The British Serious Fraud Office launched an investigation into Bombardier, the Canadian industrial group, over alleged bribery in jet sales to Garuda Indonesia, Reuters reported.
On Friday, the German insurer Allianz reported an unexpected 6% surge in its Q3 net profit compared to the prior year, despite pandemic pressure on business.
On Thursday, Apple was ordered to face a lawsuit against its shareholders due to concealing a decline in demand for iPhones in China.
Crude oil price benchmarks declined on Thursday due to the markets expecting a fall in demand that would be caused by the coronavirus.
During Thursday's US trading hours, stock prices surged, as a broad sell off of the US Dollar occurred.
European stock indices ended Thursday's trading with a surge, which was attributed to better than expected earnings reports.
The US government filed a lawsuit seeking to block Visa from purchasing the financial technology company Plaid.
International Business Machines launched a cloud platform aimed at telecom operators deploying 5G and signed up Samsung and Nokia as partners.
The Swiss National Bank did not reach the limit of ability to buy FX assets to weaken the Swiss franc despite the massive balance sheet, board member Andrea Maechler stated.
Iberdrola announced plans to invest £67.7B in renewable energy production and retail operations by 2025 to capitalise over rising global demand for clean power.
TikTok-owner ByteDance was in early negotiations about a new funding round, which will value the company at $180B after the investment, sources said.
General Motors is set to invest C$1B in its operations in Canada to extend production of full-size pickup trucks to meet growing demand.
China's Alibaba Group topped its estimates for the Q3 revenue after its core e-commerce business kept growing following the emergence of China from the COVID-19 lockdown.
Japan's Nintendo is expecting to sell 24M of the company's Switch games consoles by March 2021, raising its forecast from 19M due to higher gaming demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Airbnb, the US home rental firm, is planning to register an initial public offering next week, preparing for its stock market debut scheduled for the next month, despite the COVID-19 pandemic tension.
On Thursday, Volkswagen's CEO Herbert Diess stated that the Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the US election would better suit VW's strategy to mass-produce EVs across the globe.
Prior to the US trading opening, US stock indices were set to surge, as the revealed gridlock in the US politics signalled that no new regulation could be set up upon large companies.
Sweden's Volvo Trucks is set to sell a full range of its heavy-duty, electric trucks in Europe already next year, according to the company's statement made on Thursday.
The world's biggest steelmaker ArcelorMittal reported on Thursday its Q3 core profit above estimates as easing of the coronavirus lockdowns improved demand.
On Thursday, oil plunged more than 1% on US election uncertainty, as the Democrat Joe Biden nears the White House, while the Republicans are likely to retain control over Senate.
The European Central Bank is poised to add next month new measures to support the European economy, the Bank's policymaker Pablo Hernandez de Cos stated.
Italy's Intesa Sanpaolo announced that it already met 2020 goal, as the profit totalled €3.1B, even before taking into account acquisition of UBI.
The UK supermarket group Sainsbury is expected to announce plans to slash 3K positions, alongside its H1 results on Thursday, The Times reported.
T-Mobile US is expected to pay a $200M fine to resolve the FCC investigation into the company's Sprint unit, as it failed to comply with rules under a subsidy program.