On Friday, S&P Global Ratings said it had downgraded China's sovereign credit rating due to the fact that the state's attempts to mitigate risks from a rapid debt build-up are not fully efficient.
The world's leading commercial jetliners' manufacturer Boeing said it saw Southeast Asia demand for its new planes surging sharply over the next two decades.
The Chinese Central Commission for Discipline Inspection revealed that the former Gansu province party leader had received bribes, for which he was expelled from the ruling Communist Party.
China's search engine Baidu announced a $1.52B autonomous driving fund as a part of a plan to compete with US rivals and speed up the company's technical development.
Shares of HTC went 9.96% up in the early Friday session, as the company announced that Google would pay $1.1B for the division that develops the US firm's Pixel smartphones.
Turkish Airlines expressed intention to purchase 40 of Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners, seeking to enhance fleet capacity to meet demand for wide-body models.
Facebook launched a revision of how it manages paid political advertisements, providing a concession to US lawmakers, which threatened to regulate the social network over secretive ads.
On Thursday, the Central Bank of South Africa expressed its concern about "regrettable" methods and practices used by one of the Big Four auditors KPMG.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump named the Turkey's leader Tayyip Erdogan as a friend in spite of tensions between two countries over the Syrian war and the upcoming Kurdish referendum in Iraq.
The death toll rose to 17 people on Thursday, as Hurricane Maria devastated the US Virgin Islands and St. Croix and in addition to that flooded Puerto Rico and parts of the Dominican Republic.
On Thursday, the Central Bank of Russia said that a hole in the B&N Bank's balance sheet could amount to $6B. For this reason, it took a decision to bailout the bank.
Lufthansa is likely to get a great part of Air Berlin assets, after both companies discussed the offer and agreed the carve-up, where other assets will be taken by easyJet.
German company Daimler is likely to invest $1B to extend its US-based Mercedes-Benz factory in Alabama to start making electric sport cars there from 2020.
The US jobless claims dropped unexpectedly last week, though the short-term outlook for the job market was clouded by the lingering impact of Hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
The Central Bank of Brazil trimmed its inflation expectations and stated that it anticipated the economy to show solid growth in the next year, as interes rates were cut significantly.
Michel Barnier, the EU chief Brexit negotiator, stated that the bloc wants the UK to halt uncertainties over the terms of the country's exit from the European Union.
The US President Donald Trump stated that the United States would be putting more sanctions against North Korea, as tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear program have increased in recent weeks.
The European Commission stated that it could implement tax reform to receive more revenue from online giants without the US and other rich nation's backing, risking to spark a new dispute.
Statistics Canada reported that the value of the country's retail sales jumped unexpectedly 1.5% in the month of July, while economists anticipated it to decline 0.9% in the reported period.
The German largest energy group Innogy announced on Thursday it would spend up to $1.4B on e-mobility, glass fibre networks and photovoltaics by 2019.
The UAE's civil aviation regulator put under the investigation the last week's incident, when the Emirates A380 passenger aircraft flew dangerously low, while approaching Moscow's Domodedovo Airport.
On Thursday, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani stated that the nuclear deal between six world powers and the Islamic Republic was good and could not be renegotiated.
According to the Federal Statistical Office, China's trade surplus narrowed to CNY 2.17B in August, compared to the prior month's increase to CNY 3.49B, missing forecasts for a fall to CNY 2.41B.
France's Marine Le Pen stated that her far-right National Front party would continue to fight against the EU, despite resignation of her deputy Florian Philippot on Thursday.