The Business NZ report showed that the Manufacturing Index dropped to 54.5 in May after 59.1 in April, while stalling in the Employment Index was raising concerns.
France's economic growth is likely to weaken slightly more than anticipated this year, as higher prices of oil weighed on activity, the country's Central Bank stated.
The New York DFS granted a license for Xapo to offer a vault and digital currency service and approved itBit application to provide custody services and trade four virtual currencies.
The US Labour Department stated that the country's import prices rose strongly 0.6% in May, supported by a rise in the cost of food and petroleum products.
The European Central Bank announced the monetary policy decision to keep rates on hold, as widely expected, adding that it is set to wind up the QE program in December.
The International Monetary Fund advised the United States on Thursday that President Donald Trump's new import tariffs may endanger the world trading system.
South Africa's labour unions have threatened a total closedown of Eskom, the state-controlled electricity outages unless their demands are met for a 15 percent pay rise.
The United States retail sales accelerated more in the second quarter than expected, as consumers bought a range of goods. The latest sign, that the economic growth is increasing.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday, that the United States and Canada have agreed to continue discussion regarding a NAFTA deal.
The European Central Bank will meet on Thursday to debate if to end its assets purchases by the end of 2018.
On Thursday, the New York attorney general Barbara Underwood sued the Trump foundation, claiming the nonprofit engaged in some illegal activities including support of his 2016 campaign.
German authorities are still evaluated whether to impose additional fines on the car manufacturer Volkswagen in relation to cheated US diesel emission tests.
Nokia plans to collaborate with the India-based IT services provider Wipro Ltd for the designing and digitalisation of its sales order operations.
Uber Technologies hired Facebook's product head Daniel Danker as the company's new Driver Product Director, the ride-hailing firm's CEO Dara Khosrowshani said on Wednesday.
The Boring Company, owned by Tesla's CEO Elon Musk, has won the bid to develop a high-speed underground commuter system in Chicago, media stated on Wednesday.
The EU planemaker Airbus has launched a production line for the A320 aircraft with robots Renate and Luis joining human employees to help serve the jet.
Renault is set to make an investment of $1.2B to raise the French electric car production capacity, adding new models, the automaker said on Thursday.
The German HSH Nordbank plans to purchase shipping loans from its competitor banks, as well as invest additional funds in the shipping industry.
The consumer goods company Unilever said on Thursday it was ‘extremely unlikely' that the company would remain in the British FTSE 100 Index after moving its HQ to the Netherlands.
Luxembourg's Anatol S.a.r.l. is not planning to make a takeover proposal for Cinkarna Celje, Slovenia's metal products manufacturer, as it was not able to perform amid diligence.
On Thursday, Anglo American agrees to the Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi raising its stake in Peru's Quellaveco copper project by 21.9% for $600M, bringing its holding to 40%.
The Chancellor of Germany is set to face a struggle to find a compromise with her allies on the handling of the country's migrant policy.
The Secretary of State of the United States Mike Pompeo that sanctions against North Korea will remain in force until the country has completely denuclearized.
Brazilian antitrust regulator has granted its approval on the $80B merger deal between Linde and Praxair groups, while the firms go ahead with their undisclosed plan on asset sale.