A regulatory filing revealed the US Securities and Exchange Commission has started a process of setting up an advisory group to scrutinise the bond market.
Following the declaration of Catalonia's independence from Spain, the Madrid government dismissed Catalonia's government and fired the region's President.
McDonald's is likely to require suppliers to enhance the slaughter process and living conditions for chickens they raise for the company's restaurants.
Russia is set to partially revoke its ban on the import of Turkish tomatoes starting from November 1, the country's government announced.
The European Commission sent a letter to Italian Finance Minister urging to provide clarifications on the country's planned 2018 budget.
The US auto safety agency announced that it opened a preliminary investigation into 814K cars of Ford Motor over concerns that the steering wheels could get detached during the car ride.
Swiss Bank UBS is expected to tell Britain's staff in the next couple of weeks where the company would move jobs as the preparation for the UK exit from the EU, CEO Sergio Ermotti said.
Exxon ang Chevron, two of the world's largest oil companies, stated that their quarterly profits surged about 50%, owing to lower costs and increasing commodity prices.
German Minister of Economy urged Siemens to rethink the company's job cuts, especially in the Germany's economically weaker areas, as job losses could boost a right-wing populism.
The US GDP marked a 3% yearly growth pace in the Q3, supported by higher inventory investment and trade, offsetting hurricane-related weakness in construction and consumer spending.
Apple announced that customers demand for the much-anticipated iPhone X was "off the charts", putting the company's shares up 2% on Friday.
The European Council President Donald Tusk said that declaration of Catalan's independence changed nothing for the EU and the bloc would only deal with the central governemnt of Spain.
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy had received authority from the Senate to oust the current Catalan government, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.
NASDAQ and S&P500 strengthened on Friday, as reports on solid third-quarter earnings from Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft boosted technology stocks.
Tenet Healthcare announced on Friday that it was eager to lay off about 1.3 employees amid hospital operator's plans to lower costs by $150M in 2018.
On Friday, the Catalan regional Parliament proclaimed independence from Spain in a vote that would likely be declared as illegal by the Spanish Constitutional Court.
The American NHTSA stated on Friday that it had launched an investigation into 841K Ford Fusion vehicles over their steering wheels that could potentially detach while driving.
Chevron reported on Friday that its Q3 profit soared 52% on higher natural gas and oil prices, while the production surged 8% to 2.7M barrels of the oil equivalent per day.
On Friday, the US refiner Phillips 66 reported that its Q3 profit topped analysts' expectations, boosted by surge in refining margins, following the Hurricane Harvey aftermath.
The Court of Germany rejected on Friday a lawsuit against Volkswagen over diesel-test cheating brought by the fish distributor Deutsche See.
Ireland's Foreign Minister Simon Coveney stated on Friday that the Brexit talks on trade ties with the EU could not move due to the lack of clarity over the Irish border.
On Thursday, Twitter banned Russian news outlets Sputnik and Russia Today from buying ads on the social media's network amid accusations of the 2016 US election meddling.
Moody's Investors Service said that China's re-focus on the quality of growth would improve productivity and thus provide a positive environment for an increase in the country's ratings.
European shares were trading near a five-month high on Friday, being driven by solid earnings and the European Central Bank's decision to continue its monetary stimulus.