On Friday, the US special representative for Iran Brian Hook criticised the decision of the EU to provide Iran $20.7M in aid and urged Brussels to help the US to end the threat of Iran to global stability.
On Friday, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland claimed that Canada is planning to rejoin NAFTA talks on modernisation once the bilateral issues between Mexico and the US get resolved.
On Friday, a senior US State Department official claimed that Washington would cut $200M in aid to Palestine, planning to redirect funds for more prioritised projects.
On Friday, the fourth-largest bank of the US Wells Fargo claimed that it is planning to fire more than 600 mortgage employees because of the slowdown in the bank's mortgage business.
Mexico's economy shrank by 0.2% in the Q2 from the previous quarter, more than preliminary forecast in an estimate, the report from the statistics agency revealed.
Ryanair is set to cease the company's long-standing practice of allowing to take a 10-kilogram hand luggage for free and is expected to charge between €6 and €10 from November.
The Wall Street Journal said on Friday that the CFO for the Trump Organisation had been offered protection by the Federal prosecutors for giving information about Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen.
President's Donald Trump said on Friday that he has cancelled the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo planned visit to the DPRK because of insufficient progress towards the denuclearization of North Korea.
The crew's agency of a missing tanker with nineteen crew members said on Friday that the vessel has docked at the port of Togo after disappearing for over a week.
European stocks were calm on Friday, as the latest round of trade talks between the US and China produced no breakthrough.
Global stocks market surged on Friday following Fed Chairman Jerome Powell remarked that steady interest rate increases were best for the US economy growth
On Friday, Gap Inc shares fell eight pct in premarket trading, a day after Flagship brand reported another drop in similar sales.
On Friday, Papa John's hired Lazard Ltd and Bank of America Corp to help look for ways to maintain the restaurant chain.
On Friday, oil prices rose by 2% on signs of Iran sanctions may constrain worldwide supply, and that trade war is unlikely to stop China's needs for the US crude oil.
Cigna shareholders voted in favour of the health insurer's proposed $52B Express Scripts acquisition, though the deal still required clearance from the antitrust authority.
The Federal Reserve's steady interest rate increases were the best way to protect the recovery of the US economy, keep job growth strong and inflation under control, Jerome Powell, the Fed Chair, stated.
Societe Generale and UniCredit declined to provide any comments on their potential merger deal on Friday.
Munich Re has completed its talks with Guggenheim Partners, the US fund manager, with no deal reached, according to Bloomberg News report published on Friday.
On Friday, the Canadian biggest pipeline operator Enbridge stated it would acquire Spectra Energy Partners in a deal valued at $3.3B.
Four Toyota Motor group companies are set to establish a joint venture to merge their automotive technologies to rival with the self-driving component titans such as Bosch.
Germany is looking for a global bank to help its domestic firms in their business abroad, the country's Finance Minister said in an interview published on Friday.
Shares in Kingspan, Ireland's building materials company, jumped 8% this Friday due to a report on its half-year profits that bet analyst's forecasts, driven by its recent acquisitions strong performance and core insulation business.
The German engineering company Siemens explained in a statement on Friday that it did not plan to cut 20k jobs, as previously reported by Manager Magazin.
The US Dollar weakened on Friday, as investors were waiting for the Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivering a speech later in the day that could show the bank's monetary policy plans.