The UK Foreign Minister Boris Johnson is set to visit Iran on Saturday to lobby Mohammad Javad Zarif for jailed aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe release.
China's General Administration of Customs reported on Friday that shipments of iron ore to the country rose 18.9% m/m to 94.54M tonnes in November, one of the highest levels on record.
According to sources with knowledge on the matter, Toshiba and Western Digital have agreed in principle to resolve the row over the chip unit selling.
YouTube is expected to launch paid music streaming services in March next year to compete with alike offerings from Apple and Spotify, according to Bloomberg.
The US biggest meat processor Tyson Food raised slightly the stake in protein producer Beyond Meat, trying to tap higher demand for alternative protein sources.
China and Panama would start talking over the free-trade agreement on June 2018, in a bid to accelerate trade and strengthen commercial links between the countries.
Japanese economy expanded twice as quickly as estimated at a 2.5% annualised rate in the third quarter, thanks to strong increase in capital expenditure.
The EU Commission said on Thursday that its President Jean-Claude Juncker and Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May might meet early tomorrow morning to reach an agreement over the Irish border.
On Thursday, the US Dollar hit its two-week high against a basket of major currencies amid improved risk appetite and optimism surrounding the US tax reform.
The EIA reported on Thursday that natural gas inventories rose 2B cubic feet in the week ended December 1, following the prior week's drop of 33B cubic feet.
The Federal Reserve said that consumer credit rose $20.5B in October after increasing $19.2B in the preceding month, whereas analysts anticipated a rise of $17.4B.
Honeywell, the industrial conglomerate, will purchase 25% of Chinese Flux Information Technology placing a long-term bet on the growing logistics industry in China.
According to Anheuser-Busch, the Budweiser beer maker has already reserved 40 of Tesla electric Semi trucks, since the company seeks to cut vehicle emissions fuel costs.
Shareholders of Steinhoff, South African retailer, knocked at least $12B off the value after the company has revealed the accounting irregularities and fired the CEO.
According to Ford Motor Co, the company will initiate self-driving vehicle technology testing in 2018, but did not change plan to launch commercial production until 2021.
Canadian main stock index inched higher on Thursday, due to energy stocks gain, as oil prices rose. Meanwhile, shares of BlackBerry climbed amid future partnership with Qualcomm.
According to Orange CEO Richard, the company would stick to the plan to invest in upgrading networks, as he aimed to lead the French biggest telecoms company for a third term.
According to Ivey Purchasing Managers Index, Canada's pace of the purchasing activity slowed in November due to supplier deliveries that continued to shrink.
Air New Zealand cancelled some of the flights over the coming weeks, as the company has suffered from the problems caused by Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 engines.
The US Senator of Texas Ted Cruz would lead a lawmakers' delegation when meeting Donald Trump to argue for the biofuels policy changes, which could threaten oil refining positions.
Statistics Canada said that the country's building permits rose at a stronger-than-anticipated pace of 3.5% in October, fuelled by higher residential and commercial construction intentions.
Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Shell paid no tax for operating in Australia in the financial year of 2016, despite reporting income in billions of dollars from doing business in the country.
The Labour Department stated that the number of people filing for unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly 2K to reach 236K over the course of the prior week.
On Thursday morning the main discussed topics on the markets was the US tax bill discussion and the General Electric job cut.