India has raised the import tax on the electronic devices such as cellphones and TV sets from 10% to 15%, in an effort to curb overseas' supplies and boost the domestic industry.
On Friday, Russia's Court found the former Minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukayev guilty of accepting a bribe from the Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.
Ryanair was planning to recognise pilot unions in a bid to halt the first strike in the company's history, saying it would bring a radical change to the Irish airline's structure.
The EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker considers that the second phase of the Brexit talks will be harder than the first phase, which has been a difficult one.
According to the Reuters poll, Singapore's exports growth is seen to have dropped in November, driven by the prior year's high base effect and a slowdown in electronics sales.
On Friday, the Russian Parliament's Upper House had set March 18 as the Presidential election date in the following year that was approved by the senators unanimously.
Ford's CEO Jim Hackett stated on Thursday that the carmaker was reviewing its products, following a strong rise in the consumer demand for its sports utility vehicles.
The Indonesian company Go-Jek acquired three fin-tech businesses amid expansion from the ride-hailing services into payments, the firm announced on Friday.
Uber's food-delivery service Uber Eats said it would start offering an insurance package with AXA to all its European couriers.
On Friday, the Toulouse-based aeronautical corporation Airbus announced its top management shake-up on the back of a long-lasting turmoil in the company.
Following concerns over the deterioration of human rights in China, the country published a report stating that its citizens have more civil and political rights than ever before.
On Friday, the Vice Finance Minister of South Korea said he expected strengthening ties with Beijing to boost South Korea's economic growth thanks to greater influx of tourists.
At a meeting with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in, the Chinese President Xi Jinping said that the North Korean crisis must be resolved through negotiations rather than war.
Late on Thursday, the President of Peru said he would not step down amid the scandal involving Odebrecht's payments to a company Kuczynski ran while holding public office 10 years ago.
The UK is set to seal a $1.34B worth of investment and trade agreements with China over the weekend visit by the BoE Chief Mark Carney, FM Philip Hammond and senior executives.
Walt Disney struck a deal to buy TV, film and international business from 21st Century Fox for $52.4 in stock, to make it able to compete with growing rivals Netflix and Amazon.com.
Japan's business confidence strengthened for the fifth quarter in succession in Q4 to reach an 11-year high, as the economy gathered momentum from higher corporate profits and robust exports.
The US President Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over the dangerous situation in North Korea and agreed on cooperation to resolve it.
The South African retail company Steinhoff said on Thursday that its major shareholder and CEO Christo Wiese was going to resign from his position.
Brazil was to delay a bill intended to reduce social benefits until February 19, 2018, a representative from the country's Congress said on Thursday.
The Governor of the Bank of Canada Stephen Poloz noted on Thursday that the Canadian economy was close to its full potential, thus requiring less stimulus in the future.
The Bank of Mexico increased its borrowing rate by 25 basis points to 7.25% on Thursday to reduce inflationary risks.
Teva Pharmaceutical has aimed to sell manufacturing plants, lay off at least 25% of its workforce and suspend dividends on ordinary shares to deal with its debts.
The value of Spotify has inched 20% higher and reached $19B during the last few months ahead of filing for the NYSE listing, outperforming many European and US tech indexes.