed that it met with investment banks to explore an IPO, if the plan to buy the VMware tracking stock falls through.
Daimler and Renault-Nissan are likely to extend their cooperation to the autonomous car and battery technology, as well as mobility services, both companies announced on Wednesday.
Elelementis, the UK specialty chemicals company, stated on Wednesday its investors had granted their approval to acquire Amsterdam's Mondo Minerals in a deal valued at $500M.
Trade Bank of Iraq in in discussions to acquire a Gulf lender with branches in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates as part of its strategy to bolster revenues overseas.
The US miner Peabody Energy is in talks to acquire 80% stake in Drummond International, Colombia's main coal exporter, the Wall Street Journal report showed on Wednesday.
The Chief Executive of Japanese SoftBank Group Corp Masayoshi Son claimed that his company could offer free electric energy after 25 years to the members of International Solar Alliance which would sign agreements on purchasing power.
The $36B expansion of the second largest airport in Dubai, Al Maktoum International, which would allow it to accept 120 million of passengers per year, has been frozen.
On Wednesday, Russian news agency RIA reported that the Energy Minister of Russia Alexander Novak is planning to meet with the US Energy Secretary Rick Perry in January.
On Wednesday, the President-elect of Mexico Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador claimed that he and the President of the US Donald Trump have discussed economic development in Mexico and Central America via phone call.
On Wednesday, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo claimed that Iran threats to the US mission in Iraq and added that the US has been terminating the treaty of amity between the US and Iran.
In September, Russia and Saudi Arabia have agreed to lift the oil output to cool growing prices and informed the US about that decision before the meeting with other oil producers.
On Wednesday, the President of Russia Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia is planning to maintain the dialogue with the leading oil producing countries to keep the oil market balanced.
On Wednesday, British Brexit Minister Dominic Raab claimed that he expects that the UK and the EU could finalise the negotiations on a Brexit deal in November.
The Italian populist government is planning to trim its budget deficit from 2020, after investors had sold off the Italian assets and the EU ministers criticised the plan to raise spending next year.
Honda Motor is set to invest $2.0B over 12 years into the General Motors' Cruise self-driving car unit, after it had paid $750M for a stake in this project.
Volkswagen's Skoda Auto needs to boost its European annual capacity by 400K, starting from the next decade, the carmaker's CEO Bernhard Maier stated.
Tanium has raised extra $200M in its latest round of funding, led by the Wellington Management investment firm, bringing the valuation of the US cyber-security start-up to $6.5B.
Shares of Altice Europe surged 8.5% on Wednesday, following Bloomberg's report on the private equity groups expressing their interest in buying the company's fiber assets.
The NYC Economic Development Corp picked Jerusalem Venture Partners, the venture capital group, as its partner to establish the global cybersecurity centre in the city.
Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer centre's CEO Craig Thompson has stepped down from the Merck board after a disclosure scandal.
Carlos Tavares, the CEO of the French automaker PSA Group stated the company was open to new deals and was drawing attention from its rivals amid its turnaround and a progress in restructuring of the recently acquired Opel.
The Czech State Secretary for European Affairs recently revealed that the Brexit talks have to shift to the divorce deal instead of future ties.
The company, which owns most of China' notable music apps, Tencent Music Entertainment has filed for a US IPO.