According to the European Commission, around 2.7M Facebook users within the European Union were affected by the data privacy breach.
Japan's technology giant SoftBank used the stake in Alibaba Group, the online retailer, as collateral for its $8B loan provided by a group of at least ten banks, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Nine West Holdings filed for bankruptcy, planning to reorganise some assets and sell others, as too much of debt felled the clothing and shoe business controlled by Sycamore Partners.
Preparations for the meeting between the US President Donald Trump and his counterpart Russia's Vladimir Putin would not be affected by the US sanctions imposed on Russia's businessmen and government officials.
Georgia is likely to increase its GDP growth expectations for the current year, as higher exports and foreign investment inflows would help to support the economy.
Statistics Canada stated that the country's economy created 32.3K positions over the course of March, while economists expected an increase of 18.8K.
The Federal Reserve is expected to stick to gradual rate increases to keep the control over inflation, the Bank's Chair Jerome Powell stated.
Alexei Miller, the CEO of Russian company Gazprom, stated that he was honoured to be included on the US new sanctions list, adding that the firm's policies were right.
France and Germany are expected to launch a program to develop a new maritime patrol aircraft due to concerns over increases in Russia's submarine patrols.
Facebook confirmed that the data of the social network's 2.7M users within the EU was improperly used by Cambridge Analytica, the EU executive stated.
The US economy created the smallest amount of jobs in the six-month period ending in March, the Labour Department stated on Friday.
Netflix was attempting the company's biggest acquisition, suggesting more than $300M to acquire a business, which owns billboards in Los Angeles, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Top Mexican, Canadian and the US officials are expected to meet to talk about possible prospects for an agreement to upgrade NAFTA due to pressure from Washington to get a deal quicker, despite unresolved issues.
Hong Kong's activist investment fund valued Toshiba's chip unit at as much as $40B, double its sale price agreed with the Bain-led consortium.
Two supermarkets Coop and Edeka expanded their Nestle products boycott, putting more pressure on the Swiss company in the pricing stand-off with some other EU retailers.
Leadership of the Czech Social Democratic party voted to terminate the government talks with the ANO party led by the Prime Minister Andrej Babis, sources stated on Friday.
On Friday, the World Bank provided Lebanon with $4B in loans over five years at the Paris donor conference, the country's Economy Minister stated.
According to the Singapore competition watchdog, Uber is set to postpone the shutdown of its ride-hailing app in Singapore until April 15 due to competition review.
The European Central Bank granted an approval to Ford for its app to set up a German bank amid carmaker's strategy to soften possible risks from Britain's withdrawal from the EU.
On Friday, France stated it would pledge $672M in aid to Lebanon to support its economic reforms amid the country's struggles from the Syrian war impact.
The UK's benchmark index FTSE 100 fell 0.2% to 7 181.42 on Friday in response to comments by the US President Donald Trump about additional trade tariffs on China.
The Russian FSB Federal Security service has filed a lawsuit in order to restrict access to the messaging app Telegram after its refusal to provide clients' secret messages.
India urged Hong Kong authorities on Friday to arrest the jeweller Nirav Modi, a suspect in a $2B fraud at Punjab National Bank, as the fugitive might be on the territory of China.
Uber's rival Didi Chuxing Technology made a public launch in Mexico by recruiting drivers and advertising its ride-hailing services, saying the firm would start operations in the nearest future.