The bilateral trade between France and China surpassed $60B in 2018, reaching a record high, the Ministry of Commerce reports.
Consumer prices in Hong Kong increased by 2.1% in February, compared to the same period the prior year, the Census and Statistics Department reports.
The Norwegian central bank Norges Bank raised the key interest rate to 1% from 0.75% on Thursday, the Governor Oystein Olsen says.
The Chinese foreign trade is expected to maintain steady growth in the first three months of 2019, the Ministry of Commerce says.
Thailand's exports increased 5.91% to $21.55B in February, compared to the same month in 2018, the Commerce Ministry reports.
The Taiwanese monetary authority on Thursday had left interest rates unchanged and lowered its GDP growth forecast for 2019 by 0.2% to 2.13%.
According to the US Commerce Department quarterly services survey, the United States economic growth for the Q4 is likely to edge lower.
Ryanair's Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said on Thursday that the company have not changed their plans to order Boeing 737 MAX.
Emmanuel Macron, the President of France, said on Thursday that the UK could face a disorderly exit from the EU if Theresa May fails to get parliamentary approval for her Brexit deal.
The Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Bank Christian Sewing thinks that there are multiple benefits for the merger with Commerzbank.
Jeremy King, Walmart's Chief Technology Officer, is set to leave the company, despite the the retail giant's plans to transform the e-commerce business, while nearing the gap with its competitor Amazon.com.
Germany's industrial group Koerber and Italy's engineering firm Coesia are planning to bid for Bosch's packaging machinery division, which has been put on the block, sources reported.
South Korean antitrust regulator trimmed a fine, imposed on the US chipmaker Qualcomm a decade ago, by 18% to $200M, the KFTC announced on Thursday.
The Commerzbank-Deutsche Ban proposed merger could potentially serve France's financial interests, the country's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated on Wednesday.
Germany's Volkswagen and Sweden's battery maker Northvolt are joining their forces in the research on battery cells, the German automaker announced on Thursday.
Nigeria's Access Bank shares surged 9.24% after the country's court granted its approval for a $235M acquisition of its competitor Diamond Bank.
Finland has launched an inquiry into the Nokia-branded smartphones on the back of a Chinese report saying they breached the data protection requirements.
On Thursday, Siemens shares surged 2% on a report the German industrial company is considering a possible merger of its struggling turbine division with a partner from Asia.
Murphy Oil is getting closer to a sale of its Malaysian gas and oil assets to Thailand's group PTTEP, sources close to the matter stated.
Sunrise Communications is confident that shareholders will support raising $4.1B to complete its acquisition of the Swiss business owned by Liberty Goal, its CEO Olaf Swantee said to Reuters.
Tate Steel is considering to propose a partial sale of its EU packaging activities to receive regulatory approval for its joint venture with the German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp.
India' state-run banks are calling on Jet Airways' Chairman and founder Naresh Goyal to trim his stake to 10% in the carrier, according to the CNBC-TV18 news channel.
Switzerland's Maus Freres has entered talks to take the French clothing brand The Kooples private after it had acquired another French sportswear label Lacoste in 2012.
El.En., Italy's laser equipment producer, raised interest form some investment funds, but the company's top executive has no plans for selling a majority stake, he said to Reuters.