The US President Donald Trump did not back down in the talks with Democratic negotiators on Saturday about ending the government shutdown, as the proposed solution did not include financing for a border wall.
On Saturday, the head of the US Democrats Nancy Pelosi announced that the party will attempt to reopen some parts of the US government. The announcement came after a failure to negotiate with the US President.
On Sunday, the South Korean pharmaceutical production company Celltrion announced that it plans to start selling its products in China starting from 2020.
The South Korean Celltrion drug maker announced that the company intends to create a joint venture with a company in China during the first half of this year.
On Sunday, the son of the detained chairman of Nissan announced that the Japanese prosecutors want the chairman to confess to his financial misconduct.
It was announced late on Friday that the Californian utility company PG&E is evaluating the options to ask for bankruptcy protection for some of its businesses.
The President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-Wen on Saturday called upon international support in the country's fence against threats from China.
On Sunday, the Sunday Telegraph in the UK revealed that There May's aides are believed to be in the process of making concessions to British lawmakers in an effort to push through the Theresa May's Brexit deal.
The Finance Minister of Germany Olaf Scholz has revealed in an interview published in the Saturday edition of Bild that the German officials are expecting a decline in tax revenues in Germany in the upcoming years.
On Sunday, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe revealed that his government is closely watching all the current risks to the global economic growth.
On Saturday, the US Vice President Mike Pence held a meeting with the Democratic congressional aides over the deadlock regarding the proposed border wall, seeking to terminate the partial government shutdown.
Germany's state of Baden-Wuerttemberg is suing Volkswagen for damages after the local authorities acquired the carmaker's vehicles that now are facing bans in such German cities as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Stuttgart.
The Californian utility firm PG&E Corp is considering to file for a bankruptcy protection for some or all of the company's business, as it faces liabilities worth billions of dollars concerning the 2017 and 2018 fatal wildfires.
The US Supreme Court is set to weigh Broadcom unit's bid to end the shareholder lawsuit regarding its 2015 takeover of the chip and router maker Emulex Corp.
The Indian debt-laden carrier Jet Airways is nearing an agreement with the State Bank of India for a $215M fresh loan to meet all its labour capital needs.
Oslo Bord, Norway's stock exchange operator, is calling for more potential buyers to bid for the company, as it seeks to find alternatives to the $713M worth offer made by Euronext.
According to Germany's Handelsblatt newspaper, the potential initial public offering of the artificial limb producer Ottobock will not take place earlier than 2020, the company's CEO Philipp Schulte-Noelle confirmed on Friday.
Rothesay Life is preparing a £3.5B worth bid for the reinsurance firm Swiss Re's British unit, putting its plans to launch a 2019 IPO for the UK arm into the question.
Apollo Global Management, the private equity firm, is considering an offer to buy General Electric's aircraft leasing unit worth $40B, sources with a knowledge of a potential deal reported.
Canada's merger-and-acquisition activity is seen to rise in 2019 after hitting the 12-year high in the previous year, as a slide in prices for oil could boost consolidation among energy firms, while cannabis deals could gain momentum.
Euro zone's finance ministers are likely to choose the successor to ECB Chief Economist Peter Praet at the meeting on February 11, the spokesman stated.
Bristol-Myers and Celgene are expected to pay $2.2B, if either of the companies walks away from their $74B merger, according to a regulatory filing.
Gold and foreign currency reserves of Belarus amounted to $7.16B as of January 1, falling over the past year 2.2%, the country's Central Bank stated.
Hungary is set to increase pensions 2.7%, with higher sums starting to arrive on pensioners' bank accounts on January 11, the parliamentary state secretary stated.