On Friday, shares of Air France-KLM plunged 4% due to unions' hostile reception to the firm's new director Benjamin Smith, with the Dutch pilots threatening to launch strikes amid working conditions.
Atlantia, Italy's toll-road group, is planning to hold special board meetings starting next week over the deadly collapse of the Genoa bridge the company operates, sources reported on Friday.
Oil prices fell early on Friday, as investors were concerned about slowing global economic growth and weaker currencies in emerging countries.
Eurostat reported on Friday that the annual inflation in the Euro zone reached 2.1% in July in line with the estimate, thus being above the European Central Bank's set target.
Australia's Trade Minister stated on Friday that the country sought to sign free trade deals with Hong Kong and Indonesia by this year's end.
On Friday, Turk Telekom teamed up with the local firm Vestel after the President Tayyip Erdogan had called on Turks to avoid using Apple's smartphones and switch to the domestically-made mobile devices.
The board of Russia's aluminium giant hit by sanctions Rusal has backed its domicile change from UK's Jersey to Russia, as it seeks to benefit from new special tax regulations.
Japan's Toyota Motor is planning to increase production capacity at its Chinese car plant in Guangzhou, in addition to boosting its production at Tianjin city's factory by 120K cars a year.
The Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment posted on Friday a major drop in its Q2 profit amid plunging revenue from the 2016 Hollywood film.
On Thursday, Tesla's Elon Musk stated he had no plans to relinquish the dual role as Chief Executive Officer and chairman of the electric carmaker.
Tesla is suing the government of Ontario over the cancellation of its electric car incentive programme in Canada's province, according to the official legal documents.
The Tamasek Holdings-backed China travel site is aiming to raise up to $300M in a new round of funding as it seeks to value the company at $2.0-$2.5B.
The Papua New Guinea gas projected operated by ExxonMobil signed a supply deal to provide the British oil firm BP's unit with around 450K tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually.
The ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies is planning to open a new $64M Brazil centre to research a technology to boost safety for the company's drivers to accept cash.
DoorDash, the meal delivery service, has raised $250M in the latest funding round, co-led by DST Global and Coatue Management, valuing the firm at $4.0B.
On Friday, Japan Mitsubishi stated it would acquire a 25% stake of the Bangladesh Liquefied Natural Gas terminal and would develop the country's receiving terminal.
The US welcomed Saudi Arabia's $100M contribution to help stabilise parts of Syria no longer controlled by Islamic State, which comes after the Trump administration thought of cutting foreign aid.
Li Keqiang, the Chinese Premier, stated that the country is likely to roll out fresh incentives and step up reforms to remove obstacles to business and private investment, Xinhua reported.
On Thursday, Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has ruled out the early election to be held this fall, a year earlier than planned, adding the Liberal government stays focused on the NAFTA renegotiating.
Walmart reported on Thursday its quarterly US sales growth hit its record-high of 40% in a decade, compared to a 33% rise in the preceding period, sending its shares up 10% to $99.08.
According to the Evercore analysts' report published on Thursday, Tesla is on track to make 8K Model 3 vehicles per week, despite such a move will increase the carmaker's spending.
On Thursday, the US supermarket operator Kroger has launched tests of its driverless grocery delivery with its tech partner Nuro at Fry's Food Store in Arizona.
China Evergrande Group, the property developer, stated on Thursday it would make an investment worth $239.53M into the six high-tech projects, including one designed to build the fastest supercomputer in the world.
On Thursday, the burger chain Wendy's stated it would sell a 12.3% stake in Arby's owner Inspire Brands in a deal valued at $450M.