The ride-hailing company Grab had to halt its operations in Singapore at late-night hours, as its drivers complain about many too drunk and argumentative passengers.
On Wednesday, Hong Kong's private equity firm PAG has launched a $671M unsolicited takeover offer for Spring REIT (Real Estate Investment Trust), sending its shares up over 30% on the news.
Handelsblatt, Germany's business daily has reported on Wednesday that Deutsche Bank was thinking over a potential merger scenario with UBS, according to its sources.
On Tuesday, CBS Corp has named the ex-Time Warner CEO Richard Parsons as its board's interim chairman on the back of the company's revived efforts to sign a merger deal with Viacom.
On Tuesday, the United Stated imposed new set of personal sanctions against Venezuelan officials, including the country's President Nicolas Maduro's wife and Vice President Delcy Rodriguez.
At a meeting with Henry Kissinger on Tuesday, the Chinese State Councillor Wang Yi said that the United States and China are two competing nations, yet it should not transfer into a new Cold War.
The Finance Minister of France Bruno Le Maire noted on Tuesday that the European Union has a lot of problems that are more important than decision of the United Kingdom to leave the union.
On Tuesday, the Finance Minister of France Bruno Le Maire asked French voters to wait at least for another year to see the results of reforms made by the country's President Emmanuel Macron.
Asia's oil deficit is expected to widen to 35M bpd by 2025, up nearly 30% from the current 27M bpd, an executive at France's oil and energy group Total stated.
Borrowing by the US companies for spending on capital investments increased 14% year-over-year in the month of August, a group representing equipment majors said.
The Chinese state planner stated that it is likely to promote the development of sharing economy and e-commerce to create encourage job creation.
Nike reported that its profit topped target in the first quarter, though a small increase in gross margins and unchanged 2019 forecast were not enough for investors, sending shares 4% down.
Zimbabwe's cotton output in 2018 increased to 130,000 tonnes from 70,000 tonnes the previous year, the highest level in 5 years, a data published by the Farmers Voice show.
The healthy and stable development of China-US relations are critical to both nations, the Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi says.
The Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis plans to cut around 2,200 jobs in Switzerland over the next four years to improve operational efficiency, the company says in a statement.
The US arms sales to Taiwan violate the fundamental principles of international law and relations, the Foreign Ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang says.
British customers have lost more than 500M pounds in bank frauds in the first half of 2018, the data released by the industry group UK Finance shows.
The South African Home Affairs Minister Malusi Gigaba on Tuesday announced new measures to simplify the movement of tourists into the country to promote economic growth.
Top representatives of China and Japan met in the eastern Chinese city of Suzhou on Tuesday to discuss strategic cooperation and develop bilateral ties.
The US Treasury on Tuesday announced new sanctions on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's friends and relatives, including Maduro's wife and other key officials.
Two private equity firms and investors of WeddingWire are set to acquire XO Group, the event planning company, in a deal valued at $933M with a subsequent merger with WeddingWire, sending XO shares up 26% to $34.78.
Primepulse, the German technology investor, is planning an initial public offering on the stock exchange of Frankfurt in this year's fourth quarter, valuing its shares at $294M, the company stated on Tuesday.
OYO Hotels announced it would seek to raise $1.0B from Softbank Group and other investors, as the Indian hotel chain was planning to expand its business in China and India.
On Tuesday, the owner of Arby, Inspire Brands, stated it would acquire the drive-in chain Sonic Corp in a deal valued at $1.57B, adding over 3,6K drive-in restaurants to the portfolio, including such brands as Rusty Taco and Buffalo Wild Wings.