OPEC countries on Friday struggled to agree upon their common oil production policy, as Iran opposed an increase in production.
According to source familiar with the matter, the Financial Services Agency of Japan told country's banks on Friday to report all suspicions transactions involving or made by 10 Japan-North Korea joint ventures.
Crude oil prices soared on Friday by 1.5% or 95 cents, reaching $66.49 a barrel, amid ambiguity over whether members of the OPEC would agree to increase oil production.
According to a government source, Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus was elected on Friday as the new head of Malaysia's central bank, thus replacing a 92-year-old Muhammad Ibrahim.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry stated on Friday it will introduce anti-dumping tariffs, ranging from 3.8% to 55.7%, on styrene supplied from Taiwan, South Korea and the United States.
General Motors is expected to produce Chevrolet Blazer in Mexico, a company spokesman stated, when the US President Donald Trump was pressing automakers to build more cars in the US.
Japan's core consumer inflation remained steady in May from the prior month, highlighting the challenge facing the Central Bank as more than five years of stimulus failed to push prices to its 2% goal.
Electric car producer Tesla's move last week to cut 9% of its workforce is likely to sharply downsize the solar business it purchased two years earlier in a controversial $2.6B deal.
Japan's manufacturing activity expanded in June at a stronger pace than the prior month, but export orders fell for the first time in nearly two years in a sign about overseas demand, a preliminary survey revealed.
The French Defence Minister Florence Parly said on Thursday that the American leadership wants to create a common defence policy within NATO, thus increasing integration between Atlantic allies.
The spokesperson of Khalifa Haftar forces Ahmed al-Mesmari announced on Thursday that its military had taken under control the Ras Lanuf region, which includes the al-Sidra oil terminal.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron noted on Thursday how actively populism was spreading across the European Union and called Europeans to stop perpetually criticizing pro-community leaders like him.
According to Belgian media, the former head of industrial giant Schneider-Empain Edouard-Jean Empain died on Thursday at the age of 80.
The US President Donald Trump noted on Thursday that North Korea began denuclearization via eliminating first four of its biggest objects designed for nuclear tests.
Deutsche Telekom's lossmaking IT services provider T-Systems announced on Thursday that it plans to fire 10K employees in next three years to decrease costs and start generating profits once again.
Members of the OPEC have practically agreed to expand oil production, as Iran softened its position and Saudi Arabia raised awareness about possible supply deficiency.
The CEO of Intel Corp Brian Krzanich stepped down on Thursday as investigation revealed and proved his relationship with a female employee, which was against company policy.
Euro zone consumer confidence weakened more than anticipated in June, the European Commission's report revealed, adding to signs in the Q2 of an easing of the Zone's economic growth.
The Central Bank of Taiwan left its key interest rate unchanged, with robust growth in export orders helping to sustain solid economic expansion even amid US-China trade tensions.
The US Federal Communications Commission has approved a merger between the integrated communications provider Cincinnati Bell Inc and Hawaiian Telcom Holdco.
The UK-based retailer Marks & Spencer has signed a cooperation deal with Microsoft in order to modernise its stores and operations with solutions powered by artificial intelligence.
California's bicycle sharing platform Lime stated it would launch a dock-free electric scooters in the French capital of Paris starting from June 22.
AT&T is planning to launch two new wireless plans connected with the new video streaming platform called WatchTV, following its $85B takeover deal of Time Warner.
SAP SE is aiming to double its CRM marketing and sales software business in two years, the company's senior salesman stated to Reuters.