The Chinese urban-registered jobless rate dropped to a 15-year low of 3.9% in 2017, the country's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security reported on Friday.
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co Ltd reported on Friday an impairment loss of $608M (C$750M) on its Canadian shale gas project during the fourth quarter of 2017.
The US ride-hailing company Lyft said that it was probing into allegations of its employees misusing customer data.
On Friday, Fujitsu said it was in advanced talks to sell its mobile phone unit to the Japanese investment fund Polaris Capital Group.
The Foreign Minister of South Korea said that the North Korean crisis must be resolved solely diplomatically and no military option would be acceptable.
According to sources with knowledge on the matter, Dell is now considering a variety of options to boost the company's growth through possible acquisitions or IPO.
Walmart has struck a cooperation with e-commerce business Rakuten to launch an online service of grocery delivery in Japan, in a bid to crack the market.
China's industrial profits posted a weak expansion pace in December, while the yearly growth rate marked the strongest increase in six years.
On Friday, the Bank of Japan reported that its SPPI climbed 0.8% in December, in line with analysts' forecasts.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on Friday that its National Core CPI rose 0.9% in January, following the preceding month's gain of 0.9%.
Sources close to the matter reported on Thursday that the Viacom CEO Bob Bakish and the CBS CEO Leslie Moonves discussed potential merger.
The US President Donald Trump stated on Thursday that he wanted to see the strong US Dollar, opposing comments made by the Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Wednesday.
The Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky reported on Thursday that Kenneth Chenault, the former CEO of American Express, would join the company as the first independent board member.
Robinhood, a zero-fee stock trading start-up, reported on Thursday that it was planning to launch commission-free cryptocurrency trading.
The Conference Board reported that its Leading Index for the US economy rose 0.6% in December, following the prior month's 0.4% climb and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 0.5% increase.
The Census Bureau reported on Thursday that new home sales dropped 9.3% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 625K in December, marking the largest fall in 16 months.
Catepillar's profit surpassed analysts' expectations for the seventh consecutive quarter, being boosted by buoyant global demand that resulted in a 35% jump in equipment sales.
According to a statement released by the UK PM's office, after a meeting at the WEF in Davos Theresa May and Donald Trump negotiated on finalising the details of Trump's visit to the UK in 2018.
Official data released by the National Bank of Belgium showed that the confidence among Belgian business leaders bettered over the month of January.
The US Department of Labour reported that unemployment claims were up 17K, hitting the 233K mark in the week ended January 20.
According to the data released by Statistics Canada on Thursday, the country's core retail sales registered a 1.6% surge over the course of November.
The European Central Bank left its benchmark interest rate unaltered at 0.00% at today's meeting, expecting the key rates to remain at the present low levels for the time being.
Venezuela stated on Thursday it had expelled the Spanish ambassador a few days after the EU imposed sanctions on the socialist government's senior officials.
On Thursday, American Airlines Q4 profit fell $31M from the last year, caused by increased operating expenses due to higher fuel and labour costs.