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.
The former banking executive Laurel Powers-Freeling was appointed as Uber's first UK chairman and would take his new position on November 1.
Spanish government is prepared to trigger a direct rule in the wealthy region of Catalonia on Friday; a move that may spark unrest, as secessionists urge for a defiant independence declaration.
Cambodia's PM Hun Sen stated on Friday that the Western sanctions would not hurt him, following some threats by the US senators to impose travel restrictions over the opposition leader's arrest.
The specialty chemicals maker Huntsman and Clariant agreed to abandon the proposed $20B merger amid a rising number of shareholders joining the White Tale activist investor to oppose that deal.
The US pharmacy operator CVS Health made a bid for the US health insurer Aetna, offering it more than $66B for a deal or over $200 per share.
The Chinese HNA Group is considering to buy the e-commerce firm Dangdang's controlling stake in a deal likely to value the online marketplace at more than $1B.
The luxury electric automaker Tesla is planning to cut part orders for its Model 3 sedan by 40% from the Taiwan car component maker Hota, starting from December 2017.
On Friday, the High Court of Australia declared the Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce ineligible to stay in the Parliament, depriving the government of its one-seat majority.
Late on Thursday, the Mexican Senate approved a part of 2018 budget, taking measures to help hike fund allocation for recovery after the two quakes that hit the country last month.
On Friday, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the government continued to work as usual despite the citizenship row that forced the country's Deputy PM to leave the parliament.
The Euro zone's bailout fund ESM announced its decision to pay out €800M to Greece in a credit to secure funds for paying arrears of the Greek government.
China's search engine major Baidu expects weaker revenue prospects for the rest of 2017, blaming lost sales of advertising during the Congress meeting and sending its shares 10% down.
Amazon stated that its sales increased in summer and profit surpassed forecasts, as customers reacted on the company's Prime Day promotions and purchased at Whole Foods stores.
Chinese industrial powerhouses' profits grew the most in about six years by 27.7% over the course of September, as fears of supply shortages in winter sent prices sharply higher.
General Electric and Apple released app-making tools tailored to Predix, the GE's platform, for connecting jet engines, power plants and other equipment to the internet.
Japan's core CPI rose 0.7% year-over-year in September to mark a ninth monthly increase in succession, providing some hope for the BoJ that economic recovery could drive inflation to 2%.
Twitter said it might be profitable for the first time next quarter after cutting expenses over the past year and ramping up deals to sell its data to other companies.
As Russia is China's strategic partner of coordination, Beijing will not change its intention to deepen relations with Moscow regardless of violations in the international arena, China's President Xi Jinping said.
Catalonia's leader Carles Puigdemont said that he would hold a new regional election to break the standstill between Madrid and separatists wishing to split from Spain, fuelling political crisis.
Russia's President Vladimir Putin said that law enforcement agencies were obliged to take tough actions against individuals and groups using the Internet for spreading extremist ideas.
The Italian upper house Senate approved a new electoral system that is seen to derail the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement at an upcoming national election and favour mainstream political blocs.
Deutsche Boerse's CEO Carsten Kengeter has decided to step down amid ongoing allegations of insider trading.
The ECB pledged it would be careful in its intention to reduce the Eurozone's $990B pile of bad loans following complaints from Italy that it would hurt the economy.