According to the BoE survey, the UK companies are planning wage increases of 3.1% within this year, the biggest since 2008, as higher minimum pay kicks in.
The Dutch news outlet ANP reported on Wednesday that the former Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili was in the Netherlands, after the expulsion from Ukraine earlier that week.
The Iraqi allies Turkey, Kuwait, Gulf states and Europe pledged the country billions of dollars in loans, investment and credit lines for reconstruction, their representatives stated on Wednesday.
According to the Royal House, the Danish Queen Margrethe's husband Prince Henrik died on Tuesday's night at the Fredensborg Castle.
During the first year of Trump's presidency the US government has doubled its funding for solar power use outside of the country.
The central bank of China on Wednesday announced that the institution will continue to monitor systemic financial risk. This comes after the announcement that the bank has reached its goals in battling financial deleveraging.
India's local Punjab National Bank stated that it had detected unauthorised and fraudulent transactions worth around $1.77B at one o0f its Mumbai branches.
On Wednesday, the RIA news outlet quoted Japan's ambassador to Moscow as saying that the Prime Minister Shinzo Abe might visit Russia's capital on May 26.
On Wednesday, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu stated that his government coalition remained stable, continuing to govern despite he was allegedly indicted for bribery.
Daimler's Mercedes-Benz is planning to recall 1,480 V-Klasse minivans in Russia, sold in the 2014-2015 time period, amid a presumable fault with its driver's airbag.
Shares in Lotte plunged more than 7% on Wednesday, following the arrest of its senior chairman Shin Dong-bin for bribery that frightened investors over leadership vacuum.
On Wednesday, General Motors' workers at the South Korean plant, which is set to be closed by May 2018, staged a protest, threatening a strike and calling the move "a death sentence".
JD.com stated on Wednesday that it had raised $2.5B for the logistics arm, as the e-commerce company aims to strengthen its position in the online retail sector in China and beyond.
On Wednesday, Japan Display reported a fourth straight net loss of $304M in the fourth quarter, as its biggest client Apple had lowered the orders for its OLED technology.
In an effort to recover after suffering major losses in the US, Toshiba Corp has appointed a new CEO and posted first annual profit after a four year break.
Due to the upcoming week long Chinese holidays Chinese investors are decreasing their exposure to equity fluctuations. Namely there is an increase in closure of positions and buying of hedging instruments.
The state-run Indian bank Punjab National Bank announced on Wednesday that it has detected unauthorized transactions in its branch of Mumbai. The total worth of transactions is estimated at $1.8B.
Chinese internet company Baidu Inc declared a better than expected quarterly earnings report. Moreover, the report revealed the plans for new updates to the company's streaming platform.
Uber Technologies stated that the company's fourth-quarter loss was narrowed to $1.1B from $1.46B in the prior quarter, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The United States is set to propose sanctions on Latvia's ABLV Bank, prohibiting it from maintaining or opening correspondent accounts in the US amid money laundering concerns.
The RBNZ reported on Wednesday that its Inflation Expectations Index climbed 2.1% in the first quarter of 2018, after rising 2.0% in the preceding quarter.
According to the preliminary estimate, the Japanese economy grew 0.1% quarter-on-quarter in the last quarter of 2017, while analysts expected the economy to expand at a rate of 0.2%.
The French President Emmanuel Macron does not plan to waste time in Brexit negotiations and wants Michel Barnier to be the bloc's only negotiator.
Delta Air Lines plans to be one of the first airlines for new Boeing 797 mid-market plane, a report acquired by Bloomberg shows.