According to the services company Baker Hughes, the number of drilling rigs in the US increased from 254 to 256 this week.
The WTO Deputy Director-General Yi Xiaozhun highlighted on Friday that China was the key driving force of the global economy in recent years.
According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, 1.4M new jobs were created in August thus lowering the country's unemployment rate to 8.4%.
According to the Anfavea, the number of cars produced in Brazil in August increased 23.6% compared with July, thus showing signs of a gradual after-pandemic recovery.
The International Atomic Energy Agency has inspected one of the two Iran's nuclear sites, the agency announced on Friday.
According to a source with knowledge of the matter, Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk met with Herbert Diess, Volkswagen's CEO, during a visit to Germany.
On Friday, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the Belarusian opposition leader, urged the United Nations to send an international monitoring mission to Belarus.
On Friday, the European Union regulators have approved 199.45M euro ($235.23M) in state grant to assist Italy's carrier Alitalia.
On Friday, Amazon.com announced that it would create around 10k jobs in the coming years in Washington and Bellevue.
On Friday, Virgin Atlantic completed its $1.6 billion restructuring plan and shed 1,150 jobs due to the COVID-19 crisis.
On Friday, the US Vice President Mike Pence stated that the White House has reached an agreement with the US Congress to fund the US government until the end of September.
The economy of Morocco is expected to shrink by 2% in 2020, a statement published by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development shows.
Moody's Investors Service revised India's economic growth forecast to 0% for the fiscal year 2021, data published by the company show.
The Cyprus economy is expected to contract 6.9% in 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, a statement published by the Research Center of the University of Cyprus shows.
The Polish economy is expected to contract 4.25% in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published the European Commission states.
Earnings from coffee export from Uganda reached a record high of $494M for the year ended on June 30, a statement published by the Ministry of Finance shows.
Virgin Atlantic is planning 1,150 more job position trims amid a weak recovery in demand after the coronavirus lockdowns, the struggling carrier stated on Friday.
France's Engie chairman stated he had considered that Veolia's bid for Engie's stake in Suez was undervalued.
Danske Bank is set to pay up to $15.93M to around 900 customers in total who were overcharged for investment products, the lender announced on Friday.
Amazon Japan submitted regulators with its plan on how the company will improve potential practices of violating antitrust rules, according to the Asahi Shimbun report sene this Friday.
On Friday, European stocks opened lower. The pan-European STOXX 600 Index fell by 0.90%, as technology shares continued to decline from the previous session.
TikTok unveiled a marketing programme aimed at advertisers that includes tools for measuring ad campaigns' success, the short video app announced earlier this week.
Broadcom, Apple's main supplier, is expecting a delay in the iPhone chip ramp-up, adding that new Apple's smartphones are likely to arrive after the September's usual release date.
General Motors and Japan's Honda Motor are set to form a strategic alliance in North America, aiming to jointly develop new vehicle range, according to the recent statement made by the US automaker.