On Tuesday, Alstom shares plunged 4.4% after the French company agreed to acquire Bombardier's rail division for up to $6.7B, in a deal that likely to be scrutinised by unions and regulators.
On Tuesday, HSBC Holdings PLC announced it would cut $100B in assets, shed its investment bank, revamping its EU and US businesses in a strategy overhaul that would lead to 35K job cuts during the next three years.
Samsung Electronics rolled out phone delivery services for its customers to test the tech giant's new products, on the back of the coronavirus outbreak that prompted Samsung to cancel its promotional events.
During Tuesday's European trading hours, Apple stock price dropped by almost six percent, as the company reported damage caused by the coronavirus.
Tesla has entered advanced talks to use CATL's cobalt-free batteries in its China-made vehicles, Reuters reported on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the EU largest hotel group Accor announced it would join forces with the US card giant Visa to offer its lifestyle loyalty programme's members a new payment card called ALL Visa.
Apple Inc warned it is unlikely to meet the March quarter sales target set a few weeks ago due to the coronavirus outbreak that hit results of the most valuable technology company in the world.
During Monday's London trading hours, an aide to the UK PM Boris Johnson stated that the UK would not be threatened into following EU trade rules.
On Monday, Sky News announced that the interim boss of Metro Bank Daniel Frumkin would become the banks next CEO.
During Monday's trading hours, Alstom announced that it would buy the rail division of Bombardier for $6.7 billion.
On Monday, the Deutsche Boerse posted a quarterly profit increase of 52%, as the company made a net profit of 213.2 million Euros.
Monzo, the rapidly growing UK digital bank, revealed its plans to hire at least 500 new employees and estimates about 5.5M new users in 2020, as the company prepares to relaunch some paid accounts to turn its profit.
On Monday, France's Alstom announced it had agreed to acquire the rail unit of Canada's Bombardier in a deal worth about $6.7B.
General Motors is planning to shut down its New Zealand and Australian operations and sell its Thai factory on the back of the global business' latest restructuring, costing the US carmaker $1.1B.
Norway's headline inflation is expected to ease to 1.5% in 2020 from 2.2% in the prior year, Statistics Norway, employers' federations and members from labour unions stated.
The UK nanotechnology firm Nanoco stated that it filed a lawsuit against Samsung Electronics and affiliates in Texas over patent infringement related to quantum dots.
The Italian fifth-largest bank UBI Banca announced its intention to double net profit by 2022 despite flat revenues through cost-cutting and problem loans' reduction.
On Monday, Cathay Pacific Airways stated that the company is expecting a notable decline in its first quarter results due to the coronavirus outbreak.
The IHS Markit institute released its Household Finance Index on Monday, which revealed that consumer confidence has reached an 11 year high level.
On Monday, European stock indices reached record high levels. The surge was caused by market stimulus being announced by the Chinese government.
During Monday's Asian trading hours, global stock indices surged, as China announced additional stimulus.
General Motors Co announced on Monday that it would shut down its New Zealand and Australia operations and sell the Thailand plant to Great Wall.
On Monday, the Sankei newspaper reported, Haruhiko Kuroda, the Governor of the Bank of Japan, stated that the BOJ would consider monetary policy steps if the coronavirus epidemic impact worsens.
Data showed on Monday that Japan's gross domestic product declined by 6.3% in the October-December period, the fastest pace in nearly six years.