Germany's company Lufthansa was considering possibility of buying the better part of Air Berlin planes, as rivals and the government aimed to devide them.
Chinese economic planner stated that it approved three projects aimed to develop transport infrastructure with a total amount of investments nearing $12B.
Germany's employment rate rose to a new record high in the June quarter, as the number of employed Germans jumped to 44.2M in the reported period.
The Bank of England research showed that foreign-owned companies tended to be twice as much more productive than domestic rivals, with higher contribution to the UK output.
The Federal Reserve reported that the US industrial production increased less than anticipated, showing a 0.2% growth pace over the month of June and following a surge of 0.4% in the prior month.
According to the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman, the country agreed to boost military cooperation with Iran, following negotiations with the Iranian army chief in Ankara.
Shares of Cisco Systems dropped around 2.5% on Wednesday after the company posted its security business' quarterly revenue that missed analysts' estimates.
Belgium's prosecution stated on Thursday that a suspect in the 2015 ISIS attacks on Paris Salah Abdeslam would face trial in Brussels.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits plunged 12K to 232K in the week ending August 12, surpassing forecasts for a 240K reading.
Sweden's mobile firm Ericsson filed a suit against the smartphone maker Wiko, alleging that the French-Chinese company had been infringing Ericcson's rights for years without any compensation or licence.
On Thursday, the Sixt CEO Erich Sixt hinted at possible merger talks between BMW and Daimler over their vehicle-sharing services DriveNow and Car2Go, adding that Sixt was not involved in negotiations.
On Thursday, the Turkish officials ordered detention for 70 former Finance Ministry personnel in suspicion of links to the 2016 failed coup attempt.
The mobile telecom gear producer Ericsson may phase out about 25K job positions outside Sweden on the back of its cost reduction programme, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.
British retail sales expanded by 0.3% on a monthly basis in July, remaining above the estimate of 0.2%, but nevertheless adding to concerns about a decline in consumer spending.
Thailand's economic expansion is expected to cool down in the second quarter of 2017, resulting from a fall in public and private investment, a poll by Reuters showed on Thursday.
The Philippines authorities reported on Thursday that no less than 58 people died in three days in the country's capital Manila as the President Rodrigo Duterte's war on crimes and drugs intensified.
According to Eurostat, the Euro zone flash estimate of annual inflation held steady at 1.3% in July, meeting analysts' expectations.
The Brexit Department stated on Thursday that Britain was confident in its ability to move to the second phase of the Brexit negotiations with the EU by October.
According to the White House Chief Strategist Steven Bannon, Washington is in the economic war with Beijing and the United States is currently losing the fight.
On Thursday, Sonova launched its new technology of a hearing-aid that could stream audio directly from WL mobile devices amid the company's intention to beat its Danish competitors who provide similar technology.
The ABS reported on Thursday that the jobless rate in Australia fell to 5.6% in July, meeting analysts' expectations, following the prior month's upwardly revised 5.7% reading.
The majority of Asian stocks rose on Thursday, as the leaders of both the United States and North Korea cooled down their rhetoric.
On Thursday, a senior Chinese officer criticized "wrong" actions of the United States in the Asian region, such as deployment of the THAAD anti-missile defence system and South China Sea patrols.
Policymakers of the Federal Reserve were split on the pace of increasing key interest rates due to higher concerns about subdued inflation growth, according to the FOMC minutes release.