According to sources with direct knowledge of the matter, the brutal crackdown on protesters across Iran in November was ordered by the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
Hg, the European software investor, announced on Monday that it would buy the German cloud-based HR software provider Personal & Informatik from the Permira funds for $2.22B.
AngloGold Ashanti, the mining group, is planning a stake sale with IAMGOLD, the firm's joint venture partner, in the project of Sadiola in Mali for $105M, as South Africa's firm seeks to streamline the portfolio.
F2i, the Italian infrastructure fund, together with Spain's Asterion have agreed on acquiring Sorgenia, the Italian energy company, the group announced on Monday.
DraftKings, the fantasy sports and gambling firm, is set to go public in 2020 in a deal that could value the company at $3.3B, it announced on Monday.
On Monday, the electric car start-up Rivian announced it had closed a $1.3B investment round that was led by T. Rowe Price, the fund manager, as well as existing investors Amazon.com and the US carmaker Ford Motor.
Alphabet's newly instated CEO Sundar Pichai is set to receive a $240M in stock awards within the following three years, the largest ever pledged to any Alphabet's executive.
Huawei, the Chinese telecoms giant, should be allowed to participate in the future of 5G network in Italy, the country's industry minister stated after the parliamentary committee urged Rome to ban the company.
JD.com's logistics unit has entered early talks with banks over its potential overseas initial public offering that could attract $8B to $10B, according to Reuters.
SoftBank Group's talks on securing $3B from Japan's three largest banks stalled due to the lenders hitting internal lending limits, complicating a $9.5B rescue package for the workspace sharing provider WeWork.
Colombia ordered Uber to halt its ride-hailing service in the country, effective immediately, due to competition rules violation ruled by a judge.
Tesla, the US electric vehicle maker and a couple of Chinese banks agreed a new $1.4B five-year loan for the carmaker's Shanghai vehicle factory, part of which should be used for rolling over the existing loan.
On Monday, Toshiba Corp announced it would extend its deadline for the tender offer the company made for NuFlare Technology, the chip equipment unit, until January 16, 2020.
Roche has entered a $1.1B licensing deal with Sarepta Therapeutics to obtain the right for launching and commercialisation Sarepta's investigational gene therapy deemed for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy outside the US.
Singapore's investor Temasek Holdings, the US asset manager BlackRock and China Construction Bank are set to form their wealth management JV based in China, according to Reuters.
Unizo Holdings, the Japanese hotel chain, said on Sunday that it has received a takeover offer from US buyout fund Lone Star.
According to the British media report on Sunday, the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been invited to the White House by the US President Donald Trump.
On Sunday, Boeing Company's Starliner spacecraft was landed in New Mexico, as a software issue forced officials into cancelling a unmanned mission.
On Sunday, the Defence Minister of Turkey Hulusi Akar stated at an event that Turkey would stand by the recognized government of Libya until peace is reached in the country.
Amidst protests against the ongoing French pension system reform, the President of France Emmanuel Macron announced that in the future he would forego one of his special pension payouts.
On Sunday, the Italian 5-Star Movement announced that Italian politicians should have more impact on the appointment of the Governor of Bank of Italy.
On Monday, the stock of United Arab Emirates based Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment Company is set to start trading on Nasdaq stock exchange.
On Sunday, the SonntagsZeitung reported that the CEO of Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam is expected to be cleared from charges in the second probe of the bank's staff surveillance.
On Sunday, as the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi hosted his Hindu party's rally, across the country protests continued over the new citizenship law.