Germany lowered the threshold to launch stake purchases by non-EU entities' security probes to protect critical infrastructure, in a bid to fend off takeovers by China's investors.
Governments of the EU voted to impose duties on China's electric bicycles to diminish cheap imports that benefited from unfair subsidies and flooded the market.
The rocket company of Elon Musk SpaceX is set to raise $500M at a $30.5B valuation, the WSJ reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Huawei Technologies stated that it would spend $2B over the next 5-year period to focus on its cybersecurity, upgrading lab facilities and adding more people, in a bid to battle global concerns over risks associated with the network gear.
Ceconomy, the largest consumer electronics retailer in Europe, is expected to present the company's new Chief Financial Officer, sources familiar with the matter stated.
The US homebuilding grew in November, supported by a surge in projects for multi-family housing, though single-family homes' construction dropped to the lowest level in more than a year, pointing to deepening weakness in the market.
Volkswagen may have to accelerate plans for electric cars' mass production, aiming to meet tougher-than-anticipated European targets to cut CO2 emissions from cars, its CEO stated.
On Tuesday, the foreign ministers of Russia, Iran and Turkey conducted another rounds of talks this time trying to agree on composition of Syrian constitution body.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin stated on Tuesday that nothing stops Russia from conducting negotiations with other states regarding their joining to the INF Treaty.
According to report published by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, more than half of surveyed investors said that temps of economic growth would slower next year.
The head of Indian opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday called the country's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to write off credits issued to local farmers.
The Chinese Industry Ministry stated that it is set to remove eleven steel companies from a qualified enterprises' list, banning them from operating, and ordered 17 more to rectify safety, environmental and other breaches.
The European Commission requested Italy a further €2.5B-€3B euros in savings ahead of approving the country's budget for 2019, the report showed.
The Japanese output gap turned negative for the first time since 2016 in the Q3, suggesting that the Bank of Japan's 2% inflation goal is likely to become more distant amid waning price pressure.
Huawei Technologies stated that it secured more than 25 commercial deals for 5G network, slightly above the 22 contracts the technology giant announced last month.
The China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on Tuesday decided to exclude 11 steel companies from qualified enterprise list and forbid them operating.
On Tuesday, South African Airways (SAA) signed an agreement with Emirates to extend a current codeshare treaty, which should increase passenger flows.
The UK Communities Secretary James Brokenshire stated on Tuesday that preparations for no-deal exit from the European Union was a rational decision even though the government did not wish such outcome.
On Tuesday, the China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) approved a package of new stricter regulations covering investments in the country's auto industry.
On Tuesday, Indian ride-hailing company Ola announced that it would invest $100 million in startup firm Vogo.
On Tuesday, Asia shares edged lower, as concerns about sluggish global economy sent Wall Street shares sliding to its lowest level in over a year.
On Tuesday, Japan urged the G20 leaders to settle trade war through a multilateral structure and try to fix persistent global imbalances.
On Tuesday, the US Dollar was on edge in the Asian trading session, as the US Federal Reserve set to meet later this week to discuss whether to hike the interest rate.
South Korea on Tuesday announced that the country will provide a $3.5 billion worth subsidy package for car part makers.