One of the largest US-based oil producer Chevron was budgeting $18.3B for capital projects in 2018, which was nearly 4% less than in the prior year, the company said.
On Wednesday, the Central Bank of Brazil cut its key Selic rate to a record low of 7.00% and signaled further rate cuts.
On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump recognised the city of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, raising the risk of a subsequent political conflict in the Middle East.
As markets expected, the Bank of Canada left its key interest rate unchanged at 1.00% at the end of its policy meeting on Wednesday.
The EIA reported that crude oil inventories dropped 5.6M barrels in the week ended December 1, following the prior week's fall of 3.4M barrels and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 3.2M-barrel decline.
Canada was scrapping a plan to purchase 18 Boeing fighter jets due to deepening disagreements with the US aerospace firm, sources familiar with the matter said.
Italian antitrust agency stated that it fined the Unilever's unit more than $70.7M due to abuse of the company's dominant position in the market of ice cream.
Ford is set to sign an agreement with Alibaba, which would allow the company to test car sales to China's consumers directly through Tmall, the Alibaba's online retailer.
The US Labour Department stated that the country's labour costs fell 0.2% in the Q3, indicating that consumer price growth could stay benign by the end of the year.
The ADP report showed that the US private sector added 190K jobs in November, while the manufacturing sector created the most positions in nearly 15 years
Carles Puigdemont, the Former Catalan leader, which was arrested in Spain for an organisation of an illegal independence referendum, reported that he would not leave Belgium for a while.
Apple's chief executive, Tim Cook, reported on Wednesday that there was a hope that some apps that had been banned in China would eventually be restored after being removed earlier this year.
Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, arrived in Algeria on Wednesday for a one-day working visit in order to boost bilateral relations and reinforce security cooperation.
The US Deputy Prime Minister reported on Wednesday that the US Treasury had requested information on a Turkish bank, mentioning a US court case versus a Halkbank executive.
Rex Tillerson, the US Secretary of State, expressed the view that there was a broad consensus among NATO members that no normalisation in negotiations with Russia occurred.
T-Mobile, the US wireless carrier, said that the company's board authorised the first-ever buyback program for up to $1.5B worth of its common stock.
Farming tech start-up Indigo raised extra $47M from Dubai's sovereign wealth fund, bringing the total sum of financing for its efforts to reform how crops are grown to $203M.
UnitedHealth Group announced that it would purchase a medical unit of kidney care services supplier DaVita for $4.9B, aiming to operate more in outpatient treatment services.
The US home improvement chain Home Depot Inc announced on Wednesday a $15B share repurchase program starting in February, 2018.
A spokesman for the British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday that she had made progress in Brexit talks ahead of the Euro Summit scheduled on 14-15 December, 2017.
Japan is set to allocate additional 2.9T Yen ($25.8B) from its budgetary spending on missile defence and other economic measures, government officials explained on Wednesday.
Ford Motor Co is set to sign an agreement with Alibaba Group Holding Ltd on Thursday with the aim to sell its cars in the Chinese market via Alibaba's online platform.
China Banking Regulatory Commission issued on Wednesday draft guidelines for managing liability risks of commercial banks in an attempt to improve the country's banking sector.
Shares of the UK-based Saga Plc fell 20% on Wednesday in the wake of the company announcing sluggish forecasts of its pre-tax profit in 2017 and 2018.