JD.com and Tencent Holdings are set to pay $117M and $140M respectively for the Chinese retail chain's minority stakes amid companies' intention to extend in the retail space.
On Thursday, GoDaddy's Q1 revenue beat Wall Street's expectations, reporting it surged 6.9% to $139, while the company's shares jumped 4.5% to $57.95 in an extended trading.
Shares of HP Inc surged 5.3% to $22.53 on Wednesday after the company announced its Q1 profit and revenue results beat the estimates.
The European Union is eager to double the funding to €100M for the multi-national military force in the West African region of Sahel to counter Islamist militants.
South Korea was expecting the country's Q1 economic growth rate to get boosted this year amid the Winter Olympics, the Presidential Blue House stated.
Britain is set to align its auto regulations with the EU regulations in the automotive sector and other areas, after its withdrawal from the bloc next year.
Nissan in partnership with Japan's mobile gaming platform DeNA is set to launch public tests of its autonomous ride-hailing Easy Ride service in Yokohoma, starting the next month.
Japan's electronics maker Sharp has filed a legal lawsuit against China's Hisence, seeking to block the group from selling the TV set under Sharp's brand in North America.
Indonesia's leader Joko Widodo was seen to announce his choice for the central bank governor to the Parliament by next week, sources familiar with the issue reported.
India's Institute of Chartered Accountants are investigating the auditors' role into the alleged Punjab National Bank's $1.77B fraud case.
The Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce announced on Friday that he would resign from his post on the back of pressure from the party members over his affair with a staffer.
On Friday, the Trump Administration is set to impose yet the largest package of sanctions against North Korea to put additional pressure on Pyongyang.
The UN Security Council will gather later today to vote on a resolution demanding a month-long truce in Syria to secure medical evacuations and aid deliveries.
Data released by the Chinese General Administration of Customs revealed that the country's January trade with its biggest partner North Korea dropped to the lowest level since mid-2014.
General Motors is likely to propose a wage freeze, no bonuses and some worker benefits' suspension in 2018, aiming to cut costs at the company's money-losing unit in South Korea.
Brazilian Defence Minister stated that Lockheed Martin, Boeing, SpaceX and other aerospace firms from the US were interested in launching their rockets from Alcantara military base.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported that its National Core CPI came in at 0.9% in February, compared to the preceding month's rise of 0.9%, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.8%.
Statistics New Zealand reported that retail sales rose 1.8% in the last quarter of 2017, after climbing 0.3% in the prior quarter and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 1.4% increase.
The White House Council of Economic Advisers Head Kevin Hassett softened concerns over the recent stock market volatility, saying that it was not unsual.
On Thursday, the Head of the Election Assistance Commission, who helped to protect the US 2016 General Election from hacking, was removed by the House of Representatives and the White House.
Official data released on Thursday showed that the Snap CEO Evan Spiegel earned nearly $638M last year, following the company's IPO and becoming the third-highest paid executive in the US.
Two members of the Switzerland-based Tezos Foundation, including its founder and president Johann Gevers, stepped down on Thursday.
On Thursday, Televisa, Mexico's multimedia mass media company, reported that it would partner with Amazon to distribute its original content through its streaming platform.
BMW has agreed to pay more than $2.2M to settle charges that it refused to refund lease payments to 492 military service members who terminated their vehicle leases because they were called to duty.