On Saturday, the US President Donald Trump stated that he had expected a great progress on a potential trade deal with China after having a long and productive phone call with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
On Friday, the HKMA fined JPMorgan Hong Kong $1.6M over breaching the counter-terrorist financing and anti-money laundering rules.
Dell has launched a new public listing on the New York Stock Exchange after about six years the firm was taken private, opening at $46 per share on Friday and marking the company's market valuation at $16B.
Russia and Turkey have the common goal to clear Syria of terror organisations, Mevlut Cavusoglu, Turkey's Foreign Minister, stated on Saturday.
Japan's Nomura Holdings is seeking to raise its stake of the business arranging forex hedging, acquisition finance and more deal-related businesses for the US corporate clients, its CEO stated.
On Friday, Canada's PSP Investment Board agreed to acquire a 32% stake in the German elevator parts firm Wittur, not disclosing the financial details of the deal.
Italy's investment bank Mediobanca is planning to spend €2.0B on merger and acquisition deals in 2019, its CEO Alberto Nagel announced to the local newspaper La Stampa this Friday.
Russia expanded a ban over Ukrainian imported goods, adding that it would halt $500M worth of yearly imports of mostly industrial products.
The Russian Consumer Price Index rose moderately above the Central Bank's 4% target in 2018, the preliminary report revealed.
China's current account surplus reached $23.3B in the third quarter of this year, surging 338% from the second quarter, the SAFE stated.
The US EIA stated that it anticipated coal consumption across the US to reach the lowest level in 39 years in 2018.
The economy of Serbia saw 4.4% growth in 2018 compared to the prior year, the SORS stated, highlighting an increase in living standards, trade, agricultural production and tourism.
Mongolia exported more than 54K tons of meat and meat products this year, reaching the highest level in 20 years, the preliminary report revealed.
China is set to continue to cut retail prices of diesel and gasoline starting from Saturday, the NDRC stated.
The US pending home sales dropped 0.7% in November, while the latest government shutdown was expected to harm the property market, the NAR stated.
Chrysler announced the recall of over 2.5K imported cars due to faults in the cover of the MPR plugs and the brake light switch, according to the Chinese top quality supervisor
Profits of Chinese state-owned enterprises jumped 15.6% year-over-year to top $437B in the first eleven months, the Ministry of Finance stated.
The UK government is set to spend more than £100M chartering additional sea ferries to simplify cross-Channel congestion if Britain fails to secure the trade deal before quitting the EU next year.
The Agriculture Ministry of Russia was considering doubling the quota over tomato imports from Turkey to 100K tonnes a year, the report by Interfax showed.
On Friday, Hainan Airlines opened a new direct route between France's capital Paris and China's Shenzhen in the Guangdong Province.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will have an official trip to Colombia and Brazil to strengthen America's positions in the region, the US State Departament notified on Saturday.
On Thursday, the Russian Deputy Defence Minister Andrey Kartapolov met with the Chinese Minister of National Defence Wei Fenghe and agreed to enhance cooperation between two countries.
The Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying stated on Saturday that China and Germany should work together to protect multilateralism and free trade.
The Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev ordered on Friday to form working group with Belarussian colleagues to discuss stumbling blocks and bilateral integration.