According to the RIA news agency, Russia's anti-monopoly agency (FAS) has given its preliminary consent to American oil giant Schlumberger to acquire up to 49% of Eurasia Drilling Co (EDC).
The former President of Liberia Johnson Sirleaf stated on Saturday that African leaders should listen to the needs of their citizens and stop counteracting "democratic transformation" of their countries' political systems.
The newly elected US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began on Saturday his first Middle East tour via visiting Saudi Arabia and discussing prospects of the Iran nuclear deal as well as situation in Syria.
The President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan unofficially began electoral campaign on Saturday in an attempt to beat the secular CHP opposition party's leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and become re-elected.
Representatives of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) started a four-day trip to Myanmar and Bangladesh on Saturday to meet with both countries officials and see with their own eyes the state of Rakhine.
The new European Commission's tax on digital turnover for large enterprise drew scepticism on weekend.
Second and third largest supermarkets chains of the UK, respectively, Sainsbury and Walmart's subsidiary Asda have closed a ten billion pound worth merger.
The Chinese company Fosun on Saturday opened its new luxury resort Atlantus Sanya, which has cost the company $1.74B.
The PM of Russia has expressed approval of the idea to make it a criminal action to observe the sanctions that US has imposed on Russia.
Russia's Oleg Deripaska, a sanctions-hit businessman, agreed in principle to cut his stake in the Russian firm En+ Group, which manages his hydropower and aluminium assets, to almost 50%.
Western Digital topped analysts' estimates, reporting its Q3 revenue surged to $5.01B from $4.65B, driven by a higher demand for memory chips the company uses in smartphones and PCs.
On Friday, the Alphabet's President Sergey Brin stated that technology firms must assume greater responsibility for their work's social impact on the back of the global awareness about digital services misuse.
Shareholders of China's white goods producer Qingdao Haier backed the IPO plans on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange's regulated market, seeking to boost the firm's financial strength and asset-liability ratio.
The President of the US Donald Trump has announced that the US will keep the sanctions on North Korea intact.
The state news agency of North Korea on Saturday praised the inter-Korean summit.
Hainan Airlines plans selling a fifth of its stake in Brazil's Azul to the United Continental's subsidiary Calfinco in a deal worth $138.3M, expecting to make a $42M profit after Azul's IPO in 2017.
The ride-hailing app Uber has restored its operations in the Austrian capital of Vienna, following a two-day suspension ruled by the court amid local taxi company's lawsuit against Uber.
The US wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US are finalising their deal terms, amid the companies' intention to complete the merger by Monday that would value Sprint at about $26B.
According to the Wall Street Journal's report on Friday, Boeing is getting closer to buy the aerospace parts firms KLX, as it seeks expansion into the aircraft-services business.
The Defence Minister of Australia Marise Payne ordered on Saturday to send P-8A Poseidon patrol aircraft to Japan to ensure that North Korean vessels do not carry on board goods prohibited by the UNSC resolutions.
The Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong stated on Saturday that deteriorating trade relations between the United States and China is one of the key concerns for Southeast Asian nations.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia Najib Razak has officially began to compete against his mentor Mahathir Mohamad for the post of country's leader despite various claims unjust electoral system and sabotage.
According to The Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale, China and India have decided to enhance communication between their security forces in order to avoid escalation of conflict at border.
A US Court has temporarily blocked the $6.1B merger between the Japanese Fujifilm Holdings Corp and the US-based Xerox Corp due to a filed lawsuit by one of Xerox's shareholders.