On Monday, the British Prime Minister Theresa May firmly rejected calls for a second referendum, saying that it would be a betrayal of democracy.
On Monday, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May told the British Parliament that a Brexit vote would be held in the middle of January.
Italy's ruling coalition government agreed on a revised draft budget that it is set to submit to the EC, aiming to avoid the excessive deficit procedure, the Deputy PM Matteo Salvini stated.
France is set to break a promise to keep the EU budget deficit ceiling in 2019, after the President unveiled $11.33B tax cuts and increase of spending to suppress public anger at higher living costs and weak purchasing power, the PM Edouard Philippe stated.
Germany's luxury car producer Mercedes-Benz stated that it is set to offer discounts over cars imported into China from the US until March 31 after Beijing suspended extra tariffs on the US-made cars.
The EU antitrust regulators fined the US clothing firm Guess $45.3M for illegally blocking European cross-border sales within a crackdown over illegal practices, which block e-commerce in the European Union.
On Monday, it was announced by the Swiss engineering group ABB that it has reached a deal to sell the company's power grids unit to Japan's Hitachi.
As fears of a recession appear in the markets, US banks have been downplaying the risks publicly. Meanwhile, Reuters reported that largest banks have been backing out of riskier loans.
The CEO of Nissan Motors on Monday called upon the directors of Renault to heed the reasons for sacking the Chairman of the Nissan-Renault alliance.
On Monday, representatives of Alphabet announced that Google will invest in the creation of a one billion worth campus in New York. The campus is expected to create thousands of new jobs.
According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper, the German Baden-Wuerttemberg is planning to file a claim against Volkswagen over scandal related to deceptive results of emissions tests.
The US Trade Ambassador Dennis Shea on Monday condemned Chinese "unfair practices" that violate the World Trade Organization (WTO) regulations and said that his country would lead reforms in the organization.
On Monday, the United States said that China's trade steps look like a good start since the two countries suspended a trade war in early December.
On Monday, Asian shares perked up ahead of the key policy event in the United States and China, as investors cautiously await the outcome.
On Monday, the Australia bank NAB's said that its Chief Executive Officer would take about two months holiday around inquiry report release.
Crude oil prices remained stable on Monday after declining about 2% in the previous trading session, as the commodity remained under the pressure of oversupply and weaker global economic growth.
A Reuters Poll on Monday revealed that most of the surveyed economists and financial analysts don't expect a central bank rate change in Taiwan.
On Monday, it was revealed that the Middle East ride-hailing company Carrem is diversifying by launching a delivery service that will offer to deliver various products like pharmaceutical and food.
The officials of Bank of Japan on Monday warned that global economic risks have increased. Although, the central bank is set to keep its monetary policy unchanged for the near future
On Monday, it was announced by representatives of Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings that they are about to close a $1.6 billion deal to buy Bristol-Myers Squibb Company.
Japanese firms' expectations for inflation over 2019 nudged slightly higher, the BoJ survey revealed, though the outlook indicated that consumer prices remained well below the Central Bank's 2% target.
Hitachi and ABB are likely to announce their plan for Japan's conglomerate to purchase the Swiss group's power grid business for nearly $7B, the Nikkei reported.
The People's Bank of China stated that it is set to guide reasonable increase of social financing, credit and further improve the channel fof the monetary policy transmission.
The UK consumer spending dropped 0.7% year-on-year in November, the strongest decline since July, payments firm Visa said, adding to signs of weakening economic growth toward the 2018 end.