China Tower, the world's biggest mobile mast operator, won approval in Hong Kong for an initial public offering, which could raise nearly $10B, according to sources familiar with the situation.
Japan's Sharp Corp cancelled the intention to issue up to $2B in new shares, citing trade friction between the US and China, which increased volatility in the stock market.
Verizon Communications was shutting down the company's mobile video application go90 less than three years after the service launched, a spokeswoman stated.
According to Reuters, Canada is planning to offer financial aid between C$500M and C$800M to companies in the aluminium and steel industries affected by US tariffs.
Bird, a start-up that provides electric scooter service, has raised $300M in its third funding round, as the firm aims to strengthen its position in the US transportation sector.
Regulators of the US state of Minnesota approved on Thursday the controversial Enbridge pipeline project worth $2.6B.
Twitter Inc launched on Thursday a tool designed to help its users identify political ads and their sources of financing.
The US Vice President Mike Pence urged Latin American countries to increase pressure on Venezuela during a meeting with the Ecuadorean President Lenin Moreno on Thursday.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed to loosen rules for the approval of low-risk exchange-traded funds to enhance innovation and competition.
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to strengthen cooperation between both agencies.
The Chinese government published on Thursday a list of restrictions related to foreign ownership that would be removed starting from July 28.
The Bank of England's Chief Economist Andy Haldane expects gradual increases in interest rate in line with the Bank's forecasts even despite him voting for a rise last week.
Shares of Starbucks Corp fell 2% on Thursday following the announcement that the company's Chief Financial Officer Scott Maw would retire in November 2018.
The former Chair of the Federal Reserve Janet Yellen explained on Thursday that the US tax cuts were likely to provide only limited productivity boost to the country's economy.
Amazon Inc announced on Thursday that it planned to acquire the online pharmacy company PillPack in a bid to enter the US healthcare sector.
Labour representatives at Germany's department store chain Galeria Kaufhof are planning to delay the restructuring talks on the back of reports over a potential joint venture with the Austrian firm Signa.
On Thursday, the US utility Sempra Energy stated it is planning a sale of some of its renewable energy assets and gas storage in the United States, seeking to raise between $1.47B and $1.55B within the second quarter.
On Thursday, the Ilirika brokerage reported that China's Hisense Electric has raised its stake in Slovenia's Gorenje, the household appliances producer, to 95.4%.
Italy's Generali is launching exclusive negotiations over a potential sale of the company's German life insurance portfolio worth $48B to the private equity firm Viridium.
According to the Financial Times, Apollo Global Management's life insurance division Athene Holding is at an early stage of talks to acquire General Electric's care insurance business.
The Polish Bank Pekao is expected to propose a merger with its rival Alior Bank, but saying it is planning to postpone a recommendation on their collaboration until June.
On Wednesday, Samsung and Apple have settled their seven-year long patent dispute on the allegations from Apple that Samsung had violated its patents by copying iPhone's design.
Strada, Germany's generic drug producer, is acquiring the rights to Nizoral anti-dandruff shampoo from its owner Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutica, its interim CEO stated on Thursday.
Global financial media on Thursday continued to blame trade wars for the appreciation of the US Dollar. Meanwhile, almost none noted the recent increase of US central banks interest rate that should be causing an increase of the demand for the US Dollar.