The China Daily reported that China could target a range of the US businesses from aircraft to agriculture, semiconductors and autos, if its trade spat with the US escalates.
Gfk NOP reported that its Consumer Confidence Index came in at -7 in March, following the preceding month's reading of -10.
The METI reported on Thursday that retail sales grew 1.6% on an annual basis in February, after rising 1.5% in the prior month, while analysts anticipated an increase of 1.7%.
CME Group, the US exchange operator, was in advanced negotiations to by British NEX Group for nearly $5.4B, aiming to create cross-border trading powerhouse.
BlackBerry stated that the company's profit in the Q4 was stronger than analysts anticipated and announced expectations for stronger billings at services business and high-margin software.
Robert Lightizer, the US Trade Representative, expressed optimism that negotiations to modify NAFTA would be wrapped up faster than expected, while Canada's top official was more pessimistic.
Shares of Amazon.com fell 7.4%, wiping nearly $53.6B from the company's market value, after Axios stated that the US President is obsessed with the world's biggest retailer and aims to curb its growing power.
On Wednesday, Russian authorities revealed that Moscow would respond in kind to West's mass expulsions of Russia's diplomats.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra is set to name an opposition lawmaker as the country's new PM.
On Wednesday, Volkswagen uncovered a concept pickup truck at the NY auto show, filling a gap in the carmaker's US product line-up.
For the week ended 23 March, US crude oil inventories were up 1.6M barrels according to the data released by the Energy Information Administration.
According to the data released by the National Association of Realtors, US pending home sales reversed their course in February, posting a 3.1% surge in the reported month.
The US Census Bureau reported on Wednesday that advance February wholesale inventories were up 1.1% from January 2018.
Data released by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis on Wednesday showed that the country's goods trade balance worsened in February, posting a deficit of $75.4B.
According to the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, the state's Q4 2017 final GDP expanded at a pace of 2.9%, surpassing analysts' expectations for a 2.7% growth rate.
Cambridge Analytica's suspended CEO Alexander Nix is set to appear before the British parliamentary committee on April 17 for questioning over the Facebook data scandal.
Poland agreed to sign a deal with United States to acquire Raytheon's Patriot missile defence system for $4.75B in the country's efforts to modernise the forces against Russia.
Facebook is set to introduce a series of new privacy controls for its users in a wake of the data scandal that had wiped off more than $100B in the company's market value.
On Wednesday, Equifax appointed the Warburg Pincus executive Mark Begor as the credit monitoring firm's Chief Executive Officer to replace Richard Smith who had stepped down in September.
Tencent Holding's President Martin Lau sold one million of the company's shares at a price $55.35 apiece, lowering his stake to 0.48% from 0.49%, according to the stock exchange statement.
The US home-rental service Airbnb is set to share host information to the China government agencies starting from the end of this week, as it has to comply with the Asian country's regulations.
The Japanese biggest drugmaker Takeda Pharmaceutical is weighting a bid for the London-listed drugmaker Shire to expand in hyperactivity drugs, rare diseases and the United States, bringing its shares up 25%.
The British Interior Minister Amber Rudd stated on Wednesday that the Internet firms such as Facebook and Twitter must put more efforts to remove malicious and illegal content online.
The key OPEC producer Saudi Arabia and Russia are considering a 10- to 20-year oil alliance in a deal that could extend control over the world crude supplies by the top exporters.