The economy of South Korea contracted in the Q4, as industrial production and car exporters failed to sustain the prior quarter's pace, posting the weakest performance in nine years.
Qualcomm has signed sales memorandums of understanding with China's smartphone makers Xiaomi, Lenovo, vivo and OPPO to supply RFFE solutions worth $2B during the next three years.
Ford Motor reported a weaker-than-anticipated net profit for the quarter, affected by higher costs of commodities and unfavourable FX rates, expecting stronger hit in 2018.
LG Electronics announced that it would hike prices of the majority of the company's washing machines in the US, just after tariffs on imported washers were imposed.
Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of Uber, is expected to visit India, Japan next month, aiming to enhance the image of ride-hailing firm in the region.
The South Korean firm SK Hynix reported the record-high profit in the Q4 of 2017, predicting demand for memory chips to surge further this year.
A former-CIA official reported Seoul was worried that the United States might launch an attack on North Korea.
On Thursday, North Korea called for "all Koreans" on both sides of the border to "smash all challenges" and unify the Korean Peninsula.
The wireless POS terminal market was worth around $6.73bn in 2017, while its growth potential is $13bn by 2023, a report by ResearchAndMarkets.com showed on Wednesday.
The White House is set to publish a legislative framework for the immigration bill on Monday.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is set to investigate the crash of a semi-autonomous Tesla vehicle which occurred on Monday.
While attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, several EU leaders warned about the increasing popularity of nationalism, thus calling for greater cooperation.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that isolation and protectionism would not resolve the challenges the world is facing.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe revealed that he was going to attend the next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
According to the data released by the US Energy Information Administration, crude oil inventories dropped 1.1M barrels in the week ended January 19.
Data released by the US National Association of Realtors showed that existing home sales slumped 3.6% to a seasonally-adjusted yearly pace of 5.57M units over the course of December.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday that the unemployment rate in the United Kingdom held steady at 4.3% in November.
Markit reported on Wednesday that its flash services PMI for the Euro zone topped economists' expectations, surging to 57.6 points in January.
According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, the UK average weekly earnings (in nominal terms) increased 2.5% year-on-year in November.
Markit's Euro zone flash manufacturing PMI dropped below the 60-point mark, slipping to 59.6 points in January and missing analysts' expectations for a 60.4-point reading.
On Wednesday, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the European partners that Turkey was an aggressive neighbour, which behaviour Greece could not appreciate.
JPMorgan Chase was planning its African presence expansion into Kenya and Ghana, the company's CEO Jamie Dimon stated on Wednesday.
General Electric posted a $10B loss and a 5% drop in its Q4 revenue driven by the earlier announced charges for insurance taxes and losses.
On Wednesday, Apple added new features to its iOS 11.3 to show device's battery health and make recommendations if it requires to be serviced.