Marketing budges of Britain's businesses grew at the weakest pace since early 2016 in the Q1, as challenging market conditions kept putting pressure on firms.
Cambridge Analytica considered a plan of raising money by issuing a digital currency, just before it was embroiled in a scandal of Facebook personal data misuse.
The UK workers' pay was still growing less than inflation, ignoring the lowest jobless rate since 1975, the report revealed on Tuesday.
Homebuilding in the US rose more than anticipated in March due to a rebound in multi-family housing construction, but some weakness in segment of single-family homes suggested units' shortage to persist.
Charles Evans, Chicago Fed President, stated that it would take nearly a year before inflation growth gets 2% sustainability, but suggested no worries on stronger price growth.
Shares of Twitter surged almost 11% on Tuesday after Morgan Stanley had upgraded its social network's recommendation to "equal-weight" from "underweight".
On Tuesday, Starbucks announced it would close all of the company-owned stores in the United States on May 29, as it planned conducting a racial-bias education programme.
The German Economy Minister welcomed China's move to launch some industrial markets in its key sector and cut the existing legislative limitations to foreign investment.
On Tuesday, shares of Netflix hit their all-time high of $336.11, up 9.2%, following a report on a strong surge in subscribers for the online video streaming service.
On Tuesday, the Chief Executive Officer of Blue Harbour Cliff Robbins stated at the New York conference that Canada's business information and software firm Open Text could be acquired.
Technology firms such as Microsoft, Facebook and Google will be required to provide users' private data to the EU law enforcement officials, including the data stored on servers located outside the bloc.
On Tuesday, Marks & Spencer announced about the closure of its Hardwick distribution centre in the Northwest England, affecting 450 contractors who supplied home products and clothing to the stores.
The Royal Bank of Scotland stated on Tuesday it would make a $5B contribution to the pension scheme within the following years.
The chief economist of the International Monetary Fund Maurice Obstfeld stated hoped for China and the United States to avoid trade war through the negotiations.
On Tuesday, the Russian telecommunications regulator requested Apple and Google to remove Telegram, the encrypted messenger service, from the application stores.
On Tuesday, China has posted strong economic growth of 6.8% in the Q1, driven by good property investment and robust consumer demand.
Johnson & Johnson pharmaceuticals sales surges 19.4% to $9.84B, boosted by its cancer drugs sales, such as Zytiga, Imbruvica and Darzalex that soared 45% to $2.31B in the Q1.
On Tuesday, Johnson & Johnson reported its Q1 profit had beaten analysts' expectation due to a high demand for the company's cancer drugs.
Deutsche Bank ended negotiations over sale of its India's wealth and retail management business to the private lender called IndusInd Bank, sources familiar with the matter reported on Tuesday.
Amazon.com is currently in talks with the Brazil's airline Azul, as it seeks to ship goods in the country amid retailer's plans on the Latin American largest economy.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia's President Vladimir Putin held a phone call discussion over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and Syria's situation, the Kremlin stated.
The British Office for National Statistics reported on Tuesday that the UK unemployment rate fell to a record low of 4.2% in February, compared to an estimate of 4.3%.
The ZEW institute reported on Tuesday that the German investor sentiment dropped by 8.2% in April due to weak economic data.
France's healthcare group Sanofi is in negotiations to sell its EU generics drugs arm Zentiva to Advent International, the US private equity firm, for $2.4B, the companies announced on Tuesday.