The EU regulators are set to investigate whether Ikea's tax deals with the Netherlands helped lower its tax bill, in a crackdown on unfair tax arrangements between the EU states and multinationals.
On Monday, Total System Services announced it had agreed to buy the payment technology firm Cayan in a cash deal worth of $1.05B that was expected to be closed in the 2018-first quarter.
The Chinese internet giant Tencent on Monday announced that the company will invest $863 million in the apparel platform Vipshop.
Hershey Company on Monday announced that the company is planning on acquiring the owners of the popcorn brand SkinnyPop Amplify Snack Brands for $1.6 billion.
The Foreign Ministry of China on Monday defended the country's trade with the US as a win-win scenario. This came before Trump was about to lay out a new security strategy, which would brand China as a competitor.
The European Union agreed on Monday upon renewing mandate of Elke Koenig, who is the German head of EU's institution that disposes of failing banks.
The Alibaba financial affiliate Ant Financial and London based bank Standard Chartered have agreed to collaborate in countries that are set around the Chinese Belt & Road initiative.
The largest residential property company of Germany Vonovia has made a deal to buy its Austrian counterpart Buwog. The deal is set to be worth 5.2 billion Euros.
Gemalto's CEO plans adhering to a plan to cut about 288 job positions in the French chip card business, after the chipmaker had been taken over by the aerospace and defence group Thales.
The Italian-American automaker Fiat Chrysler is planning to recall 10,355 Jeep Grand Cherokee sports utility cars in Russia, as it seeks to verify proper installation of the brake-booster shields.
According to the official Xinhua news agency, the Chinese senior leaders started its annual meeting on Monday to lay down the reform and economic plans for the next year.
Australia's real estate company Buwog had agreed to be taken over by Germany's Vonovia in a $6.1B cash deal, both firms announced on Monday.
France's government filed a complaint against the e-commerce firm Amazon for abusing the company's dominant position with several suppliers, Le Parsien newspaper reported.
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that Moscow expected North Korea and the United States to start a dialogue instead of discussing the conditions for such a dialogue.
On Monday, the flight operations at Atlanta's Hartsfield airport were restored, following a daylong power outage that paralysed the travel, as more than 1K flights had been canceled during the last 24 hours.
The Republican US Senator John McCain is likely to miss the expected vote on the tax code overhaul on Tuesday, after he had left Washington for his home in Arizona due to a medical treatment.
China's National Development and Reform Commission has issued fresh guidelines for foreign investment by private firms in an attempt to prevent companies violating policies.
On Monday, Toyota Motor Corp announced its plans to produce over 10 battery EV car models around the world in early 2020s.
According to a poll conducted by Ipsos Peru, a majority of the country's citizens want the acting President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski to step down.
The Honduran conservative President Juan Orlando Hernandez has been officially named as the winner of the presidential election held on 26 November.
China's new home prices increased modestly 5.5% year-over-year in November, shrugging off the range of government measures in the overheated real estate market.
Australian company Aconex stated that it received a $1.19B buyout offer from the US software giant Oracle, setting the target's share price 45% up.
Japanese export growth accelerated gains in November to mark 16.2% of the annual increase for the month, underscoring the solid external demand.
The US data centre firm Equinix announced that it was buying Australia's data centre business Metronode in the all-cash deal worth $791.15M.