The Bank of Japan announced its decision to keep rates steady at a negative 0.1%, remaining convinced that massive stimulus program would help inflation to reach the target.
The US Energy Information Administration reported a smaller-than-expected change in natural gas storage in the week ended March 3, 2018.
On Thursday, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority said that it did not want to issue bills to prop up the domestic currency until it reaches the limits of its trading.
Chinese authorities have approved the upcoming IPO of subsidiary of Taiwanese Foxconn, one of the biggest contract electronics makers in the world, on Shanghai Stock Exchange.
According to a memo released on Thursday, Snapchat is set to slash over 120 engineers and reorganise its staff in a major company reshuffle.
According to one of the Social Democratic Party representatives, Germany's Minister of Justice Heiko Maas will be appointed as the new Minister for Foreign Affairs in a new coalition government led by Angela Merkel.
On Thursday, Italian president Sergio Mattarella called for Italian politicians to act responsibly after the Italian general election on May 4, 2018, when parties will need to unify to form a new government.
On Thursday, Indian airlines SpiceJet Ltd, AirAsia India and Jet Airways claimed that they were planning to add new aircrafts to their fleet as they look for an expansion in the fastest-growing airlines market in the world.
On Thursday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who is visiting the UK this week, met with HSBC group chief executive John Flint and Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters.
The US Department of Labour reported that seasonally-adjusted initial jobless claims jumped 21K to 231K over the week ended March 3.
According to the data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday, the country's building permits were up 5.6% for the month of January.
The UK-based investment company Melrose Industries plc has received an approval from its shareholders and the EU to carry on with the £7B hostile bid for the engineering group GKN.
According to a report by the Wall Street Journal, the Trump administration was seeking measures how to diminish the US trade deficit with China by $100B.
The US State Department approved a possible equipment sale worth $197M to upgrade the air operations centre of the Qatari Emiri Air Force.
On Thursday, Daimler stated it had bought a 3.93% stake in the BAIC Group's subsidiary Beijing Electric Vehicle as it seeks to deepen cooperation with the firm.
The EU missile maker's German unit MBDA and the US arms firm Lockheed Martin established a joint venture to expand a new missile and air defence system being discussed with Germany's military.
On Thursday, the German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel confirmed that he would not become a member of the new government and would be replaced by his successor on Friday.
On Thursday, the US health insurer Cigna stated it would acquire the pharmacy benefits firm Express Scripts Holding for around $54B, as the companies aim to cut costs.
According to the Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo Bruno Tshibala, the Presidential election to replace the President Joseph Kabila is still on course for the end of December.
Latvia's Prime Minister Maris Kucinskis pledged that the country would make more investments into bank monitoring, after Washington accused ABLV Bank of money-laundering.
China Resources Beer is in negotiations to clinch a deal to buy Heineken's China business that could be worth over $1B, as the Chinese biggest brewer aims at growth from the premium brands.
The German business software company SAP has admitted that it has had compliance breaches in dealing with the South African public sector.
The proposed US trade tariffs on steel and aluminum have been actually taken into account into the loan decisions of British Standard Chartered.
On Thursday, two South Korea's envoys are expected to arrive in the United States to meet the National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster to discuss an upcoming meeting with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un.