Valcambi, Switzerland's precious metals refiner, made a $16M bid to acquire its competitor Republic Metals Corporation's assets, which had filed for bankruptcy in 2018.
A petrochemical unit of the Mexican conglomerate Alfa, Alpek, agreed to acquire the PET recycling plant located in Indiana's city of Richmond, with a deal planned to be closed in the 2019 Q1, the company stated.
The Chinese Producer Price Index grew 0.9% year-on-ear in December, marking the weakest growth rate since September 2016 and slowing markedly from the prior month's 2.7% rise, the NBS said.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Bank of Japan Governor, stated on Thursday the country's economy was anticipated to keep moderately growing, while financial system remains stable.
Fiat Chrysler is set to pay more than $700M to resolve lawsuits over claims that illegal software was used to allow 104K diesel vehicles to emit excess emissions.
South Korea's LG Chem announced plans to invest some $1.07B to expand two battery plants in China by next year,, aiming to meet increasing global demand.
The Ukrainian foreign trade increased 12% in 2018 to $104.2B from $93.04B the prior year, the State Fiscal Service reports.
Germany exported €116.3B of goods and imported €95.7B of goods in November 2018, nearly unchanged from the same period the previous year, the Federal Statistical Office reports.
The Macedonian economy is expected to expand 2.9% in 2019, an increase from 2.5% in 2018, the Macedonian Information Agency reports.
Ukraine plans to purchase long-range sniper rifles from Canada this year, the Ukrainian Ambassador to Canada Andriy Shevchenko says.
The US Chicago Fed President Charles Evans announced expectations for three interest-rate hikes in 2019, assuming that the US economy remained reasonably strong.
Ford and Volkswagen are expected to announce a deeper cooperation over the auto show in Detroit, which goes beyond partnering in the commercial vehicles area, sources familiar with the matter said.
Lennar reported weaker-than-expected home sales in the quarter and orders, confirming fears that the US property market was slowing in the face of higher rates and increasing prices, following years of strong growth.
Toyota Motor stated that it was recalling another 1.3M vehicles in the US for potentially faulty air bag inflators made by Takata within a multi-year recall campaign started in 2016.
Engie SA, the French energy group, is expecting to revive talks to acquire Petroleo Brasileiro's gas transportation unit TAG this year, its CEO stated on Wednesday.
One of LafargeHolcim's largest shareholders, Nassef Sawiris, cut his stake in the cement maker by around 1.6M shares worth over $67.5M, Handelszeitung daily reported on Wednesday.
Israel's private high-tech firms raised their record $6.47B in 2018, up 17% from the previous year, according to the ZAG law group and Israel Venture Capital Research Centre's report published on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, T-Mobile US reported it had added 1M of new phone subscribers in the Q4, beating Wall Street's expectations for nearly 858K customers.
Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to host several public debates considering technology future in society, which is considered to be a part of Zuckerberg's personal 2019 challenge.
On Wednesday, the Norwegian Justice Minister stated the country was considering an option to exclude Huawei Technologies from building its 5G telecommunications infrastructure, following the other western nations.
Braziian Pharol's subsidiary and the telecom group Oi agreed to terminate their legal disputes, preparing the ground for Oi's long-awaited operating turnaround.
According to a Sky News report published on Wednesday, Debenhams lenders hired FTI Consulting, seeking the company to advise on the UK department state group's restructuring.
On Wednesday, China's conglomerate HNA Group announced it had sold its controlling stake in Manhattan building for $422M.
France's Vinci is set to provide $1.32B in funding for the Lisbon airport expansion and a new hub construction in Montijo, it announced on Tuesday.