The Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov said on Friday the country would not expel Russian diplomats over spy poisoning, stating that such an action required more evidence.
The New York Stock Exchange has shown interest to acquire the Chicago Stock Exchange for $70M, the Wall Street Journal announced on Friday.
Japan's Toshiba Corp announced on Friday that the $18B sale of its chip unit could not be finalised until the end of March due to delays in anti-monopoly approval from China.
Bahar Energy Limited, a subsidiary of the US-based Greenfields Petroleum, is set to implement five waterflood pilots for drilling in the Bahar gas field in Azerbaijan next year.
The Competition Commission of Singapore suspects that the sale of Uber Technologies Inc's operations in Southeast Asia to its rival company Grab is likely to infringe competition.
The Chinese Finance Ministry reported on Friday that it had cut taxes for semiconductor companies in order to reduce the country's dependency on imported chips.
The INSEE reported on Friday that its preliminary CPI rose 1.0% month-over-month in March, after remaining on hold in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.8%.
French consumer spending rose 2.4% in March, following the preceding month's fall of 1.9% and surpassing analysts' expectations for an increase of 2.2%.
The MLIT reported on Friday that housing starts fell 2.6% in February, after dropping 13.2% in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated a decline of 4.1%.
Reis, a leading real estate research company, reported that the US apartment vacancy rate rose to 4.7% in the first quarter of 2018.
Reis, a leading real estate research company, reported that the US apartment vacancy rate rose to 4.7% in the first quarter of 2018.
The value of global acquisitions and mergers totalled $1.2T in the March quarter of 2018, the strongest on record.
Japan's hosehold spending likely increased for the second month in succession in February, though cold weather and higher food prices would slow the growth pace, a Reuters poll revealed.
Indonesia is expected to offer a simplified program for tax holidays in the following week, with PT Pertamina, the national oil firm, to be the first to benefit.
China's smartphone maker Huawei Technologies reported a 28% increase in net profit of 2017, driven by strong performance in the domestic market and cost controls.
The Chinese Foreign Exchange Regulator anticipated cross-border capital flows to keep being stable and current account surplus to be at the reasonable level this year.
Taro Aso, the Finance Minister of Japan, stated that Japan must not enter a free trade agreement with the US to correct trade imbalances.
Under Amour stated that data from nearly 150M MyFitnessPal fitness and diet application accounts was compromised in February, sending the company's shares down 3% in after-hours trade.
The Japanese unemployment rate fell to 2.5% in February from the preceding month's 2.4%, while analysts held expectations for an increase to 2.6%.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported that core consumer prices in the city of Tokyo rose 0.8% in March, whereas analysts anticipated a climb of 0.9%.
Facebook stated that it begun the "fact-checking" videos and photos to diminish false news stories and hoaxes, which plagued the social media network.
The US President Donald Trump stated that implementation of his infrastructure plan would likely has to wait up to the congressional elections in November.
Microsoft stated that Terry Myerson, the company's Vice President of Windows and devices businesses, is expected to leave due to the main management reshuffle, which put the focus on cloud products.
The US economy is expected to expand at a 2.4% yearly growth pace in the Q4, following reports on advanced personal spending and trade data, the Atlanta Fed stated.