Vietnam's economic growth weakened this year to the 30-year low of 2.91%, after having posted the GDP rise above 7% for two years in succession, the GSO stated.
Dubai, the and financial business hub of the UAE, approved a $15.55B budget for the next year, when its economy is expected to recover, its ruler stated.
BMW is set to step up its production of electric cars and wanted 20% of cars sold to be electric by 2023, CEO Oliver Zipse told Augsburger Allgemeine.
On Sunday, the European Union officially launched a massive coronavirus vaccination campaign with medics and pensioners lining up to get the first vaccines.
On Sunday, Ant Group announced that it would establish a working party to meet the Chinese Central Bank regulatory demands.
On Sunday, the Chinese Central Bank urged Ant Group to outline a rectification plan and a timetable to meet regulatory requirements.
On Sunday, the British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak stated that Brexit offers the United Kingdom an opportunity to do financial services differently.
The UK National Federation of Fishermen's Organisations stated on Saturday that the industry was given up by the government during the Brexit deal negotiations.
According to a report published by Mastercard Inc, the volume of retail sales in the US during the holiday season increased 3% mainly due to the online shopping boom.
The UK Finance Minister Rishi Sunak stated on Sunday that Brexit allowed the country to act differently in financial services provision, though close cooperation with the EU would be continued.
On Sunday, the Turkish parliament voted for a law that the Interior Ministry to increase oversight of non-governmental organizations.
According to the Vietnamese General Statistics Office, the country's trade deficit reached to $1B in December.
The People's Bank of China called Ant Group on Sunday to elaborate a plan how to meet regulatory demands.
Spinning Eagle Acquisition, a blank-check firm founded by Jeff Sagansky, filed to go on IPO, seeking to raise up to $1.5B.
Japan's Peach Aviation considered introducing a fixed price all-you-can-fly domestic flight pass from 2021, Fuji Network News reported, citing unnamed sources.
Jaguar Land Rover was not impacted from issues at British ports, even while many countries slashed transport ties with the UK due to a spreading of new variant of the COVID-19.
Profits at China's industrial companies grew 15.5% year-on-year in November to $111.5B, the seventh month of gains, supported by strong sales and industrial production.
Philips is set to purchase the US cardiac diagnostics and monitoring company BioTelemetry in a $2.8B deal that will strengthen its remote care products offering.
BHP Group met licensing requirements to resume operations and begun production of iron ore pellet at its Samarco JV with Brazil's Vale, five years since a dam disaster.
Tokyo-based Orix is set to buy a stake of 80% in Elawan from Spanish industrial firm Acek and its management in a deal worth about $965M.
Facebook is set to wind down several holding companies in Irland, which allowed it to shift billions in profit to the country, where it was slightly taxed.
On Saturday, the United Kingdom published the text of the Draft EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement.
According to Mastercard SpendingPulse report, US retail sales surged by 3% in this year's holiday shopping season.
The Japanese government announced on Saturday that it would temporarily ban non-resident foreign nationals from entering the country from December 28 until the end of January.