On Thursday, the European shares reached its record-high after the US and Iran backed down from the further military tension escalation and investors wert back to riskier assets over firmer hopes of the US-China trade deal.
On Thursday, Volkswagen Group reported its vehicle deliveries in 2019 slightly rose from the prior year's level, upwardly revising earlier estimates that predicted the 2019 sales would stay on hold.
Apple's iPhone China sales in December rose over 18% to 3.2M units year-over-year, according to the government data published on Thursday.
On Thursday, Transport app FlixMobility reported a 37% surge in its passenger numbers for the period of 2019, as the German best-funded tech start-up seeks to become the world's largest intercity bus services provider.
On Thursday, the Governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney stated that the bank could decrease interest rates, if there remains the apparent economic weakness.
Daimler reported on Thursday it had sold 2.34M of Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles last year for the ninth record-sales year in succession, posing to become the biggest-selling premium car company.
Uber Technologies informed its customers in California that it would provide estimates as opposed to rides' fixed prices in response to the Californian new la, which makes it more difficult to qualify Uber's drivers as contractors.
SoftBank Group Corp has entered talks over selling a majority of its stake in the Indian renewable energy venture, seeking to raise some cash after facing the setbacks to global investments, India's Economic Times reported on Thursday.
ViacomCBS Inc and Comcast Corp have resumed the content carriage deal starting Wednesday, which would let Comcast continue retransmission of about 23 CBS-held television channels.
McDonald's stated that it is set to expand the trial in Canada of Beyond Meat-made vegan burgers, testing the viability of a wider rollout.
Deere & Co announced that it will diminish costs and increase investments in agriculture technology and services business aiming to become more profitable.
The World Bank cut its global expansion forecasts slightly for 2019-2020 amid a slower-than-anticipated recovery in investment and trade despite cooler US-China trade tensions.
Shares of Walgreens Boots Alliance fell by 7% on Wednesday after the pharmacy chain missed first-quarter earnings expectations.
On Wednesday, the Treasury Department announced that the United States has imposed sanctions on the Vice President of South Sudan.
On Wednesday, shares of Saudi Aramco edged lower after Iranian missiles strike the US military bases in Iraq.
On Wednesday, crude oil prices retreated from a four-month high after Iran's retaliatory attacks against Iraqi bases housing the US troops.
On Wednesday, Mercedes-Benz and Zhejiang Geely Holding announced they were set to invest $388.77M each in the Chinese joint venture to make "premium and intelligent" electric cars under their smart brand.
Apple Inc reported its news service had hit 100M monthly active users, with customers spending over $1.4B in App Store during Christmas holidays and New Year, showing the rising revenue from the business owned by the iPhone maker.
Israeli private high-tech firms raised $8.3B last year, 30% more compared to 2018, Israel's Venture Capital Research Centre and ZAG law company announced on Wednesday.
Ted Baker's lenders picked advisers to conduct the troubled UK fashion retailer's independent review to assess the prospects, according to a Sky News report seen on Wednesday.
Southeast Asia's Grab is planning a deeper expansion into the rapid-growing food delivery services, as the ride-hailing firm saw 5.2 times growth in the gross merchandise value in 2019.
Facebook and eBay pledged to better detect, probe and react to misleading and fake reviews, UK's CMA stated on Wednesday after putting pressure on the online platforms to address the problem.
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Industry Minister Torbjoern Roe Isaksen stated to Reuters that Norway intends to make a free-trade deal with China.
Malaysia Airlines will try to avoid the conflict Iranian airspace, it reported on Wednesday, after military tensions escalated in the region.