The US government is threatening 100% tariffs on imports from France worth $2.4B, including Champagne, cheese and handbags, as it considers that France's digital services tax might harm US tech firms.
Cyber Monday US sales are set to hit a record $9.2B, evening estimates showed, boosted by the Black Friday weekend with free shipping and early promotions.
Huawei Technologies is planning to move its United States-based research centre to Canada after the US Commerce Department placed the Chinese tech giant on a trade blacklist in May, Globe and Mail reported.
Twitter is making global changes to its privacy policy, seeking to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act, and will provide its users with more information on data collecting.
Baxter International, the medical supply firm, agreed to acquire Sanofi's Seprafilm arm, which produces specialist surgical products, in a cash deal valued at $350M.
Japan's Astellas Pharma agreed to acquire Audentes Therapeutics in a cash deal worth $2.7B, as it seeks to boost its genetic medicines pipeline for rare neuromuscular diseases.
Ernesto Araújo, the Brazilian Foreign Minister, stated he had no worries regarding the metals tariffs introduced by the US President Donald Trump on Monday, adding the issue would not stop Brazil from seeking for deeper ties with the US.
The former Honeywell International CEO David Cote has entered talks to acquire the US backup power equipment company Vertiv for over $5.0B, including debt, Reuters reported.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Auto Workers union have recently reached an agreement for the four-year labour contract, ahead of the carmaker's merger deal with France's PSA Group.
US federal judge rejected Apple's bid to dismiss the class action lawsuit proposed by customers regarding its MacBook laptop computers' defective "butterfly" keyboards.
Black Friday's sales in the UK surged to 16.5% from the last year, in a needed boost for British retailer, the Barclaycard's data showed on Monday.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and the United Auto Workers union have recently reached an agreement for the four-year labour contract, ahead of the carmaker's merger deal with France's PSA Group.
ProSiebenSat.1's Chief Executive Officer Max Conze stated that the potential merger deal between the German broadcaster and its top shareholder Mediaset was absolutely senseless.
FIOM, the Italian metalworker union, has urged Fiat Chrysler on Monday to produce their new car models in Turin, as it seeks to ensure that the Mirafiori factory reaches full employment.
China has triggered a shake-up, appointing new leaders for Macau, the top gambling hub in the world, also replacing the city's economy chief and justice secretaries.
On Monday, the social media giant Facebook has launched a new feature that allows transferring media files from the SM platforms directly to Google Photos, planning to expand the tool for other services.
On Monday, Russia's and China's leaders, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, have overseen the launch of the landmark Russian pipeline that will transfer natural gas to northeast China from Siberia.
On Monday, the US President Donald Trump stated he was seeking to restore tariffs on the US aluminium and steel imports from Argentina and Brazil immediately due to a massive devaluation of the countries' currencies.
Italy's UniCredit has agreed with the Turkish group Koc Holding to reduce its stake in Turkey's Yapi Kredi Bank to below 32% amid the company's shareholding restructuring.
On Monday, Britain's Competition and Markets Authority has launched an inquiry into Google's $2.6B buyout of the privately-owned big-data analytics company Looker Data Sciences.
On Monday, the new CEO of Nissan Motor Company Makoto Uchida stated that Nissan will not increase its financial ties with Renault.
On Monday, TowerJazz, the Israeli chip manufacturer, stated it would keep its board control and 51% majority stake in the chip JV established with Panasonic in Japan.
The economy of Turkey grew 0.9% year-over-year in the Q3, in line with analysts' expectations, breaking three last quarters of contraction, Reuters reported on Monday.
Hong Kong Airlines, owned by the struggling China conglomerate HNA Group, must improve the financial position by December 7 or risk losing its licence, the government announced on Monday.