Luxury Britain's car producer Aston Martin was still in the black in the March quarter of this year, though the company's pretax profit dropped amid weaker investments and US dollar.
LaSalle Hotel Properties announced the decision to sell itself to Blackstone Group for $3.7B in cash, rejecting an offer from Pebblebrook Home Trust.
China promised to purchase more US-made goods to diminish American trade deficit and support the avoidance a trade war between the countries.
On Monday, the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo stated that Washington would introduce the "toughest sanctions in history" against Tehran, following the US drop out of the Iran nuclear deal.
Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm, announced on Monday it would acquire LaSalle Hotel Properties, the US hotel owner, in a deal valued at $3.7B.
The ride-hailing service Grab is set to cooperate with Malaysia's largest bank Malayan Banking (Maybank), as it seeks to adopt its mobile wallet called GrabPay in the country.
On Monday, Roper Technologies, the IT services provider, stated it would acquire the software firm PowerPlan in a $1.1B all-cash deal from the private equity group Thoma Bravo.
Six US and European investors, including Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb, RWC Partners and Tundra Fonder, are in discussion with Noor Financial Investment to acquire a combined 9.59% stake in the Pakistani top lender Meezan Bank.
On Monday, Fifth Third Bancorp, the US regional bank, stated it would acquire MB Financial, as part of their stock-and-cash accord worth around $4.7B.
On Monday, the data company IHS Markit stated it would acquire its rival Ipreo from the private equity funds of Goldman Sachs and BlackStone Group in a deal worth $1.86B.
Paraguay has opened its embassy in the Israeli city of Jerusalem, becoming the second country that followed the United States in moving its embassy from Tel Aviv.
Shares of European stock markets surged on Monday, as the US Dollars appreciation boosted exporting company stocks.
On Monday, the representatives of the Bank of Japan gained the approval from the country's government to drop the timeframe set for meeting an inflation target.
Australia's BWX has received a takeover offer on Monday from the Bain Capital's two senior officers that valued the hair care and branded skin products marketer at $603.1M.
On Monday, the Ayala Corp's part AC Energy announced it seeks selling 50% of shares in its coal-fired energy unit to use funds from the potential deal to bolster its renewable business in Southeast Asia.
On Monday, the UK gambling technology firm Playtech stated it had received an approval from the Italian gaming regulator to acquire a majority stake in Snaitech, Italy's gaming and betting company.
Japan's Hitachi Rail is preparing to acquire Elliott's shares in Ansaldo STS, as it seeks to gain full control over the rail-signaling company, its CEO stated on Monday.
The third-largest European insurer Generali's CEO Philippe Donnet stated the group was planning to expand in Brazil, Argentina and Asia, adding that its future growth would be organic.
On Monday, China has launched a satellite that deemed to build a connection link between the Earth and the Moon to explore its dark sides, the Xinhua news outlet reported.
Malaysia set up a new special taskforce to look into the alleged criminal conduct that involves the 1Malaysia Development Bank's management, the PM's office reported on Monday.
Italy was urged to present its exit plan from the lender Monte dei Paschi to the European Commission by 2019, the CEO Marco Morelli stated to the state newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The Indonesia Central Bank is set to conduct three forex swap operations during this week, as it seeks to ensure enough rupiah liquidity at the market.
The German federal cyber agency urged hardware and chip makers to tackle vulnerabilities found in computer processors, adding that no complete repair was possible at that moment.
On Sunday, Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro has won another six-year term, despite the victory could trigger new western sanctions against the government.