Uniper is set to close most of hard coal-fired plants in Germany over the following years to 2025, making up half its EU coal capacity.
Hershey anticipated its profit and sales in 2020 largely above expectations, after its reported sales that beat forecasts on higher prices and investments in healthier snacks.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that a trade deal among the two countries could be done this year.
On Thursday, the Bank of England made an interest rate announcement. The central bank kept its Official Bank Rate unchanged at 0.75%.
On Thursday, Coca-Cola Co reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue that grew 16% to $9.07B, boosted by higher demand for the company's coffees, teas and sparkling soft drinks.
Total-PSA Group's joint venture has set a target to produce batteries for 1M electric vehicles in one year by 2030, the CEO for the French energy major, Patrick Pouyanne, stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, Tesla announced that it has entered into a partnership with LG Chem from South Korea and CATL from China. The partner companies would supply car batteries.
The owner of Victoria's Secret, L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner, is considering stepping aside from his role and is reviewing the lingerie brand's sale.
The California Institute of Technology has won a $1.1B jury verdict in the patent case against Broadcom and Apple filed in 2016 after CalIT alleged Broadcom's chips used in Apple's iPhones infringed the patents related to data transmission technology.
News Corp has rolled out its free news aggregation platform, Knewz, seeking to address the long-held criticism by Google and Facebook towards publishers and journalists.
Facebook Inc reported its revenue growth would keep slowing, but highlighted a surge in the social media giant's quarterly expenses, missing Wall Street's expectations for the improving privacy costs to level off.
Microsoft beat analysts' expectations for quarterly revenue, which grew 13.7% to $36.91B, supported by strong performance from Azure, the cloud computing platform.
PayPal Holdings revealed a 13% decrease in its profit to $507M in the Q4, as the company spent more on technology and acquisitions.
Surojit Chatterjee, the Google Shopping product leader, was leaving the company for the role of the Chief Product Officer at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
Ford Motor owned Lincoln Motor confirmed that it plans to produce battery-powered electric cars in cooperation with Ford-backed start-up Rivian.
On Wednesday, the European Parliament voted to grant its final approval to the Brexit deal, allowing the UK to leave EU on Friday.
The recent travel bans from and to China during this week impacted the stock prices of various airlines, which no longer serviced the banned flight routes.
During Wednesday's US trading session, stock indices retreated from previously booked high levels, as some companies reported disappointing quarterly earnings.
The BBC is set to cut nearly 450 jobs from the company's news division within an £80M savings drive and modernisation programme.
Beyond Meat stated that it is set to supply plant-based fried chicken to some KFC stores in the southern US, after last year's test revealed strong consumer demand.
Mastercard beat Wall Street forecasts for quarterly profit, which rose 16% to $4.41B, as customers' spending increased during the US holiday shopping.
On Wednesday, Airbnb revealed that it is backing the proposals for the regulation of online platforms. The announcement came after Airbnb was classified as an online platform by an EU court.
Telecoms network equipment maker Huawei on Wednesday denied reports that the German government has evidence of Huawei cooperating with Chinese intelligence services.
During Wednesday's European trading, crude oil prices increased, as data was published, which revealed a decline in US crude oil inventories.