On Friday, the former chief executive of Samsung Wang Min was jailed to five years after he was found guilty of paying bribes to former South Korean leader Park Geun-hye.
The former Thai commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom was jailed to 42 years after he was found guilty of falsifying intra-state rice agreements with China.
Computacenter, the IT services provider, stated that its mid-year adjusted revenue rose 15% to $2.18M, helped by strong expansion in Germany and supportive currency impact.
A study revealed that Frankfurt would have a good potential to become a ‘little London' after Brexit, as tens of thousands new positions are set be created, boosting German banking capital.
Japan's automaker Subaru is set to book a $741.5M as a special loss in the H1, as it anticipates higher expenses due to the recall of the Takata-made airbag inflator.
Saudi Arabia and China announced that both countries reached a consensus on enhancing bilateral cooperation in the fields of finance, energy and industrial capacity.
Labour unions the United Auto Workers and Unifor would meet Chrystia Freeland, the Canada's Foreign Minister, to discuss plans for the next round of NAFTA talks in Mexico.
China is set to tighten controls on intellectual property in attempt to ensure to foreign firms better opportunities, the country's Commerce Ministry stated.
On Friday, the Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that Japan will impose new sanctions North Korea, as the latter continues to conduct ballistic missile launches.
On Friday morning, crude oil prices rose to $52.39 a barrel, as companies prepared for possible production disruptions caused by the approaching Harvey Hurricane.
On Thursday, the second-biggest India's IT services company Infosys appointed Nandan Nilekani, one of its founding members, as its new chairman.
No less than 12 people were reported to be killed in the Rohingya Muslim insurgent attack in Myanmar's Rakhine state, the government reported on Friday.
Canada is likely to ramp up deportations of asylum seekers within the country, as an inflow of migrants crossing the border from the US grows rapidly.
Amazon stated that, as the acquisition with Whole Foods finished, it would lower prices, aiming to make organic and natural food more affordable for everyone.
Core consumer inflation in Japan rose 0.5% year-over-year in July, the seventh straight month of increase, suggesting slow but steady growth towards 2% inflation target.
Apple announced that it would build a $1.37B worth data centre in Iowa, with a total amount of $207.8M incentives approved by the state's Economic Development Authority.
On Thursday, the White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders confirmed that it is the job of the Administration to make sure that the Congress will raise the federal debt ceiling.
On Thursday, the Qatari Foreign Ministry announced its decision to close the embassy of Chad, blaming the African state of joining a "campaign of blackmail".
On Thursday, the US House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan said that the Congress will introduce a new legal act to increase the federal debt ceiling that might be necessary for new veteran's support programs.
On Thursday, the Canadian Securities Administers said that crypto currencies require tougher regulation, as many of them constitute securities from the point of view of local laws.
Not less than 22 people had died after a ferry with 130 passengers on board capsized near Brazil's state of Bahia.
On Thursday, Amazon.com revealed its intention to complete its $13.7B acquisition of Whole Foods Market on Monday.
The National Association of Realtors reported that home resales in the US dropped 1.3% to a seasonally adjusted yearly rate of 5.44M units, missing expectations for a 5.55M reading.
Russian franchisee of the US pizza giant Papa John's announced that it would open new restaurants in Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Poland in the next three to five years.