Italy's lender UNI Banca stated it is open for any merger and acquisition opportunity, adding it would be interested to cooperate with Banco BPM or Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
On Friday, Unilever announced it would acquire Procter & Gamble's Parogencyl and Fluocaril toothpaste brands, not disclosing the financial terms of the deal.
India's Supreme Court has halted ArcelorMittal's payment for Essar Steel purchase, delaying the entry of billionaire Lakshmi Mittal into the Indian fast-growing steel market.
On Friday, Chevron Corp announced it was set to acquire Anadarko Petroleum in a deal valued at $33B, boosting its presence in the LNG and shale oil production.
During Friday's trading session crude oil prices set a new record. The prices have had their best surge during the last three years.
On Friday, three board members of HSBC agreed upon their pensions being cut to 10% of their base salary instead of the previous 30%.
Ernst & Young auditing company announced on Friday that it had reported the Danske Bank fraud cases to the bank's authorities already in 2014.
On Friday, Chevron announced that they will buy Anadarko Petroleum for thirty three bullion US Dollars. Chevron will pay 39% premium on the stock. Due to the event Anadarko stock price jumped.
ProSiebenSat.1, the German media group, denied it had been approached by the Italian broadcaster Mediaset, dismissing the latest speculations about potential takeover deal.
The biggest Russian lender Sberbank has entered talks to acquire O'Key, the mid-sized food retailer, to resell it to another investor, whose name has not been disclosed, if the deal goes through.
J. Crew Group is reviewing various options, including an initial public offering for the Madewell brand, saying a potential listing could be finalised in the current year's second half.
On Friday, Vedanta Resources announced it had attracted $1.0B via a bond issue, seeking to use its proceeds to pay for the company's existing debt.
Stadler Rail's listing issue price was set at 38 Swiss francs for a share, valuing the Swiss company at 3.8B francs, the group announced on Friday before its planned SIX Swiss Exchange debut.
On Friday, Santander has launched an offer to acquire up to 25% in its Mexican division in a potential all-share deal valued at $2.93B, as the bank seeks to expand in Latin America.
Tesla has started to lease out its Model 3 cars on Thursday in the United States in the luxury electric carmaker's efforts to increase its customer base, saying its clients may lease the vehicle for a small down payment and proceed with monthly payments.
On Friday, France's food group Danone stated it had inked a definitive deal for a sale of its US organic salad business Earthbound Farms to Californian firm Taylor Farms, not disclosing the financial details of the agreement.
National Enquirer's owner American Media Inc has entered talks with Ronald Burkle over selling the tabloid to the California-based billionaire, according to the NYT report.
Uber Technologies unveiled late on Thursday its initial public offering might not make a profit, as the ride-hailing firm's growth slows, despite it has about 91M users.
On Friday, Toshiba's shares plunged over 5% on the news the deal to offload its US LNG business had been cancelled as China's ENN Ecological Holdings failed to receive approvals from shareholders.
Campbell Soup was nearing a deal to sell the company's fresh food unit Bolthouse Farms for nearly $500M to a group led by the former CEO of the brand, the WSJ reported.
Singapore's economy expanded more than anticipated in the first quarter from the prior quarter 2.0% on an annualised basis, preliminary data revealed.
Swisscom, Switzerland's largest telecom company, plans to expand its 5G network to cover the whole country by the end of 2019.
Foreign direct investment in South Korea tumbled 35.7% in the first quarter of 2019, compared to the same period in 2018, a government report shows.
Money supply in South Korea reached the lowest level in eight months in February as household debts decline, the central bank reports.