Several major Wall Street indexes edged higher on Thursday, driven by solid advances in such technology stocks as Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Alphabet.
The US State Department announced on Thursday that the United States was to resume visa services in Turkey as a result of improved security posture.
The number of people filing for unemployment benefits during the last week in the US has remained flat at 245,000, compared to the previous week.
The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has expressed the view that the country should switch to natural gas fueled cars not petrol, as that would be cheaper and more eco-friendly.
An exclusive report published by Reuters has revealed that Apple and Amazon are in the middle of licensing talks with Saudi Arabia.
The central bank of Argentina has changed its 2018 inflation target to 15%. This is a hike after the 8-12% target. Meanwhile, the bank has struggled to keep inflation down, as even 28.75% interest rate can't stop the rise of prices.
The self-proclaimed warrior's against Apple and Tesla and entrepreneur's Jia Yueting's assets have been seized by a Chinese court.
Mercedes Benz of Daimler AG once more has finished the year as the top luxury car brand in the US. Mercedes passed BMW by 30,000 vehicles.
The US Dollar fell to a one-month low against various major currencies on Thursday, as it was pressured by a decline in US 10-year bond yields.
Analysts expect oil prices to be near $60 per barrel in 2018 due to reduced output and an increase in global demand, a poll by Reuters showed on Thursday.
Oil prices were trading near two-year highs on Thursday, as a decline in US crude stocks put upward pressure on the commodity.
The Austrian Constitutional Court Chief Justice Gerhart Holzinger criticised the plan of the country's newly-formed government to implement tougher laws on asylum and security.
The Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen explained on Thursday that China's repeated military activity near the island caused regional instability.
China explained on Thursday that it had complied with the latest UN sanctions and thus did not illicitly supply oil to North Korea.
France's carmaker PSA was looking upon adopting a process of collective bargaining with the company's workforce over coming job cuts in a bid to ease the process.
Nomura Holdings is waiting for allowance by China to open securities brokerages in the country and start serving wealthy Chinese, the Bank's CEO said.
More than 18K China's officials performed badly or failed to take action in the environment protection since 2016, the country's environmental inspection said.
China's Finance Ministry stated that foreign companies' reinvested profits in China would temporary be freed from paying provisional income tax.
South Korean government stated it would impose extra measures in an attempt to regulate speculation within cryptocurrency trading in the country.
The Indonesian Consumer Price Index is likely to increase slightly 3.4% year-over-year in December, compared 3.3% in the prior month, remaining within the Bank Indonesia target range.
Mitsubishi Materials stated that a push to increase market share caused a falsification of the subsidiary's products data, including parts for automobiles and aircraft.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry stated that it was disappointed at the decision of the European Commission to probe into China's electronic bicycles' exporters.
The US apartment vacancy edged higher to 4.5% in the fourth quarter, following 4.4% in the Q3, as supply surpassed demand, the Reis report showed.
Barclays expected to take a write-off of nearly £1B on its yearly after-tax profit as a consequence of the tax overhaul in the US, the Bank said.