The Office for National Statistics stated on Friday that production in Britain's manufacturing sector rose 0.1% in January, missing expectations for a 0.2% increase.
US private companies created 313K new positions in February after adding 239K jobs in the prior month, topping analysts' forecasts for the reading of 205K.
Canada's economy added 15.4K new positions last month, compared to the drop of 88K in January, whereas analysts anticipated a gain of 21.3K new jobs.
The Turkish planned $20B Russian-built power factory may not face its deadline of 2023 due to Rosatom's struggles to find local partners.
The EU's Trade Chief stated that the bloc sought to be excluded from the US aluminium and steel tariffs, adding it would refer to the WTO to impose measures, in case Washington ignored the request.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the United States on Friday to exclude the European Union from steel tariffs imposition to defuse trade dispute.
On Friday, the Vatican stated that Pope Francis is planning a visit to the Baltic States in September, for the first time in 25 years.
Sky News reported on Thursday that the US private equity firm Blackstone and Shell were seeking for a joint $10B bid for the US shale assets from BHP Billiton.
According to the Austrian data protection authority, the part of America Movil's A1 Telekom Austria is accused of violating of data privacy rules, illegally storing its customers' data.
Companies in the Chinese metal industry said they opposed duties imposed by the Trump administration and urged China to take ‘resolute measures' against imports from the US.
The German industrial production fell by 0.1% in January, compared to the estimated 0.6% increase, attributed primarily to seasonal factors rather than an economic slowdown.
Germany's Social Democrats Party has revealed the new Finance and Foreign Ministers, appointing Olaf Scholz and Heiko Maas respectively earlier this week.
The Swiss bank UBS is planning to shift about 200 staff from London to Frankfurt, who got affected by Britain's decision to leave the European Union.
The Czech Republic Prime Minister stated on Thursday that Uber drivers would need to be licensed and get business certificates to operate in the country.
The US President Donald Trump stated he was ready to meet the North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un for the first time at the US-North Korea summit.
On Friday, Ford Motor reported its China vehicle sales plunged 30% year-on-year, according to the data release for the previous month, as the company continue struggling in the world's biggest car market.
Toshiba is expecting to complete its $18B memory chip business sale by June or as soon as it awaits China to grant the company an antitrust regulatory approval.
On Friday, the Japanese Kobe Steel appointed Mitsugu Yamaguchi as the company's President to replace Hiroya Kawasaki, who said he would resign on April 1.
According to Kyodo news agency, the Japanese National Tax Agency head Nobuhisa Sagawa intends to resign, following his alleged links to a cronyism scandal.
Wynn Resorts is set to pay $2.6B to settle a lawsuit with the Japanese Universal Entertainment, ending a year-long dispute between the casino mogul Steve Wynn and his ex-associate Kazuo Okada.
On Thursday, Twitter appointed Parag Agrawal as the company's new Chief Technology Officer, following the resignation of Anthony Noto last month.
Toyota's affiliate Denso is acquiring an extra 4.5% stake in the chipmaker Renesas Electronics in a deal worth $800M, amid carmakers' intention to adopt self-driving technologies.
Japanese aluminium industry called on the United States to withdraw new tariffs on aluminium and steel imports, amid concerns that the move could also hit the global trade.
China's consumer inflation surged to the highest level since late 2013 in February, largely due to increased prices of food, official report indicated.