Data released on Tuesday showed that National Australia Bank's gauge of business sentiment dropped to 7 last month from February's 9.
The NZIER reported on Tuesday that its Business Confidence Index came in at -11 in the March quarter, following the preceding quarter's reading of -12.
The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau was seeking a multimillion-dollar fine against Wells Fargo & Co for mortgage and insurance abuses, Reuters reported on Monday.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the US Department of Justice had granted an approval for Bayer AG's bid to acquire the US seeds company Monsanto Co for $62.5B.
The CEO of Facebook Inc Mark Zuckerberg told Congress this Monday that the company was required to do more to enhance data safety and prevent the misuse of information.
According to the US Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting, the OCC would publish its stance towards a newly proposed charter for fintech companies within the next three months.
Vitor Constancio, the outgoing Vice President of the ECB, stated that the Central Bank should avoid quick tightening of the ultra-loose monetary policy to avoid disrupting a rebound in the EZ inflation.
UBS suspended feeds of research data to third-party platforms, including Bloomberg, which were unable to ensure that the data is available only to the clients of the Bank.
The Economy Minister of Mexico stated that he viewed an 80% possibility for a new NAFTA agreement in early May, adding that current conditions were inappropriate to reach the deal this week.
The New York Fed survey showed that inflation expectations for the US were still relatively flat in the month of March, keeping the gains of the latest periods.
Saudi Aramco is set to sign eight agreements with France's companies with the total worth of $10B, the CEO of the national oil major told the local media.
Rakuten stated that it got an approval by the government for wireless operations, as Japan's e-commerce firm expands its operations into the market.
Samsung C&T, de facto holding firm of Samsung Group, was mulling raising of nearly $2.8B to buy a stake of 30% in Samsung Bioepis.
Ride-hailing business Uber announced that it agreed to buy JUMP Bikes, the electric cycle-sharing service, in a bid to provide an alternative to cars.
The new CEO of Deutsche Bank Christian Sewing has been revealed to be battling with coming up a new strategy for the bank, which has experienced three years of losses.
SandRidge Energy Corporation is preparing to evaluate various buyout offers. Among the offers is one from the top shareholder Carl Icahn.
On Monday oil prices continued to rise, as they were recovering from the Friday's decline. Some media accredited the recent moves to a US-China trade war scare.
The President of Nigeria Muhammadu Buhari has announced that he will run for re-election in the 2019 election.
The Governor of the Bank of Japan on Monday announced that the central bank will eventually have to normalize its ultra-easy monetary policy.
Hilton Worldwide Holding's stock is being bought heavily by China's HNA Tourism Group, which wants to acquire additional 63 million shares.
According to the TASS new outlet's report, the Foreign Minister for North Korea Ri Yong Ho has already arrived in Moscow this Monday for a scheduled visit.
On Monday, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani stated that the US leader Donald Trump would regret dropping out of Iran's nuclear accord and vowing that Tehran would respond tougher than he might think.
According to the Chinese quality watchdog, Tesla is planning to recall 8,898 Model S cars in China from June 28 to replace bolts in the vehicles' power steering component.
China's facial recognition tech developer SenseTime signed a $600M funding round with Alibaba Group, bringing the company's value to about $4.5B.