PSA Group has vowed to shift Opel models onto their own technology faster than expected to secure savings from the acquisition and to improve their emissions performance.
Oil prices inched higher during the New York session, supported by the major exporters‘ supply cuts, as well as the continuing Saudi Arabia's political development concerns.
On Thursday, the President of France Emmanuel Macron decided to make an unexpected visit to Riyadh to meet with the Crown Prince to discuss crises in Yemen, Lebanon and other states in the region.
On Thursday, the US-based department store chain Macy's reported a larger-than-expected decline in comparable store sales in the third quarter of 2017.
The Saudi Arabian Oil Company, or Aramco, said on Thursday it had signed oil and gas deals worth $4.5B with European, US, Chinese, and UAE companies.
Data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday revealed the Canadian New Housing Price Index was up 0.2% in September, coming in line with analysts' estimates.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May is set to host talks on the Brexit effects with the European business leaders on Monday, November 13.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits surged 10K to 239K in the week ending November 4, beating analysts' expectations for a 232K rise.
Destatis reported on Thursday that the German trade surplus widened to €21.8B in September, from a downwardly revised €21.3B in August, and compared to market expectations of a €21.0B gap.
According to the SECO, the unemployment rate in Switzerland remained unchanged at 3.3% in October, fully meeting analysts' expectations for the rate to stay on hold.
The Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy stated that Spanish 2018 economic growth outlook could be revised down again on the back of the Catalan political crisis.
The former Lebanon Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri visited Riyadh to meet France's ambassador to Saudi Arabia and some other European Union, British and United States' diplomats.
According to Transparency International, Britain's shell firms were involved with 52 money laundering scandals in the past 14 years, involving at least $105B.
On Thursday, Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is set to assign new aid minister, following Priti Patel's resignation over unauthorised meetings with Israel's officials.
China Energy Investment Corp was to invest $83.7B in power, chemical and shale gas projects in West Virginia, the US state reported on Thursday.
The strong upside movement of world stocks lost its momentum on Thursday amid weakening of the Tokyo Stock Price Index and a slow start of European stocks.
Deutsche Telekom posted a 3.3% gain in the Q3 core profits and lifted its 2017 guidance, following the collapse of the US merger deal between its T-Mobile unit and Sprint.
South Korea is eager to slap German carmakers Mercedes-Benz, Porsche and BMW with $63.1M fine over breach of emission rules, the Ministry of Environment stated.
South Korea's President Moon Jae-in is aimed to strengthen relations with Southeast Asia in an effort to prevent the halt of country's reliance on its trading partners like the US and China.
On Thursday, Catalonia's Parliament speaker Carme Forcadell will appear before the Spanish Supreme Court in Madrid to answer charges of sedition and rebellion over the banned independence referendum.
The UK telecoms giant Vodafone is eager to partner with CityFibre as the companies seek to bring ultrafast broadband in Britain to about 5M homes and business by 2025.
SpaceX is planning to launch Turkish satellites Turksat 5A and 5B with the Falcon 9 rockets of the Airbus subcontractor, Turkey's Transport Minister stated on Thursday.
India's capital of New Delhi announced a pollution emergency on Thursday, banning the construction activity and the trucks entry after three days of a toxic smog hung over the city for three days.
China's top coal miner Yangkuan and the US industrial gas supplier Air Products & Chemicals are planning to build a $3.5B coal-to-synthesis gas factory in China.