On Tuesday, the Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced that the government will push forward the needed reforms to open up its manufacturing schedule to foreign investors in 2020.
Canadian Brookfield Asset Management Inc and Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC agreed to buy the US freight railroad firm Genesee & Wyoming for about $6.4B in cash.
On Monday, Dutch officials announced that the government will not ban Huawei or any other particular supplier of equipment from 5G network development.
Despite the surge of US stocks caused by the restart of US-China trade talks, on Monday market surveys revealed that the Federal Reserve still is under pressure to cut interest rates.
On Monday, the central bank of Argentina announced that it will lower interest rates. The announcement caused a one percent surge of the Argentine Peso.
On Monday, the CEO of Tele2 announced that 5G network services in Europe are being delayed by the US-China trade war and the European country review of Chinese equipment.
Statistics published on Monday in Norway revealed that during the first half of 2019 nearly half of new automobiles sold were electric.
On Monday, protesters in Hong Kong successfully stormed and smashed the cities legislature. As a response the government announced that it has stopped working on the bill that started the protests.
The Middle Eastern ride-hailing company Careem halted its Sudan operations due to its takeover deal with Uber, less than 12 months after the firm had launched its service in the country, the spokeswoman reported on Monday.
On Monday, GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, and Brookfield Asset Management agreed to acquire Genesee & Wyoming, the US freight railroad owner, in a cash deal valued at $6.4B.
On Monday, Applied Materials, the world's largest chipmaking equipment supplier, announced it would acquire Japan's Kokusai Electric in a $2.2B cash-deal from KKR & Co, the global investment firm.
The largest investor of Aston Martin is exploring to take another 3% stake, proposing to lift its holding after the luxury carmaker's shares plunged nearly 50% since its IPO nine months ago.
Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen is set to travel to the United States in July while meeting the Caribbean diplomatic allies, angering China that called on Washington not to let Tsai make a visit.
On Monday, it was announced that the CEO of East Africa's most profitable firm Bob Collymore has passed away after a two year fight with cancer.
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is eyeing $10-$12B annually in project financing over the following years, seeking to keep a prudent approach in such investments, Joachim von Amsberg, the lender's policy and strategy vice president stated.
On Monday, the EU shares rose 1.3%, hitting their two-month high after the United States and China eased their trade tensions by resuming the talks over the weekend.
Facebook is set to ban all ads on its social media platform, which call on people not to participate in the 2020 US Presidential election, according to the company's Civil Rights Audit posted on Sunday.
Italy's largest lender UniCredit is planning to adhere to organic growth following the bank's new business plan as EU mergers were difficult, its CEO Jean Pierre Mustier stated on Monday.
On Monday, the Chinese Yuan surged against its peer currencies, as the US and China agreed to restart trade talks.
During Monday's Asian trading session, the Japanese Yen declined in value against the USD, as risk appetite increased with the start of a new week.
Irish factory activity contracted for the first time since 2013 in June, with AIB report showing manufacturing PMI slipping to 49.8 in June from 50.4 in the prior month, as an uncertainty over Brexit and slowdown in global trade caught up with economy.
The Caixin/Markit Manufacturing PMI was reported at 49.4 in June, the worst figure since January and below economists' expectations, suggesting a decline in factory activity, as export and domestic demand faltered amid the Sino-US trade war.
DP World was in negotiations to acquire oil services firm Topaz Energy and Marine in a $1.3B worth deal, the port operator stated on Sunday.
The UK biggest vehicle maker Jaguar Land Rover is anticipated to announce its plans next week to build electric vehicles at the company's English Castle Bromwich plant, the Sunday Times reported.