Brazil joint venture Samarco Mineracao, established by Vale SA and BHP Billiton, appointed Cristina Cavalcanti, the former Usiminas mining executive, as the JV's new Chief Financial Officer.
The world's largest meat exporter JBS reported higher-than-expected Q3 results of its US and Brazilian beef operations, sending the company's shares up almost 7% on Thursday.
Levi Strauss & Co, the 145-year-old jeans maker, is exploring a potential initial public offering in the Q1 of the next year, planning to raise up to $800M, according to a CNBC report published on Wednesday.
JD Group, the Chinese financial firm, is planning a sale of FTLife Insurance, its insurance business unit in Hong Kong, seeking to raise up to $2.5B in a potential deal.
PIF, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund, is thinking over a purchase of a $700M worth stake in the US movie studio Legendary Entertainment, the producer of "Interstellar" and "Jurassic World" films, according to sources.
On Thursday, the South Korean food giant CJ CheilJedang stated it had acquired the privately-owned US frozen food company Schwan's Co in a deal worth $1.84B, the biggest-ever takeover by the food-to-entertainment conglomerate.
Grocery delivery startup firm Instacart raised $271M this month from investors, including Tiger Global Management, bringing the latest round of funding to $871M, sources familiar with the matter stated.
Bain Capital Ventures, the venture capital arm of the investment firm based in Boston, stated that it raised a new $1B fund to invest in startup companies, adding to a year of fund-raising by tech investors.
Cornershop, a LatAm grocery delivery application acquired by Walmart, is set to expand into Canada in 2019 as a test market for the US, an executive stated.
China's new home prices increased modestly in October, supported by sustained gains in small cities and suggesting that the main driver of economic expansions remained resilient.
The British Prime Minister Theresa May is looking for the Cabinet's approval of the final version of the Brexit deal between the UK and the EU.
China and Singapore on Wednesday agreed to promote ties and further improve relations between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
The Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa approved 11 investment projects worth $5.3B, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet says.
Germany's gross domestic product contracted 0.2%, the first time in around three years, in the third quarter of 2018, the country's Federal Statistical Office reports.
The German payment service provider Wirecard raised its earnings forecast for 2019 after reporting strong growth in the third quarter of 2018.
China's Internet giant Tencent reported a 24% revenue growth in the third quarter of 2018, compared to the same period the previous year.
China plans to deepen friendship relations with Taiwan despite current tensions, the Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Yu Zhengsheng says.
Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Myanmar reached $538M for the previous nine months, the Global New Light of Myanmar reports.
Volkswagen is set to convert three plants in Germany to build electric vehicles, as Europe's biggest carmaker by sales begins mass producing zero-emission cars in astrategy shift after emissions cheating scandal.
Blue Apron Holdings stated that the company would sacrifice its overall revenue growth and diminish marketing expenses next year, causing a volatile decline in shares.
Tencent beat forecasts for profit in the third quarter, but provided no updates on a regulatory block in China, the world's biggest gaming market, that damaged the company's core business.
The US consumer prices rose by the most in the nine-month period in October due to gains in gasoline and rents' cost, suggesting steady increase in inflation, which would keep the Fed on track to raise rates again next month.
Macy's boosted its annual forecast on earnings right before the holiday shopping season, expecting itself to benefit from the renewed loyalty programme and a robust growth of online business.
Sears Holding is nearing a deal with the financial company Great American Capital Partners to secure $350M in bankruptcy loan that should keep the firm open during the holiday season.