On Friday, Boeing's CEO Dave Calhoun said in a memo that the company is planning to increase black employees in the United States by 20%.
According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Germany's Economy Minister Peter Altmaier is scheduled to revise up its 2020 GDP forecast.
The Bangladeshi Beximco Pharmaceuticals has signed a coronavirus vaccine deal with India's Serum Institute, Beximco said in a statement on Friday.
On Friday, Yum China applied for Hong Kong secondary listing to decrease risks from the US-China trade tensions.
The S&P 500 extended its gains for the sixth consecutive trading sessions on Friday. The S&P index has posted 12 new 52-week highs and no new lows.
Yum China Holdings applied for the Hong Kong secondary listing, seeking to mitigate risks amid the escalation of tensions between the United States and China, prompting some Chinese companies to list closer to their home.
Companies seek restructuring in the following months to secure their post-coronavirus future on the back of the world emerging from the pandemic-caused crisis and eased measures.
Germany's government is planning to revise up its 2020 economic growth outlook, aiming to lees than 6% decline from the prior forecast of -6.3%, according to Reuters.
United Airlines is getting ready for the biggest pilot job cuts in the carrier's history, seeking to furlough 2,850 pilots in the current year, which is around 21% of its total.
Japan Display has agreed on its smartphone screen plant sale to Sharp Corp in a deal valued at $390M, attracting funds to repay the debt the company owes Apple for the factory construction costs.
On Friday, Amazon.com reported it had ordered 1.8K Mercedes-Benz's electric vans for the online retailer's EU delivery fleet, as te company seeks running a carbon-neutral business by 2040.
On Friday, the S&P 500 opened at the record-high level of 3,494.69, by 10.14 points, for the fifth consecutive day, driven by medical solution bets for the coronavirus pandemic, as well as low-interest rates for the prolonged period.
On Friday, SoftBank Group announced its plans to reduce the exposure to SoftBank, the wireless carrier, by selling its share worth $13.8B, marking the conglomerate's asset sales expansion.
UBS has hired Credit Suisse's Pascal Emile as a new head of Africa, the Middle East and Europe Technology for the bank's WMPC business, UBS internal memo showed on Friday.
On Friday, Coca-Cola announced it was planning to cut its global workforce on the back of the company-wide restructuring, not providing further details on the number of jobs it wanted to trim.
On Friday, global stock indices declined in the aftermath of the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe announcing his resignation.
During Friday's European trading hours, stock indices decline, as investors dumped healthcare and tech stocks.
It was revealed on Friday that Amazon has ordered 1,800 Mercedes Benz vans for its deliveries in Europe.
On Friday, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe resigned and caused a drop of the Japanese Yen.
On Thursday, Walmart Inc announced that it would join Microsoft in bidding for TikTok's US assets.
The United Airlines announced on Thursday that it would cut 2,850 pilot jobs, if the US government does not provide aid.
On Thursday, Amazon announced that it would launch a new fitness band that would compete with Apple's Fitbit.
During Thursday's US trading hours, stock indices surged, as the Federal Reserve outlined a new inflation strategy.
GoPro, the action camera maker, announced to its premium subscribers they can now launch live streaming of their rides, swims and treks directly on to the GoPro website.