China's President Xi Jinping is expected to travel to Spain next week for his official visit, which would to focus on tourism and trade.
The EU and Britain agreed a draft deal, setting out a relationship after Brexit, though wrangling with Spain on Gibraltar control must be settled before EU leaders' meeting on Sunday in order to rubber-stamp the pact.
Bruno Le Maire, France's Economy Minister, and his Japan's counterpart Hiroshige Seko have reaffirmed this Thursday their backing for the Nissan-Renault alliance, after Nissan's Chairman Carlos Ghosn had been ousted earlier that day.
On Thursday, the German carrier Lufthansa has dismissed a report that Ulrik Svensson, its Chief Financial Officer, was set to step down, adding the company sought to extend the contract with him.
France and Germany are set to close a deal with Dassault Aviation and Airbus to launch the development of the next-generation fighter jet scheduled for early 2019.
According to NASA, SpaceX's crew rocket is set to conduct its first flight to the International Space Station on January 7, starting from the Kennedy Space Center located in Florida.
The Chinese company Shanghai RAAS has entered talks with the Spanish blood products firm Grifols' US division, as it is planning to combine the two companies.
On Thursday, France implemented travel bans and other sanctions on 18 of Saudi citizens related to the Jamal Khashoggi's killing, the French Foreign Ministry stated.
The Chinese group HNA's Dream Jet, which had been put up for a sale, raised interest from wealthy Middle East investors and foreign governments; however, the high price tag makes the company hard to sell.
Nissan Motor's board has voted unanimously on Thursday to oust the Chairman Carlos Ghosn, after he had been arrested due to allegations of financial misconduct.
Nokia's head of the mobile networks, Marc Rouanne, is set to resign from his position in the Finnish firm amid management restructuring with a focus on the 5G market and will be replaced by Tommi Uitto.
On Thursday, Germany's Bundeskartellamt, the federal cartel office, stated it was seeing a final decision on the Facebook EU probe in the early 2019.
The top Japan's wireless carriers are set to reduce the price for Apple's iPhone XR smartphone as soon as the next week, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal published on Thursday.
On Thursday, Amazon.com has resumed its operations on the US website to the Australian shoppers after customers' backlash, the company announced.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Italy Giuseppe Conte urged all involved parties to tone down the discussions about the Italian 2019 budget. Meanwhile, the European Commission has taken first disciplinary measures against the Italian government.
It was reported on Thursday that the ambassadors of the European Union's 27 nations are working to reach a Brexit deal at the summit that is scheduled to occur on Sunday.
Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan is likely to meet Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Crown Prince, during their Argentina visit for the G20 meeting, according to Erdogan's spokesman.
The UK shopping centre Trafford Centre's owner Intu Properties stated on Thursday it had extended its deadline for suitors, including Whittaker's Peel Group, until November 30 to make the formal proposal for the company.
The US chipmaker Nvidia has closed separate deals with the Chinese electric vehicle companies, SF motors, Xpeng Motors and Singulato Motors, to provide its AI platform Xavier to develop the self-driving technology.
Germany's Volkswagen has closed a deal with the US semiconductor producer Broadcom, aiming to end a patent lawsuit worth billion-dollars, which pitted the automaker against its supplier.
East Timor has agreed to acquire a 26.56% stake of Royal Dutch Shell in the Greater Sunrise gas fields off the Australian northern coast for $300M.
The private equity group XIO is on verge to sell Israel's medical device and equipment firm Lumenis to the British company CVC Capital Partners for about $1.0B.
On Thursday, Steinhoff International stated its US arm Mattress Firm had exited from bankruptcy with the access to $525M in exit financing, during two months after filing for the Chapter 11 protection.
The largest gaming console and video game retailer in the world, GameStop, announced it would sell its business unit Spring Mobile to Prime Communications in a deal worth $700M.