Japan's retail sales increased 1.0% year-over-year in March, compared with the median projection for a 0.8% rise, government data revealed.
Intel Corp was exploring strategic scenarios for the company's modem chip business, including a sale to acquirer, such as Apple, the WSJ reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
President Xi Jinping touted more than $64B worth deals signed during the Chinese Belt and Road Initiative this week, as he sought to reassure sceptics that the project is likely to fuel sustainable expansion for all participants.
Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, stated that he hoped oil exports from Iran would continue despite Washington's attempts to stop them.
Sudan signed a $200 million loan deal from the AFESD based in Kuwait, aiming to finance development projects in the country, state news agency SUNA reported.
Mexican exports decline 1.2% in March year-over-year, with manufacturing shipments falling 0.9% in the reported month, according to the report by the INEGI.
Pre-tax profits of Daimler declined significantly around €500M to a total of €2.8B in the first quarter of the fiscal year of 2019, the German carmaker reported.
Belarus is set to raise export duties over oil and oil products that will be exported outside the EAEU on May 1, the government stated.
A total of 3.391M people in France were registered as unemployed in the Q1 of this year, the lowest level since 2014, an official report showed.
Yili Group, the Chinese dairy giant, reported revenues of nearly $3.4B in the first quarter of this year, up 17.1% on a yearly basis.
The inflation in the Philippines eased further to 3.8 in the first quarter of this year from 5.9% in the Q4 of 2018, mainly due to significant decline in food prices.
South Korea's passenger car exports increased in the first quarter over solid demand from Russia and North America, customs office data revealed.
Singapore's EDB announced that the country's manufacturing production decreased 4.8% year-over-year in March, compared to a revised 2.6% rise in February.
The US Justice Department opened a criminal probe into Ford Motor's emissions certification process in the US, the automaker stated, adding that it cooperated fully with the investigation.
Debenhams is set to close 22 stores in 2020, putting nearly 1.2K jobs at risk, under the plan to put the ailing UK retailer on a stable financial footing.
According to a court filing, Tesla's Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk has agreed to new vetting rules for tweets in the US Securities and Exchange Commission deal.
Peter Altmaier, the German Economy Minister, said on Friday that major EU countries want to sign bilateral agreements with China as a group.
Malaysia's carmaker Proton would get about $455.10 million in financing from China Construction Bank, the company announced on Friday.
The Argentine Peso edged lower against the US Dollar on Friday, the currency pair ended the rollercoaster week with a record low.
According to the Chinese Zhu Hong of the Statistics Bureau, China's industrial profits grew by 13.9% in March.
On Saturday, Air India announced that its server system has broken down and some its flights would be affected across the globe.
According to a regulatory filing, released on Friday, Uber Technologies is seeking a valuation of its IPO to $91B, when it goes public on the New York Stock Exchange.
On Friday, European shares edged higher. The surge was attributed to data that showed, that the US GDP rose by 3.2% in the first quarter.
On Friday, the Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has assured Huawei Technologies that it won't face discrimination in Italy, as the company is preparing to rollout Italy's 5G network.