On Thursday, Bayer agreed to sell extra assets to BASF, fulfilling the undertakings to the EU as part of the Monsanto takeover.
Ping An's online healthcare service Good Doctor raised $1.12B in the initial public offering, the largest in Hong Kong this year, sources familiar with the issue reported.
Zhejiang Geely Holding's CFO Daniel Li announced on Friday that China's authorities had approved its purchase of an 8.2% stake in Sweden's truckmaker AB Volvo.
On Friday, Japan's video game developer Nintendo announced it had tied-up with the Tokyo-based online games maker Cygames, as it sought to boost the smartphone gaming business.
On Friday, the Foreign Ministers for Russia and Azerbaijan have discussed the possible settlement of the Armenian-Azeri conflict around the Nagorno-Karabakh region in a telephone call.
Japan's Fujifilm Holdings has resumed its talks with Xerox over their $6.1B merger deal, its terms and conditions, a spokeswoman for Fujifilm stated on Thursday.
European shares opened higher early on Friday due to solid fundamentals from Spanish banks and stronger tech stocks, thus extending their gains for the fifth consecutive week.
Oil prices fell on Friday in response to a stronger US Dollar, with the Brent crude and the US West Texas Intermediate crude reaching $74.47 and $67.88, respectively.
On Friday, the Japanese firm Kobe Steel announced it would sell 75% stake in its Shinko Real Estate unit to two Japan's real estate companies for $678M.
Hyundai Motor stated on Friday it would cancel $890M in treasury shares due to shareholder pressure to boost returns, reshuffle and bounce back from depressed earnings.
Square is set to acquire the website building platform Weebly in a deal worth $365M that would help the payments company to provide its small business clients with the wider range of services and expand the customer base globally.
On Friday, Sony stated it expects the operating profit to tumble 8.8% to $6.13B in the current year through March 2019, on the back of a stronger yen that slows its image sensor business.
On Thursday, Tesla's board recommended ahead of the annual meeting that shareholders voted against a proposal for the EV maker's chairman to become an independent director.
Shares of China's Internet poker game companies dropped up to 18% of their value last week on local media's reports over the potential ban the government would impose on poker-related firms from June 1.
The US wireless carriers Sprint and T-Mobile US have achieved some progress in talks over merger terms, seeking to complete the deal negotiations as soon as next week.
The biggest contract chipmaker in the world, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, is set to invest $13.50B in its R&D capacity to expand future technologies at the Hsinchu production facility.
Airbus reported on Friday a 12% fall in revenues that was mainly attributed to lags in engine deliveries and also announced its decision to cut A330 deliveries to approximately 50 jets per year due to low demand.
The President of South Korea Moon Jae-in met on Friday with his North Korean counterpart Kim Jong Un within the framework of historical peace summit that was organized for the first time in ten years.
The Supreme court of Peru ruled on Friday to that the country's former President Humala must be released from prison where they have been locked up for the last nine months anticipating court trial over money laundering.
The Bank of Japan did not announce any changes to its monetary policy on Friday leaving near term interest rate and minus 0.1% and inflation forecast for next fiscal year at 1.8%.
Profits earned by Chinese industrial businesses were 3.% higher in March, slowing significantly from the previously seen growth pace, the statistics bureau stated.
China was open to start negotiations with the US to resolve trade disputes, with the country's Premier Li Keqiang noting that the conflict should be managed through dialogue.
Japan's retail sales grew 1.0% year-over-year in March, missing expectations for a 1.7% increase, in a setback to hopes for stronger consumer spending.
Japanese industrial output increased more than anticipated 1.2% in March, following a 2.0% gain in the prior month, government data revealed.