Roche re-extended its offer deadline for Spark Therapeutics again, the Swiss drugmaker announced on Friday, as the US and UK antitrust regulators needed extra time for reviewing the deal.
On Friday, crude oil price benchmarks were near a two month high level. The recent surge of oil was attributed to OPEC+ announcing production cuts.
On Friday, China's President Xi Jinping stated he would seek to work out the initial trade deal with the US, trying to avoid the trade war.
China's antitrust regulator has granted its approval for Boing's deal to acquire a majority stake in Brazil Embraer's commercial jet division, according to a regulator's statement seen on its website.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles has brushed off General Motors' lawsuit, as the company sees a merger deal with PSA Group by this year's end to build the fourth-largest carmaker in the world.
The US government has granted a licence to Microsoft Corp for an export of the 'mass-market' software to China's Huawei Technologies, according to Reuters.
Exxon Mobil is planning a sale of its gas and oil fields in Asia, Africa and Europe, worth $25B, as the energy company seeks to shift its focus to mega-projects, Reuters reported.
Unilever and Henkel, the consumer goods giants, as well as some of buyout funds, such as Advent and Cinven, consider to submit their bids for a couple of the US cosmetics maker Coty's popular beauty brands.
Adobe's rival Nitro Software announced on Friday it sought to raise A$110.2M ($74.78M) through its Australian initial public offering, planning to price the offering at A$1.72 per share.
On Thursday, the former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, submitted necessary papers to officially become the US presidential nominee.
On Thursday, Macy's Inc repeatedly lowered its profit forecast amid poor international tourism and unfavorable weather.
The US Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has finally approved on Thursday an expanded joint venture (JV) of Air France KLM SA, Delta Air Lines and Virgin Atlantic.
Xerox threatened with $33.5B hostile takeover bid for HP, if the PC maker did not agree to a discussion before the end of the month, after rejecting a $22 per share offer.
Exxon Mobil was accelerating the largest asset sales within plans to divest nearly $25B of gas and oil fields in Asia, Europe and Africa, focusing on projects at home and abroad.
Greece anticipated its economy to expand 2.8% in 2020, supported by tax cuts, improved domestic demand and higher investments, as the country recovers from a debt crisis.
German cartel authority announced on Thursday that it is fining BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen for forming an unlawful steel cartel.
On Thursday, Aircraft lease company SMBC Aviation Capital announced that it is not expecting a lift of the grounding of the 737 MAX airplanes until next year.
Data published by Reuters on Thursday, revealed that, despite trade tensions between the EU and the US, German exports to the United States have increased.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Chinese officials invited the United States to another round of trade negotiations.
By the middle of Thursday's European trading, stock indices in Europe declined to a three week low level. The decline was attributed to a sell off that followed the recent touch of historical high levels.
Crude oil prices took a beating on Thursday, as tensions between Washington and Beijing over the Hong Kong protests threatened to undermine their trade talks.
On Thursday, global equity markets edged lower, as the US-China row over the Hong Kong crisis threatened to threaten trade deal hopes.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, SoftBank Group has approached Japan's top banks, namely, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial, Mizuho Financial and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial to borrow $2.8B.
PayPal Holdings, the US payment processor, announced it is set to acquire the privately-owned rewards platform, called Honey Science Corp, in a deal valued at about $4.0B.