Lone Star has entered an agreement to buy construction chemicals unit of BASF for €3.17B on a debt-free and cash basis.
Moscow and Kiev signed the agreement covering the supply of Russia's gas via Ukraine to Europe in the main step towards finalising the deal.
Container shipping firm MSC stated that it was implementing plans to re-route container ships from French ports, if necessary, amid strikes in the country.
PayPal announced that it completed an acquisition of equity interest of 70% in GoPay after approval of the transaction by the PBoC.
Media company ViacomCBS announced that it is set to take a stake of 49% in Miramax, the film studio owned by BeIN Media Group, in a $375M deal.
France's watchdog fined Google €150M for abusing power on the treatment of advertisers, adding that it applied opaque rules.
Unions at Fiat Chrysler stated that management provided assurances and a plan of €5B investment in Italy, following the group's merger with PSA.
Nike's quarterly profit and revenue surpassed Wall Street expectations on strong Chinese sales, though growth in North America was lower than expected.
China's e-cigarette industry laid off nearly 50K people since October, almost 10%, as tighter regulation in China and the US smother the sector.
HERE Technologies announced that it sold a stake of 30% to Nippon Telegraph and Telephone and Mitsubishi, diluting carmakers' stake to 54%.
BlackBerry surpassed quarterly revenue estimate on higher security software and licensing sales, sending shares 5.8% up in premarket trading.
Johnson & Johnson stated that it is set to acquire Verb Surgical, buying the remaining stake from Verily, in a bid to bolster digital surgery portfolio.
On Friday, Royal Dutch Shell announced that it is cutting its quarterly oils product sales forecast, as there is decreasing demand for gas and oil.
During the third quarter of this year, UK economy has grown more than previously thought. The economy had grown by 0.4% instead of the 0.3% estimate.
The new government of the United Kingdom on Friday announced that Andrew Bailey from the Financial Conduct Authority would be the next Governor of the Bank of England.
On Friday, Chinese officials announced that China would import more than $40 billion of agriculture goods from the US, as agreed upon in the Phase 1 of the US-China trade deal.
During Friday's Asian and European trading sessions, global stock indices surged and reached record high levels.
On Friday, ECB officials announced that Eurozone banks are taking almost full advantage of the ECB's deposit facility.
Asian shares remained near an eighteen-month high on Friday, as investors and traders absorb the gains made in December.
On Thursday, the Central Bank of Mexico cut the country's interest rate by 25 basis points. The decision marks the bank's fourth straight cut.
On Friday, the Japanese Finance Minister Taro Aso said that the government has approved $939B budget spending plan for the fiscal year of 2020/2021.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson announced that for some business sectors the government intends to introduce a tax discount.
The US home sharing company Airbnb on Thursday scored a victory in a legal battle to be exempt from European property rules. A top EU court ruled that Airbnb is an online platform not a property agent.
On Thursday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Goldman Sachs Group is negotiating with the US government to receive a $2 billion fine for its involvement in Malaysian corruption.