The Chinese authorities are reportedly pressuring Swaziland to cut ties to Taiwan before an upcoming Chinese hosted African leader summit.
The European Central Bank on Friday announced that Deutsche Bank has made progress in dealing with regulation.
The CEO of ArcelorMittal's French unit Philippe Darmayan explained on Friday that the EU was required to introduce quotas and safeguards to stabilise the European steel industry.
The European Securities and Markets Authority announced on Friday that the EU ban on selling ‘binary' options to retail customers would take effect on July 2.
Union Bancaire Privee, the Swiss assent manager and private bank, announced on Thursday it had agreed to acquire Carnegie Investment Bank's unit called Banque Carnegie Luxembourg by this year's end.
Monster Products, the headphone maker, stated it was seeking to raise about $300M in the initial coin offering, as part of its fund-raising strategy to create a digital currency or token.
On Thursday, Bank of nova Scotia stated it would acquire a financial service firm for Canada's doctors, MD Financial Management, in an all-cash deal valued at $2B.
On Friday, Mariano Rajoy, the Spanish centre-right Prime Minister, was set to be dismissed from his post and replaced by Pedro Sanchez, a Socialist leader, government sources stated.
Zurich Insurance's CEO Mario Greco stated on Friday that his company is seeking to do only focused, targeted mergers and acquisitions, adding there was no need for the insurance sector's consolidation in Europe.
On Friday, Air New Zealand and Australia's Qantas Airways signed a codeshare deal amid a boom in tourism, which lifts the carriers on Tasman Sea's both sides to record profits.
According to Le Figaro newspaper, France's largest telecoms operator Orange is seeking to merge the Orange Cinema Series unit with Alice Studio with intention to build a new business to rival Netflix.
On Friday, Japan's Toshiba has finalised its chip unit sale worth $18B to the consortium led by the US private equity group Bain Capital.
The Fair Work Commission stated on Friday that the national minimum wage will be increased by 3.5% in the mid-summer, thus affecting almost 2.3M or 20% of Australian employees.
Crude oil prices decreased by 0.2% or 16 cents on Friday, reaching $66.88 a barrel, amid reports about record high American production this month.
The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Thursday called members of the G7 to have a "rational" discussion on trade issues in order to avoid introduction of protectionist measures.
Members of the G7 agreed on Thursday to resist new American tariffs on aluminium and steel, arguing that such decision threatens global economic growth.
Talks with a delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea are going well, the US President Donald Trump says.
The Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee, arrives in the US to meet with the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Indian economy grew 7.7% in the first quarter of 2018, up from 7.2% in the previous quarter, official data shows.
The Eurozone unemployment rate declined to 8.5% in April from 8.6% in March, the lowest level since December 2008, the European statistical office says.
The EU strongly believes the US unilateral steel and aluminium tariffs are unreasonable and in confrontation with World Trade Organisation rules, the European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker says.
The European Investment Bank finances Ericsson to fasten 5G mobile network research and implementation in Europe, the European Commission announces in a press release.
Ukraine plans a modernization of 46 projects in its ports by 2030 with a total cost of $1.68B, the Deputy Prime Minister Volodymyr Kistion says.
The German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday to discuss broad common interests.