BMW stated on Monday it was optimistic that Washington's renegotiation on NAFTA would result in the most favourable outcome for the German automaker.
According to VDA industry lobby, German carmakers forecast further US market share gains in 2018 driven by new models, despite a slightly falling demand in the car market.
The Spanish PM Mariano Rajoy stated that Madrid would keep ruling Catalonia's regional administration, even if the self-exiled former head Carles Puigdemont was chosen as its President.
The UK government is seeking to limit the damage caused by Carillion's collapse on Monday and ensure public services have not been disrupted.
Samsung Electronics is planning to double its Africa's annual revenue contribution to 20% of the company's global total in the following five years, its business head stated on Monday.
South and North Korea agreed to discuss February's Winter Olympics on Wednesday, January 17, as North seeks its athletes to participate in the games.
Airbus is planning to beat its rival Boeing by accelerating its jet production in 2020, yet forecasting about 800 aircraft deliveries in 2018.
A German car dealer platform Auto1 said on Monday that there was no need for an IPO after Japan's SoftBank provided it with a $561M financial infusion.
According to the data released by Eurostat on Monday, the Euro area trade surplus widened to €26.3B in November compared with the surplus of €23.8 registered a year ago.
Qatari fighter jets had intercepted a civilian aircraft of the United Arab Emirates during its civilian flight to Bahrain, the state news outlet WAM stated on Monday.
On Monday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that Moscow would not support Washington's attempts to change the Iran nuclear accord.
Singapore seeks to extradite Canada's suspect David James Roach, who had allegedly stole around $23K from a bank in July 2016, following his detention in Britain last week.
Toymaker Lego and China's Internet giant Tencent tied up with intention to jointly develop various online games and a new social network designed for Chinese children.
On Monday, Bambang Soesatyo will be sworn in as a new speaker of the Indonesian Parliament to replace the previous official, who was involved in a huge graft scandal.
On Monday, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that Moscow was ready to back direct talks between sides involved in the North Korean missile crisis.
On Monday, Indonesia's Stock Exchange building was reopened for the afternoon session, following the first floor collapse that injured dozens of people and caused the building evacuation.
North Korea requested talks over the next month's Winter Olympics in South Korea to be held on January 2017, offering the demilitarised zone on the South's side as a meeting point.
Volkswagen brand car sales jumped to a record high of 6.23M in 2017 on the back of a strong demand in Americas and China, which managed to offset a drop in Western Europe.
Ravi Menon, the Managing Director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, said he hoped that technologies supporting cryptocurrencies would survive an eventual digital money crash.
The US President Donald Trump has denied remarks in a newspaper in which he was quoted as saying he presumably had a "very good relationship" with Kim Jong Un.
The chairman of Ford said the company was planning to increase its investments in EVs to $11B and have 40 electrified vehicles by 2022.
Volkswagen is likely to spend more than $3.3B on production and development of its new models in the United States from 2018 to 2020 years.
SoftBank Group is set to list the company's mobile phone business to raise $18B, completing transformation into world's technology investor, the Nikkei said.
Official data released on Monday showed that Japan's M2 money stock rose 3.5% year-over-year last month, missing analysts' expectations for a gain of 4.0%.