On Wednesday, hundreds supporters of the President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, seeking to overturn Trump's election defeat, Reuters reported, with the chaos causing fours deaths and 52 people arrested.
Comcast Corp has appointed Dana Strong as Sky Group's new CEO to replace Jeremy Darroch after he steps down from the role.
China's Alibaba Group is planning to attract at least $5B via the US dollar-denominated bond sale this month due to regulatory scrutiny related to the co-founder Jack Ma's empire.
Amazon.com is planning to spend $2.0B to build 20K affordable housing units in US regions near its three major offices.
Facebook has removed its "likes" button from public pages used and owned by brands, public figures and artists, the social media giant announced in a recent statement.
The US government is considering to add Tencent Holding and Alibaba Group Holding to the stock ban, prohibiting US citizens from investing in the Chinese tech giants, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.
The US manufacturing sector expanded in December to the highest level since August 2018, data published by the Institute for Supply Management show.
General Motors delivered 2.9M vehicles in China in 2020, despite the COVID-19 impact on sales in the first quarter of the year, a report published by the GM China shows.
New car registrations in the UK declined 29.4% in 2020, compared to the prior year, to the lowest level since 1992, a statement published by the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders shows.
The Japanese consumer confidence declined in December, for the first time since August, amid an increasing number of COVID-19 cases, data published by the government show.
Private companies in the US removed 123,000 jobs in December, the first drop since April, a statement published by the Automatic Data Processing shows.
Gold and foreign currency reserves of Belarus declined 20.5% to $7.47B as of January 1, compared to the previous year, data published by the central bank show.
Electric car sales in Norway surged to a record high of 54% last year, with Germany's Volkswagen outracing Tesla as the number one battery-vehicle maker, according to new data.
The stock price of Facebook started Wednesday's US trading below the low level of 264.00, which had provided support since early November.
UnitedHealth Group will acquire Change Healthcare in a cash deal worth $7.84B to build up technology services portfolio, both companies reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the financial markets were expecting the Federal Open Markets Committee Meeting Minutes, which were expected to reveal the future outlook on the USD.
On Wednesday, Bitcoin traded above $35K, hitting its new record high in Asia, extending its rally seeing the digital currency surge over 800% since mid-March.
On Wednesday, Michelin, the French tyre maker, announced its plans to trim its workforce by around 2.3K jobs during the following three years.
The US President Donald Trump ordered to ban US transactions with eight China software apps, including Alipay mobile payment service, according to the White House.
The global economy is beginning the year at a stronger point than had been foreseen in 2020, the International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath stated on Tuesday.
On January 5, General Motors announced a 4.8% jump to 771,323 units in the United States auto sales for the Q4.
According to two OPEC+ sources, Saudi Arabia has offered to make a voluntary crude oil production cuts in February.
On Tuesday, the United Kingdom offered a $6.2 billion aid package for companies to soften an expected COVID-19 recession.
General Motors reported a 4.8% increase to 771K units in the US auto sales for the Q4, fuelled by demand for new cars during the coronavirus pandemic.