Katherine Tai, the newly appointed US Trade Representative, promised on Friday to advance American trade to help the country to overcome financial difficulties caused by the pandemic.
According to the US District Court filing, Apple's CEO Tim Cook and other senior managers were summoned as witnesses in the Epic Games case.
The US Department of Justice started an investigation against Visa over its allegedly anticompetitive practices used in the debit-card market.
According to a Texas court ruling, Apple Inc is obliged to pay $308.5M compensation to Personalized Media Communications LLC for infringing one of its patents.
The US-based investment management company Capital Group increased its share in ABB to 5.05%, becoming the second-biggest stakeholder in the Swiss engineering firm.
The Bank of New York Mellon Corp invested in Fireblocks, the platform allowing banks and other financial institutions to issue, store and move cryptocurrencies.
France's Renault expected its sales of hybrid and electric cars to more than double to 350K in 2021, sources close to the company stated.
Nokia signed a five-year agreement with AT&T to deploy a 5G network on the operator's C-Band spectrum in the US, the Finnish company stated.
The Chinese military banned Tesla cars from entry into its complexes due to security concerns on cameras used on the vehicles, sources told Reuters.
China Merchants Bank announced that its wealth management division is expected to receive an investment of around $414.80M from JPMorgan Asset Management (Asia Pacific).
Porsche AG considered the idea of a possible stock market listing, with the CFO Lutz Meschke adding the advantages of such action had been identified.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Friday, the US Justice Department is probing Visa Inc over its debit-card practices.
The US courier company FedEx Corp announced on Thursday that its quarterly profit soared by 153% from a year earlier to $939 million.
On Friday, the Brazilian Real surged more than 1% against the US Dollar, marking its longest winning streak since November 2020.
A Reuters survey showed on Friday that the Colombian Central Bank is expected to leave its interest rate steady in March.
On Friday, China's self-driving start-up Momenta stated it had raised $500M from Toyota Motor, SAIC Motor and car parts supplier Bosch in its latest funding round.
Amazon Pay's top executive Manesh Mahatme is set to join WhatsApp as a new head of the massaging app's Indian payments business, as part of an expansion plan.
Charge Amps, the Swedish maker of EV charging solutions, has raised $15.3M in the Swedbank Robur-led round of funding, ahead of its planned initial public offering next year.
The largest Vietnamese conglomerate Vingroup announced on Friday its vehicle unit VinFast had entered negotiations with Taiwan's Foxconn over a potential partnership to jointly focus on batteries and EV parts development.
On Friday, Telecom Italia's shares dropped 5% due to uncertainty over the country's broadband network project following recent ministers' comments.
Reuters revealed on Friday that the Chinese auto producer Geely would introduce high-end electric vehicles and take on Tesla's market.
On Friday, the price benchmarks for crude oil extended their retracement down into a sixth trading session in row.
During Friday's Asian trading hours, stock indices declined. The decline was attributed to rising bond yields.
On Friday, the Bank of Japan revealed that it would make its ultra-easy monetary policy more sustainable by allowing the widening of long-term interest rates.