The SoftBank-backed ride-hailing Grab is considering to sign merger deals with Indonesia's digital payments firm OVO and Ant Financial-backed DANA, as it seeks to build heft and power with the help of these firms and overtake Gojek.
The US lawmakers renewed fights with the US President Donald Trump on Tuesday over the border wall funding and women's reproductive health programs.
According to the Wall Street Journal report, Charles Schwab Corp, a discount brokerage company, planned to cut about 3% of its workforce. The company spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday.
The UK opposition Labour Party has unveiled plans to create the Ministry of Employment Rights, which would deliver greater job security and better wages.
According to the Mexican government corruption watchdog, Manuel Bartlett, the head of national power utility company, was under investigation over declaration of assets and interests.
The US job openings dropped for a second month in succession 31K to 7.2M positions in July due to decreases in the federal government and wholesale trade, bolstering views that job rise already peaked, the JOLTS report showed.
IBM was joining forces with Germany's research institute to explore the quantum computing's potential in a project backed by the government in Berlin with $717M over two years.
Optimism among the US small-business owners declined in August to the lowest in five months, with the NFIB's Index at 103.1 points, below the median estimate.
The German construction sector lifted its outlook, expecting revenue growth of 8.7% in 2019, remaining the one of the main growth drivers in the economy.
The UK workers received the biggest pay increases in 11 years, as the total earnings growth grew 4% year-on-year, while the jobless rate fell back to the lowest since 1970.
German HDE retail association confirmed its expecations that sales ar elikely to increase 2% this year to $593.34B to mark a tenth year of growth in succession.
On Tuesday, Mallinckrodt Plc stated it was set for its BioVectra unit sale to the private equity group H.I.G. Capital in a deal worth up to $250M, after the drugmaker played down its bankruptcy concerns due to opioid litigation uncertainties.
Hungary may roll out its high-speed 5G service already this year if the business goes according to a plan, the UN internet and telecoms agency's head stated on Tuesday.
During Tuesday's Asian trading session, stock indices declined due to the publication of a decline of Chinese producer prices.
On Tuesday, Germany's Finance Minister Olaf Scholz stated an agreement in the US-China trade dispute was urgently needed, as companies across the world were seeking for an improvement sign.
On Tuesday, Boris Johnson, the recently-elected British Prime Minister, stated he would not delay Brexit planned for October 31, despite the lawmakers have rejected his request for an early national election for the second time this week.
Repsol SA, the Spanish oil giant, has entered talks to acquire Exxon Mobil's deepwater assets in the US Gulf of Mexico in a potential deal worth around $1.0B, according to sources with the knowledge of the matter.
On Monday, a US Federal Judge issued the order to Facebook to face most of its US lawsuits that seek compensation for private data being sold to third parties.
On Tuesday, Reuters published the opinion of an Australian asset manager, which stated that nearly $168 billion of pension fund money would flow abroad due to lack of local investment options.
During Tuesday's Asian trading session, crude oil price benchmarks reached a six-week high level.
Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs Group are teaming up to feature the investment lender's trading analytics on a service, launched on Monday by the financial information firm, for forex trades that are made by using algorithms on Bloomberg's terminal.
Uber Technologies' restaurant delivery business Uber Eats announced on Monday it would discontinue its service in South Korea due to toughening competition in one of the world's largest online food delivery markets.
The British airline easyJet has confirmed its interest on Monday in the collapsed carrier Aigle Azur-owned operations at the Paris Orly airport, as the airline had filed for bankruptcy, suspending its flights last week and leaving 19K of passengers stranded.
The UK economy expanded more than anticipated July,with a 0.3% rise in output, the ONS reported on Monday, dampening fears of the first recession since the crisis as the Brexit crisis escalated.