South Korea's food titan CJ CheilJedang is one of the bidders who is seeking to acquire the US food firm Schwan's Company in a potential $1.79B deal.
According to the FBD CEO Fiona Muldoon, Canada's investment firm Fairfax is set to take a 19% stake in the Irish insurer that could make the Canadian group its largest shareholder.
The usually currency controlling authorities of China have allowed its currency to decline into a consecutive fifth month of depreciation.
On Wednesday, oil prices decreased below 74$ per barrel. Financial media blamed OPEC production increases and a report about US oil inventories.
Amadeus IT Group, Spain's travel technology company, stated this Wednesday it was negotiating a takeover of the US online reservation system provider to hotels TravelClick.
United Parcel Service is planning to tie up with the Los Angeles-based start-up to develop the electric delivery truck, in its move to expand its alternative-fuel vehicle fleet.
Flipkart, India's online retailer, is set to launch its second loyalty programme by the end of this month, as it seeks to outrace its rival Amazon.com's Prime plan and boost customer retention.
The scooter rental service Bird rolled into Paris, after its launch in Israeli Tel Aviv, the company announced on Tuesday, adding it would begin with small pilot programmes of 50-100 scooters.
China Tower Corp has raised $6.9B in the world's largest initial public offering within two years, sources close to the matter reported on Wednesday.
The South Korean Cosmax's CEO stated on Wednesday he had rejected two buyout proposals from large conglomerates during the past year, as he sought his company to stay independent.
On Tuesday, Dialog Semiconductor it has halted talks with Synaptics over a potential takeover of the US touch-pad technology firm, with no reason disclosed.
The Central Statistics Bureau reported on Wednesday that inflation in Indonesia rose to 3.18% year-on-year in July due to higher commodity prices.
The Iranian Deputy Minister Asghar Fakhrieh Kashan said Iran would not terminate contracts with Boeing, Airbus and ATR despite them being under US pressure.
According to Reuters, the Trump administration is set to propose a 25% tariff on Chinese imports worth $200B, thus increasing the previously-set number by 15%.
Oil prices declined on Wednesday in response to the American Petroleum Institute reporting a sudden 5.6M barrel increase of domestic crude inventories last week.
Devon Energy, the US oil producer, missed Wall Street estimates for the company's quarterly profit, as the misplaced bet on the oil prices' direction offset higher oil production, while expenses grew.
Factory activity in South Korea shrunk for a fifth month in succession in July, showing the worst drop since November 2016, as both output and new orders contracted, a private survey revealed.
The Chinese manufacturing sector grew at the weakest pace in eight months last month, as export orders fell, indicating a darker outlook for businesses and the economy due to an intensifying trade conflict with the US.
China's internet search major Baidu surpassed expectations for its quarterly revenue profit on the back of solid growth in the core business of online advertisement.
Bayer is planning a sale of its prescription dermatology brands to Leo Pharma, amid the German drugmaker's intention to focus on Monsanto, the integrating seed maker, and on boosting the drug development pipeline.
SS&C Technologies Holdings, the financial software developer, announced on Tuesday it is set to acquire TPG Capital's Eze Software in a $1.45B cash deal, to expand its services to buy-side investment companies.
The Nigerian Senate President Bukola Saraki said in a tweet on Tuesday that he will be re-joining the People's Democratic Party, which is the main opposition party in Nigeria.
US President Donald Trump again criticized Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russia and the 2016 US Presidential election on Tuesday, saying that collusion is not a crime.
Oil prices edged lower on Tuesday and gradually moving towards its largest monthly decline in almost two years after Russia and OPEC output hit a 2018 high in July.