Royal Bank of Scotland boss Ross McEwan claimed that he has a strategy until 2020 and would like to watch the bank's return to private ownership, dismissing speculation shortly.
British firms, Zoopla and the PrimeLocation owner ZPG, have been bought by Silver Lake in a deal valued at $3B, delivering a windfall for the company's largest shareholder Daily Mail.
SpaceX was forced to postpone its first commercial launch of the updated Falcon 9 rocket for 24 hours or more on Thursday due to a technical glitch, the company reported.
On Thursday, the US safety agency NHTSA has launched an investigation into the fatal crash of a Tesla vehicle in Florida earlier this week, which claimed lives of two teenagers.
On Thursday, Symantec stated it was unlikely to file its annual report on time due to the on-going investigation on concerns raised by an ex-employee, adding the inquiry might change the results.
The Chinese gaming firm Huya has priced its initial public offering in New York at $12 per share, which is the upper-end of is indicated price range, sources familiar with the matter reported on Thursday.
Dropbox, the file storage and sharing firm, posted its first financial results after the initial public offering, beating analysts' expectations for its Q1 and the number of paying subscribers, which surged 23.7% to 11.5M.
Cisco Systems, the network gear maker, said it was pulling all its online ads from the video platform YouTube amid fears of the ads appearance on its sensitive content.
The French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for reforms in Europe and deeper economic cooperation between France and Germany.
The Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday discussed the US decision to quit the Iran nuclear deal.
The Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev will meet the US President Donald Trump on May 16, the White House announces.
The Iran nuclear deal must be saved despite the US decision to withdraw from it, the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says.
British Telecom on Thursday announced its decision to cut a total of 13,000 back office and management jobs over the period of three years.
The Bank of England on Thursday decided to keep interest rates on hold as it wants to be sure that the economy is recovering before increasing borrowing costs.
The meeting between the US President Donald Trump and the DPRK leader Kim Jong Un will be held in Singapore, Singapore's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms.
The former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, 92, achieved a victory in the general election as his coalition Pakatan Harapan secured majority of seats in the parliament.
On Thursday, the governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney claimed that most likely the interest rates in the UK will rise over the course of the nearest few years.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal claimed that Apple Inc and Goldman Sachs are planning to launch joint credit card, carrying Apple Pay brand, at the beginning of the next year.
On Thursday, the Foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that both sides are working to preserve Iran nuclear deal.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he will have a meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore on June 12.
Royal Dutch Shell has clinched a deal with its MLP Shell Midstream Partners to sell a stake in Amberjack Pipeline for $1.22B, the US pipeline operator announced on Thursday.
Sultan Muhammad V, the Malaysian King, has invited Mahathir Mohamad to establish the new Federal Government, adding he would swear in Mahathir as the Prime Minister at 1330GMT on Thursday.
On Thursday, Viktor Orban has been reelected as the Prime Minister for his third term at this position by the new Hungarian Parliament, following his Fidesz party's victory, which gave it a 2-3 majority in the legislature.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits remained unchanged at 211K in the week ending May 5, while analysts anticipated a surge to 219K.