On Thursday, Europe's stocks hit their record highs, driven by UK's optimism about easing coronavirus-caused lockdown restrictions, while positive projection for US interest rates pushed Wall Street to fresh peaks.
On Thursday, the US President Joe Biden stated that he would push legislation, which would allow the building of apartment buildings in single-family home zones.
On Thursday, Bang & Olufsen reported a 14% surge in its Q3 sales through February, boosted by higher demand and marketing initiatives.
The production of Apple's iPads and MacBooks has been delayed due to the global shortage of components, according to the Nikkei report published on Thursday.
On Thursday, Toyota Motor unveiled its new models of Mirai and Lexus in Japan, all equipped with the advanced driver assistance technology, amid rising competition to develop more connected and self-driving cars.
Fast Retailing, Uniqlo's Japanese owner, reported on Thursday its operating profit soared as much as 23% to $1.53B in half-year through February.
Twitter held negotiations in recent months to acquire Clubhouse at a $4B valuation, Bloomberg News stated, citing sources familiar with the matter.
General Motors examined a variety of manufacturing processes and technologies aimed at cutting the cost of future EV batteries and reducing dependence on metals such as cobalt.
Exxon Mobil examined a sale of Advanced Elastomer Systems division, likely valuing the elastic polymer producer at around $800M including debt, sources familiar with the matter said.
Uber Technologies and Lyft announced that the US drivers on their platforms earned significantly more than previously during the pandemic as demand exceeds driver supply.
Canadian economic activity grew at its quickest pace in 10-year period in March, with the Ivey PMI index reaching 72.9, above analysts' expectations for 60.5.
Nissan Motor's passenger and light car business in China increased unit sales 70.6% year-over-year, as it sold 352K cars in the first quarter of 2021, the company stated.
During Wednesday's US trading hours, AMZN stock price surged by 2.07%, as it entered a fourth consecutive trading session of gains. Since March 31, the stock price had gained more than 7.55%.
Cameras in Tesla cars were not activated outside of North America, the automaker stated, aiming to assuage security issues in the world's biggest car market.
AliExpress Russia stated that an IPO was a likely step for the online retailer, which reported gross merchandise volume of $3B for the 2020-21 financial year.
Kavak, the Mexican used-car platform, hit a $4B valuation after raising $485M in new funding round, becoming one of the most valued startups in Latin America.
United Parcel Service is set to acquire 10 electric VTOL jets from Beta Technologies to cut its delivery time for small markets, the US package delivery firm announced on Wednesday.
The US trade deficit hit its record-high level of $71.1B in February amid a more rapid rebound in economic activity, while analysts anticipated it to widen to $70.5B.
Samy Bengio, Google's research manager, has announced his resignation earlier this week due to his colleagues' firings after they questioned diversity practices and paper review.
Prosus NV, the Dutch technology investment firm, is planning a 2% stake sale in the software titan Tencent worth around $15B, sending Prosus shares down 4% to €94.52 on the news.
As the stock price of General Motors hit a new all-time high, the CEO Mary Barra stated that the company could expand beyond automobile production.
Nokia has settled is multi-year-long fight with the world's largest PC maker Lenovo Group over the alleged patent infringement, both companies announced on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, G20's finance officials are set for a meeting to back a $650B boost in the emergency reserves of the IMF and prolong the freeze on the countries' debt payments amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Japan's Toshiba Corp is exploring a $20B take-private offer from CVC Capital Partners, the private equity firm, as the company faces activist shareholders' pressure to improve governance.