On Wednesday, Nasdaq opened higher, gaining 50.15 points or 0.44%, on the upbeat HP Enterprise and Salesforce results, while the S&P 500 reported more sluggish update after closing at its record-high level for the three straight sessions.
HSBC has tied up with Pollination Group, the climate change advisory company, seeking to build the asset management venture aimed at "natural capital", focusing on a valuation of resources such as air, soil and water.
China is expected to import as much as $300B worth of semiconductor chips for the third straight year if everything goes according to the plan this year, Reuters reported.
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras has paid back $2.1B in revolving credit lines, Reuters reported citing firm's statement.
Xpeng, China's electric vehicle maker, could potentially attract up to $1.275B from its US IPO after raising its shares price to $15, according to Reuters.
Facebook announced its plans to roll out the news service in Germany, France, the UK, Brazil and India in a few months, after the social media giant launched the feature in the US in 2019.
During Wednesday's European trading hours, stock indices surged, as Germany and France considered additional economic stimulus.
On Wednesday, Australia's Zip stated it had teamed up with eBay over flexible credit offers to SMBs on the eBay e-commerce platform, sending the company's shares to their record high of nearly 10%.
Nordstrom posted a larger-than-anticipated quarterly loss, as the coronavirus pandemic closed its stores for several months, sending the company's shares 5% on the report.
The Conference Board announced on Tuesday that the US consumer confidence index declined to a reading of 84.8 in August.
On Tuesday, Italy's Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio stated that China and Italy need to strengthen relations.
On Tuesday, Facebook Inc announced that it would launch news service in its feed in Brazil, India, Germany, France and the United Kingdom.
On Tuesday, the European Commission for Trade Phil Hogan insisted that he broke no rules during a visit to Ireland.
The unemployment rate in Finland reached 7.7% in July, compared to 6% the previous year, a statement published by the Statistics Finland shows.
The German government deficit reached €51.6B in the first six months of the current year, data published by the Federal Statistical Office Destatis show.
The German economic sentiment improved in August, compared to the previous month, data published by the Ifo Institute for Economic Research show.
The Maltese economy is expected to contract 6.6% in 2020 amid the coronavirus outbreak, a statement published by the Central Bank of Malta shows.
The Indonesian economy is likely to contract further in the third quarter of 2020, a statement published by the Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati shows.
The German economy contracted 9.7% in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the same period the previous year, the Federal Statistical Office Destatis reports.
UK retailers have trimmed jobs by the most since the 2009 financial crisis, expecting the losses pace to accelerate more and marking a sharp surge in the country's unemployment.
Apple is planning to launch its first India online store in September, as the company currently sells the products via third-party vendors, according to Bloomberg News' report seen on Tuesday.
Qantas Airways is planning to lay off up to 2.5K more employees by outsourcing its ground handling operations in Australia to reduce costs in the face of $7.17B revenue hit.
On Tuesday, Finnair announced that the company would lay off almost 1,000 employees, which amounts to 15% of the company's workforce.
Aveva Group, the UK industrial software provider, will acquire the SoftBank-backed unit OSIsoft in a deal worth $5.0B, seeking for the expansion of its services by using the PI system.