China's Xiaomi has secured $548M from the seven cornerstone investors, such as the US chipmaker Qualcomm, for its $6.1B IPO in Hong Kong.
France's JCDecaux, the outdoor advertising firm, has made a conditional takeover bid worth $803M for APN Outdoor Group, the Australian billboard company, to protect the firm's market share.
On Thursday, S&P Global Ratings put the Chinese aluminium manufacturer Qinghai Provincial Investment on its negative credit watch.
Major market shares surged on Thursday, as oil prices eased due to the markets expecting the Friday's OPEC meeting.
Elbit Systems, the Israeli defence company, stated on Thursday it had won a $17M deal from a European state to supply signal intelligence systems and ground-based electronic warfare.
Munich Re, the German reinsurer, is in negotiations to sell the asset management unit MEAG to the US fund manager Guggenheim Partners, sources said on Thursday.
Thai energy titan PTT is eager to acquire Glow Energy, the local power firm controlled by France's Engie SA in an agreement that could be valued at more than $4.0B.
The Dutch telecoms group Altice is seeking to raise $2.9B by selling stakes in the company's Portuguese and French telecoms towers to cut its debt.
On Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell said it would sell its gas and oil assets in Malaysia and Norway for more than $1.3B, taking its closer to the target of $30B in disposals by this year's end.
On Thursday, the Australia-based company Gateway Lifestyle Group announced about a non-binding proposal it had received from Canada's Brookfield Property Group worth $514.7M.
Walt Disney nears to receive a nod from the US antitrust regulators for the Twenty-First Century Fox media assets' bid worth $71.3B, according to Bloomberg.
The European Union seeks to open talks with the United States with intention to resolve a trade dispute over steel and aluminium tariffs, the EU's Cecilia Malmstrom stated on Thursday.
The UK is set to outline plans for new immigration regulations for EU citizens living in the country after Brexit, as it called on the bloc to provide more details about its proposals for Britain's nationals.
Toyota begun to slash costs, starting with marketing and sales, and shifting resources into research that would help to keep up with competitors, sources familiar with the matter stated.
Pay increases agreed by major Britain's employers held at 2.5% in recent months, industry data revealed, adding to a picture of slightly higher wage pressure in the country.
Carlyle Group stated it raised $6.55B for its new Asian private equity fund, which would seek strategic investment and buyout opportunities across a range of sectors within the region.
China-owned Volvo Cars opened a new auto plant in South Carolina, as its executives warned that the US-China trade dispute could undermine plans to create nearly 4K auto jobs in the state.
Restoring full lending power of the US Export-Import Bank is vital to shrinking trade deficits and the country's economic growth, planemaker Boeing stated after Kimberly Reed was nominated as the Bank's President.
China Merchants Port Holding made a $584M payment within a $1.12B deal to operate the deep sea Hambantota port of Sri Lanka, a state-run agency stated.
Facebook-owned social network Instagram stated that it added a section for long videos, expanding in a competition amidst streaming services.
Former Mayor of New York City Michael Bloomberg, a regular critic of Republican President Donald Trump, plans to spend $80M supporting Democratic candidates in the US congressional elections.
A jump in media and technology stocks uplifted the S&P 500 on the third day of a week, pushing Nasdaq to an all-time high, leaving Dow under pressure due to the US-China trade spat.
Germany approved weapons exports worth $7.23B last year, which was down nine percent from 2016, as outlined in a rubber-stamped government report on Wednesday.
The OPEC meets on Friday to make a decision on output policy in the middle of calls from leading consumers like the United States, China and India to cool down prices of oil by producing more.