China's leading search engine Baidu is set to form a company to make smart EV with production at Geely-owned plants, sources said.
PayPal's venture arm invested in startup Taxbit that helps businesses and consumers to calculate the taxes owed on cryptocurrency holdings.
France's Atos confirmed that it made a $10B bid approach for the US rival DXC in what is expected to be the IT consulting group's largest acquisition.
Quantum Metric, the provider of customer analytics tools for online businesses, announced that it raised $200M in the latest funding round, which valued the company at over $1B.
The UK tax authority slapped a $32.4M fine over private money services company MT Global Ltd for substantial breaches of AML regulations.
Delivery Hero raised nearly €1.2B through issuing new shares to institutional investors to fund growth, the online takeaway food firm stated.
Toyota Motor sold 1.8M cars last year in China, up 11% from the prior year, narrowing the gap with GM and Volkswagen in the world's largest car market.
Fujifilm Holdings announced that it will invest $2B to build a large-scale cell culture production site in the US.
On Thursday, Daimler revealed its new "Hyperscreen" wide display, saying it will cover nearly the entire dashboard in the luxury Mercedes-Benz models.
On Thursday, the world's largest cement maker LafargeHolcim stated it had agreed to a $3.4B deal to acquire Bridgestone's Firestone Building Products, its largest acquisition in over a decade.
Germany's biotech company CureVac has agreed on an alliance with Bayer to get regulatory approval for the experimental COVID-19 vaccine to start distributing doses, both firms announced on Thursday.
On Thursday, Ryanair has cut its annual traffic outlook by about 5M passengers, blaming fresh lockdowns in Ireland and Britain, the airline stated.
On Thursday, Volvo Cars revealed that car sales had risen by 6% in December and the company had experienced the best second half of a year.
On Thursday, the majority of the US House of Representatives rejected a move by the President Donald Trump's allies to declare the Pennsylvania electoral votes for the US Democrat Joe Biden invalidated.
UK competition watchdog is set to launch a probe into Nvidia's $40B takeover of Arm Holdings, the British chip designer.
On Wednesday, hundreds supporters of the President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol, seeking to overturn Trump's election defeat, Reuters reported, with the chaos causing fours deaths and 52 people arrested.
Comcast Corp has appointed Dana Strong as Sky Group's new CEO to replace Jeremy Darroch after he steps down from the role.
China's Alibaba Group is planning to attract at least $5B via the US dollar-denominated bond sale this month due to regulatory scrutiny related to the co-founder Jack Ma's empire.
Amazon.com is planning to spend $2.0B to build 20K affordable housing units in US regions near its three major offices.
Facebook has removed its "likes" button from public pages used and owned by brands, public figures and artists, the social media giant announced in a recent statement.
The US government is considering to add Tencent Holding and Alibaba Group Holding to the stock ban, prohibiting US citizens from investing in the Chinese tech giants, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.
The US manufacturing sector expanded in December to the highest level since August 2018, data published by the Institute for Supply Management show.
General Motors delivered 2.9M vehicles in China in 2020, despite the COVID-19 impact on sales in the first quarter of the year, a report published by the GM China shows.
New car registrations in the UK declined 29.4% in 2020, compared to the prior year, to the lowest level since 1992, a statement published by the British Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders shows.