Venezuela's leader Nicolas Maduro is set to meet the Chinese President Xi Jinping this Friday during his visit to Beijing, China's ministry spokesman stated.
Ukrainian authorities on Friday revealed that the country's representatives are in talks with the IMF about a new deal that would replace the country's current assistance program.
Data on Friday revealed that the European Union's labor costs have risen at their fastest rate during the last six years.
Tivit Terceirização de Processos, Serviços e Tecnologia, the Brazil IT provider, is planning to resume its initial public offering that had been scrapped in September 2017.
On Friday, Close Brothers Group stated that Sweden's Klarna Bank had agreed to acquire its retail finance unit, not disclosing the value of the deal.
The German retailer Metro is planning a sale of its Real hypermarkets, as the company aims to focus on the wholesale business, it stated on Thursday.
Takeda Pharmaceutical stated on Friday it had received an approval from China's regulator for its $62B acquisition of Shire, paving the way for the Japanese company to become a global top ten drugmaker.
On Friday, the exchange operator Nasdaq announced its planned acquisition of Cinnober, Sweden's financial technology provider, in a deal valued at about $190M.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron On Thursday announced a $9B anti-poverty plan, which includes better education, school breakfasts, mandatory job training underage school leavers and other measures.
The Turkish Lira continued to appreciate against the US Dollar on Friday morning, a day after the country's central bank announced rate hike by record 625 basis points.
Crude oil prices surged by 18 cents or 0.2% on Friday morning, reaching $68.76 a barrel, amid continuous concerns about trade war between the United Stated, China and other emerging economies.
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe welcomed on Friday Vladimir Putin's initiative, yet once again noted that the dispute around four Kuril Islands must be resolved before a peace agreement can be signed.
The founder of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos promised on Thursday to allocate $2B to help homeless families and build pre-schools in low-income neighborhoods.
The Prime Mister of Japan Shinzo Abe stated on Friday that he expects that ultra-easy policy of the central bank would not continue forever, leaving the decision on the exact timing to governor Kuroda.
China's industrial production grew 6.1% in the months of August from the prior year, while retail sales rose 9.0% in the same period, both beating forecasts, the report showed.
The Chinese fixed-asset investment growth weakened to 5.3% in the eight-month period of the year, missing forecasts and hitting a new low, data revealed on Friday.
Walmart is set to acquire Mexican food delivery firm Cornershop for $225M, in a bid to ramp up the company's online grocery business in Latin America.
IKEA Group stated that all the company's home deliveries in the inner cities of Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Paris would be done by electric car or alternative by 2020.
The European Central Bank announced the decision to keep policy unchanged, as anticipated, staying on course to cease bond purchases in 2018 and raise rates next autumn.
The US government posted a $214B budget deficit in the month of August, almost double the deficit for the same period in 2017, as outlays grew, according to data from the Treasury Department.
Markets revenue at JPMorgan Chase & Co in the third quarter was down slightly from the prior year, after adopting for tax law changes, the CFO Marianne Lake stated.
General Motors was recalling 1.205M sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks worldwide amid issues with a power steering's temporary loss, the automaker stated.
Leaders of the German ruling parties stated they were set to meet next week to decide on whether the intelligence agency's embattled head should keep the job.
The European Commission has raised concerns on Thursday over the competition effect by its planned acquisition of the effect by its planned acquisition of the Tele2's Dutch operations.