The US job growth stalled last month, with the country's economy creating only 20K jobs, as retail and construction payrolls declined, which could increase concerns over a sharp fall in economic activity.
Germany's regional utility EWE has launched the sale of its 26% minority stake, with potential suitors awaited to express their interest by March 21 until 100 GMT.
On Friday, DowDuPont announced its board had approved split of the material science unit, which name would be changed for Dow, starting from April 1.
Germany's wholesaler Metro is seeking for a sale of the company's loss-making hypermarkets chain Real within the next two months, its CEO Olaf Koch announced on Friday.
Michelin, the French tire maker, stated it had acquired an 88% stake in the Indonesian peer firm Multistrada Arah Sarana in a deal valued at $480M, boosting its presence in the Asian market.
On Friday, Chinese content regulator has granted its approval to the 95 video games monetisation, including titles from NetEase and Tencent Holdings.
Tesla has entered an agreement with the Chinese lenders for a %521M worth 12-month facility for the electric automaker's Gigafactory in Shanghai, securing new banks commitments to invest in the US.
Three consortiums have made their bids, seeking for a $1.6B worth construction of a gas pipeline in Bulgaria to carry Russia's natural gas across the country, according to Bulgartransgaz.
Linde, Germany's industrial gases group, agreed for a sale of its South Korea assets to the local PE company IMM in a deal worth $1.15B, two people with knowledge on the matter stated on Friday.
The Swedish Crown on Friday reached a sixteen year low level. The reason for the fall was the announcement that the central bank of Sweden will continue its monetary stimulating policy.
On Friday, the Chinese firm Touchstone Capital Partners announced that it will invest fifteen billion EUR in the building of a rail tunnel between Helsinki and Tallinn.
On Friday, Airbus shares plunged 1.7% on a report of the European planemaker's weak order figures.
Uber had to pay about $2.6M to settle the Dutch case, as the company offered taxi service with no licence in the country in 2014-2015, the Netherlands authorities stated on Friday.
Yamana Gold has tied up with other miners, Goldcorp and Glencore, to develop Yamana's Agua Rica copper and gold mine in Argentina by using facilities and infrastructure of the all firms' existing venture.
Cable operator Altice USA is considering possible options for the Lightpath fiber division, including a sale to large corporations, which could potentially value the company at $3.0B, sources reported.
The engineering and construction firm known for building subways and airports, The Parsons Corporation, filed for the US initial public offering that could value the firm at around $3.0B.
On Thursday, one of the largest hedge funds in the world, Citadel, announced it would close its Aptigon Capital stock unit after two years it had launched the equities division, while its CEO Eric Felder was set to leave the company.
Chief Executives of Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank revived their talks about a potential merger deal of the Germany's two largest lenders, according to a Focus magazine report seen on Friday.
Airbnb, the home-renting company, stated it had acquired an app for finding discounted hotel rooms, HotelTonight, for an undisclosed amount, amid the company's expansion into the hotel-booking business to lure more travellers.
On Thursday, the US special envoy for Venezuela Elliott Abrams threatened to impose sanctions on banks and other financial institutions working with Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro.
According to report revealed by the General Administration of Customs, China's imports of iron ore in February dropped to 83.08M tonnes, thus hitting the 10 month low.
The China's General Administration of Customs reported on Friday that the country's exports in February hit the three year low, thus reflecting the gradual slowdown of the world's second economy.
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, in February China imported only 17.6M tonnes of coal, compared to the 33.50M tonnes in January.
India is set to keep buying Iran's oil at the current 300K bpd level, as it negotiated with Washington over extending the waiver of the US sanctions past early May, two sources said.