On Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway announced that its results are recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, as the company reported a net income of $11.71 billion in the first quarter.
On Friday, a Florida federal jury ordered industrial giant 3M to pay $6 million in punitive damages to three US military veterans.
On Friday, the European Union antitrust regulators charged Apple Inc with anti-competitive violations in the music-streaming market.
On April 30, Exxon Mobil Corp reported a net income of $2.73 billion or 64 cents per share in the first quarter, beating Wall Street analysts' forecasts for its quarterly earnings.
As reported by the US Commerce Department, US consumer spending increased by 4.2% in March.
One of the largest ship charterer in the world, Cargill, has trimmed nearly 1.5M tonnes of carbon emissions from the shopping fleet since 2017, as it tries to speed up its push to go green.
3M was hit with $6M in punitive damages, as it had been found liable for hearing impairment suffered by several US military veterans accusing the company of concealment design its earplugs' defects.
Intel is seeking $9.7B in public subsidies for establishing a semiconductor plant based in Europe, as the region intends to cut the company's reliance on imports due to a supplies shortage.
Shares of a start-up behind the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine tech Vaccitech plunged about 20% in the Nasdaq debut, valuing the company at around $464M.
On Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway reported its Q1 operating profit soared 20% and that the company extended its aggressive stock repurchases, as it bought back $6.6B of its own shares.
Volkswagen stated on Saturday it was expecting semiconductor supplies to remain tight within the coming months, adding the carmaker was unable to manufacture 100K vehicles due to the shortage.
China's new home prices climbed 0.23% for the second consecutive month in April, driven by strong demand in smaller cities due to the tapered off strength in housing market in major centres amid tougher restrictions.
The United States reported a rebound in its consumer spending in March due to an income surge, after households received extra money relief due to COVID-19 pandemic.
Exxon Mobil beat Wall Street analysts' forecasts for its quarterly earnings, driven by robust chemicals margins and higher oil prices.
Volkswagen stated on Saturday that interruptions of chips supply are expected to continue in coming months.
Among the goals that General Motors Co plans to achieve by 2035 is cleaning up of its own operations, the company stated on Friday.
On Friday, European regulators accused Apple Inc of breaking competition rules in the market of music streaming.
Aeromexico Group stated on Friday that the US bankruptcy court had granted permission to acquire nearly 20 planes from Boeing.
On Friday, the US court ordered 3M Co to pay $2.1M in punitive damages to three military veterans.
Price of the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, increased 6.54% or $3504.11 to $57098.08.
On Friday, Exxon Mobil Corp reported its first profit in more than a year and positively revised estimates of its upcoming quarterly earnings.
The South Korean business sentiment improved in April, data published by the Bank of Korea show.
The economy of Cambodia is expected to expand 4% in 2021 and 5.5% in 2022, a report published by the Asian Development Bank shows.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany is a "purely economic project," the Russian President Vladimir Putin says.