Sweden's Handelsbanken is set to cut about 1.6K jobs in the following four years after reporting its Q3 operating profit was little above the expectations.
On Wednesday, Germany's automaker Daimler announced it would establish a premium ride-sharing service joint venture with China's Geely Group.
Italy's Eni and Russia's Rosneft are in talks over terms to freeze their joint Barents Sea hydrocarbon projects due to the US sanctions, according to Interfax.
On Wednesday, UK bank Barclays reported higher-than-expected Q3 profit forecasts and revenues, despite the investment bank costs.
On Thursday, the state planner of China claimed that it has approved $100B fixed assets investment projects for a period from January 2019 to September 2019.
On Tuesday, the Foreign Minister of Ecuador Jose Valencia claimed that Ecuador will no longer intervene with the UK over the founder of WikiLeaks Julian Assange.
On Wednesday, the Commerce Ministry of China claimed that a free trade memorandum of understanding has been signed between China and Palestine.
CityFibre, the UK roadband operator, stated that it would spend $3.25B on rolling out fibre networks in 37 cities, offering ultra-fast connections to more that 5M homes.
Japan's manufacturing activity rose in October at the fastest pace in six months, as export orders returned to expansion, a preliminary survey revealed.
Railroad operator Union Pacific stated that it is likely to cut 475 positions in the Q4 and signalled more workforce reduction, seeking to boost profitability by the 2020 end.
South Korea's LG Display posted a 76% fall in profit in the Q3 compared with 2017, after two quarters of consecutive declines, supported by increased seasonal panel prices.
Kraft Heinz is set to sell a part of its Indian businesses, including Complan children's drink brand, to India's drugmaker Zydus Wellness, according to a Bloomberg report published on Tuesday.
The British billionaire James Dyson has selected Singapore over Britain to manufacture his electric vehicle, as he seeks to be closer to the Asian supply chains, customers and highly skilled workforce.
Alstom and Siemens will face the EU antitrust warning this week over their plans to establish the Franco-German rail champion that might hurt competition in the view of the European Commission.
Thyssenkrupp stated on Tuesday it had hired the investment banks, such as Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan, as advisors on the German conglomerate's future split of the capital goods business.
Chile's Constitutional Court has delayed its decision making on the domestic lithium miner SQM sale to China's company Tianqi until Thursday.
The Israeli Defence Minister has halted the preparations for the Israel Aerospace Industries' initial public offering, citing security breach concerns, according to the local business newspaper Globes.
The Italian top insurer Generali has acquired Union Investment TFI, the Polish asset manager, as it seeks to bolster its position in the Eastern and Central Europe.
On Tuesday, Helios and Matheson Analytics stated it would spin off MoviePass, its theatre and film subscription service, into the separate public firm.
The US non-emergency medical transportation services' biggest operator Providence Service is considering a sale after raising the private equity firms' interest, sending its shares up 7% to $69.01 on Monday.
The US fund manager Harris Associates has bought a 3.08% stake in Thyssenkrupp, as Germany's conglomerate struggles to restructure itself due to activist pressure.
Britain's mobile operator O2, owned by the Spanish group Telefonica, has delayed its planned $13B initial public offering, citing the Brexit uncertainty, according to the Press Association.
Germany's technology company Freudenberg has hired investment banks, such as Morgan Stanley and JP Morgan, to lead its initial public offering of the Vibracoustic unit, scheduled for the next year.
SoftBank Group's CEO Masayoshi Son has cancelled his speech at the Saudi investment conference scheduled for this week, after his $93B Vision Fund had drawn about half of money from the kingdom.