The International Monetary Fund expects the Brazilian economy to contract 5.8% in 2020 and expand 2.8% in 2021, a statement published by the IMF shows.
Consumer prices in South Korea increased by 1% in September, compared to the same period the previous year, data published by the Statistics Korea show.
Twilio, the cloud customer data start-up, announced it would acquire Segment, the customer data platform, in an all-stock deal worth $3.2B, sending Twilio's shares up over 9% to $335.
On Monday, the Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda announced that he sees no need for a negative income tax.
Britain and Japan are likely to sign their Economic Partnership Agreement on October 23, aiming at the deal to come into force starting January 1, 2021.
On Monday, IAG boss Luis Gallego has appointed Aer Lingus director Sean Doyle as a new CEO of British Airways to immediately replace Alex Cruz.
During Monday's European trading hours, after last week's surge, crude oil prices retraced back down.
Mitsui & Co , the Japanese trading house, is planning to sell all the remaining stakes in its coal-fired power plants by 2030 as it shifts focus from coal to gas, aiming at achieving its net zero emission goal by 2050.
General Motors reported its Q1 China vehicle sales grew as much as 12% compared to the same period last year, the carmaker's first such a growth in last two years.
Hyundai Motor is planning to expand its recall of Kona electric vehicles by tripling its number to around 51K units in China, Europe, North America and other markets, as cars' battery cells pose fire risks.
TikTok's rival Triller Inc has entered talks with blank-check acquisition firms over a potential merger that could take the US short-video app public, Reuters reported on Monday.
On Sunday, Iran's Rial declined to a record low against the US Dollar, as coronavirus deaths toll hit a new daily high.
According to government officials, the Prime Minister of Czech Republic Andrej Babis would tighten COVID-19 rules from Wednesday to tackle a growing coronavirus crisis.
Keren Turner-Eyal, the head of the Israeli Finance Ministry, announced on Sunday that she would resign in the next few weeks.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson is expected to unveil new COVID-19 rules on Monday to combat the growing coronavirus pandemic.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Triller, the US TikTok competitor, holds talks with acquisition companies over a merger that would it to become public.
BHP, Chevron, Shell and other major oil companies renewed oil extraction in the Gulf of Mexico after the deadly hurricane.
The People's Bank of China is set to lower the reserve requirement ratio for financial institutions when making some FOREX operations forwards trading to 0 with effect from Monday.
The EU new trade chief told the US to drop tariffs over more than $7B of EU products or face extra duties on exports to Europe, urging a settlement to the Airbus-Boeing dispute.
EQT AB, the European private equity company, was considering an acquisition of Dutch phone firm Royal KPN in its largest-ever takeover of $11B, sources said.
Apple's new 5G iPhone may experience coverage issues in the UK, The Telegraph newspaper reported, citing industry insiders.
The UK is set to seek every avenue for the trade agreement with the EU, though but progress to bridge gaps needs to be made in the coming days, Britain's PM Boris Johnson stated.
German carmaker Volkswagen's Audi unit announced expectations for lower sales this year despite strong results in the Q3, Automobilwoche cited the head of the division.
Japan's automaker Nissan Motor reported that its sales in China grew 5.1% in September from a year earlier, to 141.5K vehicles.