On Wednesday, Japan's video games maker Nintendo reported that its Q3 operating profit surged 261% to $1.07B from the last year, driven by a higher demand for its Switch game console.
On Wednesday, Japanese Line stated it sought to operate a cryptocurrency exchange after hackers had stolen $530M from Coincheck.
Japan's Fujifilm is planning to cut 10K jobs globally at the joint venture with Xerox as part of a necessary overhaul of the photocopying business due to a severe market environment.
The Chinese video streaming service of Leshi Internet Information & Technology has announced that the firm expects a $1.83 loss in 2017.
During his State of the Union address President Trump asked the US Congress to allow terminally ill patients to try out not approved therapy methods.
The Bank of Japan has increased its efforts to stop market speculation of the bank's end of a massive stimulus package.
The President of the US on Tuesday asked Congress to approve at least $1.5 trillion spending in US infrastructure.
Private home prices in Hong Kong rose to a new peak for the 14th month in succession in December, bringing the annual increase to 16.7% and raising concerns over local housing affordability.
China's video streaming business Leshi Internet stated that it anticipated a net loss of $1.83B for 2017, claiming a cash crunch of LeEco, which affected the company's revenues.
The CFLP reported on Wednesday that its PMI for the Chinese manufacturing sector came in at 51.3 in January, following the prior month's 51.5, while analysts anticipated a decline to 51.5.
The ABS reported that its CPI rose 0.6% on a quarterly basis in the Q4 of 2017, after climbing 0.6% in the preceding quarter, while analysts expected a 0.7% increase.
Sources close to the matter reported on Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores, an American multinational retail corporation, was in advanced negotiations to acquire a minority stake in India's e-commerce company Flipkart.
On Tuesday, Facebook stated that it would ban all ads promoting cryptocurrency-related services and products, as well as ICOs.
Interfax reported on Tuesday that Russia would send all migrant workers from North Korea back to their home country by the end of 2019 to comply with the UN Security Council resolution on North Korea.
US official criticised the US President Donald Trump's Tuesday decision not to impose additional sanctions against Russia for its interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election.
On Tuesday, Mark Carney, the BoE Governor, said he appreciated Donald Trump's rhetoric in favour of a strong Greenback, adding the US economy remains on a solid footing.
The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, both being hardliners on refugees, pledged to work closely on immigration.
On Tuesday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Defence Secretary Jim Mattis called on all parties involved in the GCC row to "minimise rhetoric" and "work towards a resolution".
The UN Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz has called on Greece and Macedonia to put an end to a long-lasting dispute over Skopje's use of "Macedonia" as its name.
The Spanish National Statistics Institute revealed that the country's flash Q4 2017 GDP expanded at a seasonally-adjusted pace of 0.7%, matching forecasts.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for the United States improved over the month of January, jumping to 125.4 points and, thus, surpassing analysts' expectations.
KOF Economic Research Agency reported that its leading economic indicator dropped to 106.9 points in January from the 111.4-point reading registered in the preceding month.
According to the preliminary data released by Eurostat on Tuesday, the seasonally-adjusted GDP was up 0.6% in the Euro zone over the course of the final quarter of 2017.
About 260 companies in Germany, including Porsche, Daimler and Bosch, are expected to be affected by a 24-hour strike scheduled on late Tuesday as employees raise outrage over wages and working hours.