Swatch Group is expecting a return to "healthy growth" for 2017 after net profit slumped 47% to 593M Swiss francs in 2016.
As Spanish crops were hit by flooding and cold weather, the UK Tesco and Morrisons decided to introduce buying limits to avoid running out of certain products.
The country's Environment and Natural Resources department ordered the closure of mines that were found to contaminate watersheds. The decision is said to affect 1.2M people.
On its first post-holiday working day the country's central bank raised the seven-, 14- and 28-day repo rates by 10 basis points and reportedly increased the SLF rate to 3.1%.
In its filing Snap sought to raise $3B, but cautioned that it expected to continue to post operating losses and that majority of voting stock would remain with its co-founders.
On Thursday, the US stocks closed lower and the US Dollar index partially recovered from its two-month low, amid President Trump's comments about replacing the NAFTA.
Due to Iran's recent ballistic missile test, the US is anticipated to sanction several Iranian entities by Saturday without violating the 2015 nuclear deal, an anonymous source reported on Thursday.
Scottish parliament decided to vote on the Article 50 triggering that would formally launch the process of Brexit, even if the vote is not required.
The US President Donald Trump revealed a desire to speed up talks for a new trade deal with Mexico and Canada.
Eleven people died in four separate air strikes by the US-led coalition fighting against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria between October 25 and December 9.
A Romanian minister resigned after hundreds of thousands of anti-corruption demonstrators took to the streets in the biggest mass protest in Romania since the fall of communism.
The South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics is about to build a plant for consumer appliances in the US as a response to Donald Trump's imports reproval.
Nokia posted strong quarterly results showing its profits declined less than analysts expected due to Alcatel-Lucent purchase and expense curb.
On Thursday, prices for oil edged up, amid news of OPEC cutting production outweighing an increase in US crude stocks.
On Thursday, due to a a swiftly adopted government order in Romania that could amnesty a number of officials accused of corruption, led to the country's largest protest since 1989, causing Florin Jianu, minister of business, to resign.
At least 30 civilians, including 10 children and women, were killed in the US President Donald Trump's first raid in Yemen.
The Federal Reserve's inability to provide any clues concerning the interest rate hikes this year during its meeting on Wednesday lead to a drop in the US stock index futures on Thursday.
Earlier today the Bank of England was reluctant to make any interest rate changes while the UK economy adjusts to Brexit, also providing a rather upbeat outlook towards the economic situation in 2017.
On Thursday, due to a a swiftly adopted government order in Romania that could amnesty a number of officials accused of corruption, led to the country's largest protest since 1989, causing Florin Jianu, minister of business, to resign.
On Thursday, prices for oil edged up, amid news of OPEC cutting production outweighing an increase in US crude stocks.
On Thursday, the Syrian army declared its intention to keep advancing against ISIL to the city of al-Bab in order to get ahead of a separate military group, backed by Turkey, which also seeks to take hold of al-Bab.
According to the Unite Nations food agency's report on Thursday, global food prices edged up in January, almost reaching a two-year high. Future prospects suggest prices will continue to rise during the year.
Oil companies may face great financial woes as demand for fossil fuels plunges amid growing popularity of electric cars.
Apple Inc. is creating its own brand new chip for Mac computers, iPhones and iPad processors as it plans to outclass the current Intel CPU.