On Monday, the data company IHS Markit stated it would acquire its rival Ipreo from the private equity funds of Goldman Sachs and BlackStone Group in a deal worth $1.86B.
Paraguay has opened its embassy in the Israeli city of Jerusalem, becoming the second country that followed the United States in moving its embassy from Tel Aviv.
Shares of European stock markets surged on Monday, as the US Dollars appreciation boosted exporting company stocks.
On Monday, the representatives of the Bank of Japan gained the approval from the country's government to drop the timeframe set for meeting an inflation target.
Australia's BWX has received a takeover offer on Monday from the Bain Capital's two senior officers that valued the hair care and branded skin products marketer at $603.1M.
On Monday, the Ayala Corp's part AC Energy announced it seeks selling 50% of shares in its coal-fired energy unit to use funds from the potential deal to bolster its renewable business in Southeast Asia.
On Monday, the UK gambling technology firm Playtech stated it had received an approval from the Italian gaming regulator to acquire a majority stake in Snaitech, Italy's gaming and betting company.
Japan's Hitachi Rail is preparing to acquire Elliott's shares in Ansaldo STS, as it seeks to gain full control over the rail-signaling company, its CEO stated on Monday.
The third-largest European insurer Generali's CEO Philippe Donnet stated the group was planning to expand in Brazil, Argentina and Asia, adding that its future growth would be organic.
On Monday, China has launched a satellite that deemed to build a connection link between the Earth and the Moon to explore its dark sides, the Xinhua news outlet reported.
Malaysia set up a new special taskforce to look into the alleged criminal conduct that involves the 1Malaysia Development Bank's management, the PM's office reported on Monday.
Italy was urged to present its exit plan from the lender Monte dei Paschi to the European Commission by 2019, the CEO Marco Morelli stated to the state newspaper Corriere della Sera.
The Indonesia Central Bank is set to conduct three forex swap operations during this week, as it seeks to ensure enough rupiah liquidity at the market.
The German federal cyber agency urged hardware and chip makers to tackle vulnerabilities found in computer processors, adding that no complete repair was possible at that moment.
On Sunday, Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro has won another six-year term, despite the victory could trigger new western sanctions against the government.
On Monday, Harbour Energy stated that its latest takeover bid of $10.8B for Australia's gas producer Santos was the "best and final" proposal with no further increases of the value of the deal.
According to the Financial Times report on Sunday, the European private equity groups Inflexion and Nordic Capital raised a combined $8B in funds, with Inflexion attracting $3B and Nordic raising $5.1B.
The CBS board voted to end the Shari Redstone's control of the company; however, its move is not set to take effect until a Delaware judge takes CBS's side to halt a merger with Viacom.
Beltone Financial, Egypt's financial services firm and asset manager, is planning to take Oragroup's controlling stake, as it seeks for expansion of its financial services in Africa.
On Sunday, the United Arab Emirates' Cabinet has approved the steps that are set to allow 100% ownership of the UAE businesses by foreign investors by the current year-end.
The Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp said solid global demand muted the impact of US import duties, but they may cause a possible glut in Asia.
General Electric Co was seeking to merge its transportation unit with the US-based manufacturer of railway equipment Wabtec Corp, Reuters reported on Sunday.
The French oil and gas company Total plans to cease the multi-billion-dollar Iranian South Pars project if the US Treasury did not grant it immunity from US sanctions.
Iran and Greece have signed a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at broadening transport operations between the both countries.