On Tuesday, Verizon Communications reported lower-than-expected Q4 revenue estimates, but said it had almost doubled its new wireless subscribers, meeting analysts' forecasts.
On Tuesday, Lockheed Martin, the main Pentagon's supplier, reported it had missed analysts' expectations for the quarterly profit, forecasting this year's earnings below estimates, bringing its shares down 1% in early trading.
On Tuesday, Pfizer stated it was forecasting its 2019 results on profit, sales and revenue below the Wall Street estimates, following its patent loss on the company's pain treatment that year.
Venezuela's opposition leader Juan Guaido stated his movement could gain a peaceful transition from the President Nicolas Maduro, as well as free elections.
The EU Parliament Committee is seen to support a visa-free travel to Europe for Britons after the UK withdrawal from the bloc, regardless the outcome of the Brexit deal.
Trump's Administration imposed sanctions against Venezuela's state-held oil company PDVSA, curbing its exports to the US and escalating Washington's pressure on the President Nicolas Maduro.
On Tuesday, Xerox Corp reported it had beaten its Q4 profit estimates on cutting costs, while its revenue plunged more-than-expected due to businesses keeping trimming their spending on photocopiers and printers.
Facebook's photo-sharing app Instagram stated a partial outage, which hit some of the social network users, had been fixed and the service was fully functional again.
Wynn Resorts agreed to a settlement in regards to Nevada Gaming Control Board's disciplinary complaint filed against the company's ex-CEO Steve Wynn over sexual misconduct.
China's HBIS Group is set to acquire Tata Steel's production holdings in Southeast Asia, as part of the company's plan to expand its steelmaking capacity internationally.
The loss-making Norwegian Air is seeking to attract $353M in its share sale with intention to boost its finances.
On Tuesday, the Dutch nutrition firm DSM NV stated it would establish joint venture with China's biochemicals firm Nenter&Co to produce vitamin E, seeking to pay $154.45M to Nenter to buy its Chinese facilities.
On Tuesday, the German business software group SAP stated it was eager to undertake a wide restructuring to boost its business transformation, due to missing results on the company's profits and revenue guidance in 2018.
Crest Nicholson is estimating a "difficult" first-half of 2019, after the UK housebuilder reported a 15% drop in its full-year profit, tumbled due to the Brexit uncertainty, which is hurting demand.
The venture capital-backed fintech companies attracted a record $39.57B globally last year, up 120% from the preceding year, according to the CB Insights research published on Tuesday.
Faurecia, the French auto parts company, is set to launch a tender offer on January 30 to buy out the Japanese car navigation system developer Clarion on the back of its previous announcement of the firm's takeover worth $1.3B.
The US Federal Trade Commission has granted its approval with conditions to the proposed $482.7M merger of Staples and Essendant, the office supply distributors.
Two US House panels have set February 13 as the date for the joint hearing on Sprint and T-Mobile's proposed $26B merger deal and its possible impact on consumers.
Thermo Fisher Scientific, the world's biggest scientific instruments maker, is planning a sale of its anatomical pathology arm in an all-cash deal worth $1.14B, it announced late on Monday.
The private equity group specialising in acquiring tech companies, Thoma Bravo, raised $12.6B for the firm's latest flagship fund, Orlando Bravo, the managing partner, stated late on Monday, due to higher investor demand for takeover deals in this sector.
Intel is expected to invest $11B on a chip plant in Israel, the country's Finance Minister stated, adding that it would bring thousands of jobs to the South.
The index of business conditions in Australia weakened markedly in December as profits, employment and sales took a turn for the worse, a disappointing year end that only added to concerns for 2019.
AT&T is set to cut some jobs in the company's declining segments, while hiring more staff in faster-growing areas of the business, an AT&T spokesman stated.
The US maker of home appliances Whirlpool Corp stated that the company's 2019 adjusted revenue and profit are set to increase less than expected amid higher costs, tax bill and a strong dollar.