Germany's investment group Haniel received an antitrust approval to sell a 7.3% stake in the retailer Metro AG to a Czech-Slovak investor, the company stated on Thursday.
China's tech giant Tencent and the private equity group KKR are set to invest up to $175M for the minority stake in the Philippine PLDT's financial technology unit, both companies announced yesterday.
On Thursday, the holding group of the Italian Benetton family, Edizione, announced it had sold 20% of its stake in Spanish tower firm Cellnex to the Abu Dhabi fund ADIA's unit.
Canada's social media analytics platform Hootsuite is considering a sale that could potentially value the company at over $750M, sources familiar with the situation reported.
On Thursday, the newspaper Tronc announced it would rename itself back as Tribune Publishing, effective October 9 and was set to trade under the new TPCO ticker, starting October 10.
Poland and Hungary announced on Thursday they filed a claim to the European Court of Justice to dispute new more rigid regulations of the European Union on the employment labourers from low-income EU states.
On Friday morning, the value of largest Chinese hardware companies sufficiently decreased, including a 23% drop of Lenovo, amid reports that American companies' systems had been penetrated with chips of Chinese intelligence agents.
According to report published by Bloomberg, Wells Fargo & Co is planning to issue its first after-crisis $441M prime mortgage bond without state's backing.
Crude oil prices increased by 50 cents or 0.7% on Friday, reaching $74.83 a barrel, as traders concentrated on the upcoming supply tightening caused by American sanctions against Iran.
Samsung Electronics stated quarterly operating profit is likely to surge by a fifth to reach a record high, with the chip unit supported by robust demand from data centres.
Costco Wholesale quarterly sales hardly beat analysts' forecasts, as growth in online business weakened, while gross margins declined on higher investments and rising costs.
Inflation-adjusted real wages of Japanese workers fell in August for the first time in four-month period in a setback to expectations that consumer spending is likely to accelerate and support economic expansion.
The Japanese household spending increased markedly in August at the strongest annual pace in three-year period, as bigger bonuses fuelled consumption.
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait provided $2.3B to Jordan to support the country's economy, a statement by the Ministry of Finance shows.
Morocco and Russia hold the 7th session of the Joint Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation Committee in Rabat to strengthen cooperation between the countries.
Iran will overcome the US economic sanctions against the country, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vows.
Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens prepare to head to the polls on October 7 to elect members of the presidency, the country's Central Election Commission reports.
On Thursday, the US Ambassador to the WTO Dennis Shea rejected some of the proposals made by the EU regarding the possible reform of the World Trade Organisation.
On Thursday, the International Monetary Fund claimed that Japan faces increased financial risks because of the global trade tensions and uncertainty regarding the planned increase of sales tax.
On Thursday, the President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan claimed that the referendum on Turkey's accession to the EU may suit the country, although this step needs to be discussed.
On Thursday, the former Foreign Minister of the UK Boris Johnson welcomed the proposal from the European Council President Donald Tusk which would suggest Canada-style Brexit deal between EU and the UK.
The United Arab emirates, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia are set to sign an aid deal to provide Bahrain with up to $10B financial support, according to the Kuwait's newspaper Al Rai.
Blackstone Group announced on Thursday it was planning to acquire Clarus, the global life sciences investment company, amid the investment manager's intention to expand in the healthcare sector.
Emirates stated on Thursday it would cut the number of its flights by third during 45 days in 2019, as two runways at the Dubai International Airport would be closed for repair work.