Apple is in talks over buying the cobalt long-term supplies for its iPhone batteries straight from miners, according to Bloomberg's report on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the CBI announced it had arrested the sixth top official of the state-run Punjab National Bank, following the expansion in an investigation into the $1.8B bank's fraud.
Japan was planning to purchase at least 20 more F-35A stealth jet fighters from Lockheed Martin in the next six years, sources familiar with the issue reported.
As the Cambodian election of 2018 is about to begin, it turns out that the needed 10,000 ballot boxes were donated by the Japanese government.
The sovereign fund of Bahrain Mumtalakat is in talks to invest in SoftBank's Vision Fund. The fund targets investments into the technology sector.
General Motors have proposed a $2.8B investment into its struggling South Korean unit. Moreover, the company has asked Seoul to provide the funds.
The president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has announced that the pre-sale of the country's crypto currency has gained it $735M.
Guess stated that the company's co-founder Paul Marciano is set to give up his duties at the company awaiting the completion of probe of alleged improper conduct.
The European Union and Mexico's negotiators finished a 9th round of talks aimed at modernising the free trade deal, adding five new chapters and making progress on others.
Markit reported that its flash PMI for the Japanese manufacturing sector fell to 54.0 points in February from the preceding month's final reading of 54.8.
The ABS reported on Wednesday that its Wage Price Index rose 0.6% in the last quarter of 2017, after climbing 0.5% in the prior quarter.
The US State Department reported on Tuesday that the US would consider the participation of other nations in Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations in the future.
The US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley stated on Tuesday that the US was ready to discuss the Middle East peace with Palestine.
The Latvian Defence Ministry stated that corruption claims against the Bank of Latvia Governor could be part of a disinformation campaign ahead of the 2018 Parliamentary Elections.
ING, a Dutch multinational financial services provider, confirmed that Bitfinex, a cryptocurrency exchange trading platform, had a bank account with it.
A.P. Moller-Maersk announced plans to compete with package delivery firms FedEx and UPS, as the company expands its logistics and transport business, Maersk CEO stated.
HSBS stated that it is likely to face more than $1.5B of penalties occurring from multiple investigations of complaints that its unit of Swiss bank helped clients to evade paying taxes.
Indian software services exports are expected to mark revenue growth of 7-9% in terms of constant currency in the fiscal year ending in March 2019, as the industry would keep recovering.
The German economy is anticipated to expand in the following six months, despite a slight decrease in investor morale in February, the ZEW survey showed.
Japan welcomed an upbeat stance by the US toward the Trans-Pacific Partnership, though indicated that altering the trade pact at current point would be difficult.
Consumer confidence in the Euro zone decreased more than anticipated in February, falling from the highest level in 17 years registered in January, preliminary data showed.
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzho Abe ordered the advisory panel to explore ways to rise foreign workers to resolve the country's labour shortages.
David Davis, the Brexit Minister, stated that Britain and the EU could reach an agreement to access market and promised that the UK government is unlikely to use Brexit to reduce regulation.
Xerox's shareholders Darwin Deason and Carl Icahn urged the US company on Tuesday to sell itself to one of its competitors or a private equity firm.