The unemployment in Brazil increased to 13.5% in 2020, the highest level since 2012, data published by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics show.
The government plans to provide $7B of additional grants to support businesses hit by pandemic lockdowns, the British finance minister Rishi Sunak says.
The logistics sector in China expanded 3.5% in 2020, compared to the previous year, data published by the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing show.
Manufacturing activity in China expanded in February, but at a slower pace, compared to the previous month, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.
Online brokerage Robinhood confirmed that US regulators had launched a probe into its trading curbs on its "meme stocks" after GameStop and other similar companies' shares surged during a social short-squeeze fuelled by media.
The US House of Representatives approved on Saturday the President Joe Biden's plan worth $1.9 trillion to address the economic and human toll of the coronavirus pandemic.
Robinhood, the online brokerage based in California, is seeking to file for a confidential initial public offering in March, according to Bloomberg News.
Boeing's CEO is asked to testify in a litigation over the 737 MAX jet crash in Ethiopia amid pressure from relatives of the disaster's victims, a court filing showed.
The G20 members agreed on Friday to continue expansionary policies in order to help world economy to overcome the negative effect of the pandemic.
The Mexican President Andres Obrador stated on Saturday that he would try to negotiate a deal with the US to get guarantees for Mexican workers.
India's Reliance Industries partnered with Google, Facebook and the fintech player Infibeam over setting up a global digital payment network, according to the Economic Times newspaper's report published on Saturday.
Etsy's CEO Josh Silverman stated the e-commerce retailer had no plans to accept bitcoin as a payment form right now, unless it gained a more widespread use among customers in the retail sector.
Niu Technologies has entered talks with the ride-hailing firm Gojek over its electric scooters supply to raise market share in the Southeast Asia, Niu's CEO said to Reuters.
SoftBank Group stated it had reached settlement with the WeWork's ex-CEO Adam Neumann and the company's special committee in their legal battle related to WeWork's acquisition in 2019.
AMC Entertainment Holdings said it had granted an approval of millions in bonuses to the theatre operator's eligible employees and top executives with intention to preserve the stockholder value amid the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Economic Times, India's Reliance formed a parthership with Google, Facebook and Infibeam in order to build a local digital payment network.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc stated on Saturday that the company's operational quarterly profit increased 14%.
On Friday, Citigroup Inc added $390M in operational costs in the last year's Q4 after losing the Revlon case.
The heads of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines called the US government on Friday to support greener aviation fuel.
On early Saturday, the US House of Representatives voted for Joe Biden's $1.9T COVID-19 relief plan.
The online brokerage Robinhood seeks to file for a confidential initial public offering already in March, according to a Bloomberg News report.
Elon Musk, Tesla's Chief Executive Officer, said the carmaker's US factory Fremont had been closed on this week's Monday and Tuesday amid "parts shortages", sending Tesla's shares down 8% on the news.
Finance ministers and central bank governors of G20 vowed to continue to work more closely to accelerate the global economic recovery, the Italian presidency of the G20 group announced on Friday.
As reported by Bloomberg News on Friday, Bank of America would give its employees in the US a paid time off to get the coronavirus vaccine.