A purge has taken place in the Ministry of Finance of Uzbekistan, as 562 employees have been fired on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, General Electric announced it would increase the stake in Sweden's 3D printer maker Arcam to over 90% from 77%, buying the firm's shares for $41.44 per each.
China is planning to prolong a tax rebate on the new-energy vehicle purchases until the 2020-end, the Finance Ministry stated on Wednesday.
Russia is planning to supply Turkey with four S-400 missile divisions in a deal worth $2.5B, Rostec's head Sergei Chemezov stated on Wednesday.
On Tuesday, the ex-Kit Digital business associate and CEO were convicted of wide-ranging fraud schemes, linked to the bankrupt video tech firm.
Chinese ruling Communist Party is set to hold talks next month over amending the constitution and the ongoing graft fight ahead of March's passing of a new anti-corruption rule.
On Tuesday, the former Haiti's Prime Minister was banned from travel to other countries on the back of the launched corruption probe with 12 people being arrested, including officials.
On Wednesday, Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen vowed he would seek extending his 30 years in power by 10 years more, following the main opposition party dissolution ahead of the 2018 general election.
After the fraud done by the Apple Company by slowing down old Apple devices, the company faces charges, as already eight lawsuits have been filed in various courts.
Jay Y. Lee, who was seen as the heir to the Samsung empire, has denied the charges of bribing the ex-president of South Korea.
On Wednesday Chinese officials announced to Taiwan that the country will need to get used to Chinese air force doing drills near the Island.
Bullish views on commodity demand in China pushed various commodities like oil and metals to multi year peak prices.
Chinese economic regulator is set to closely monitor a recent gain in the price of mobile storage chips and look into likely price fixing by firms.
Mariano Rajoy, the Prime Minister of Spain, signed an agreement with companies' and unions' representatives to raise minimum wage by 4% next year.
Profits for Chinese industrial firms increased at a sharply weaker pace of 14.9% in November, mainly due to eased demand and slowed producer price gains in the same month.
South Korean firm Hunday Heavy Industries is set to list the company's refining arm Olibank in an initial public offering in 2018 and raise nearly $1.2b via the issue of shares.
Uber Technologies has agreed to sell its US subprime auto-leasing business to startup car marketplace Fair.com.
A rights group reported on Tuesday that Venezuelan authorities had released 44 activists from prison over Christmas, while majority of them remained in prison.
The United States on Tuesday sanctioned two top North Korean officials involved in the country's ballistic missile programs.
Tesla reported on Tuesday that the company would begin production of its first electric pick-up truck after building the Model Y, which was expected to go into production in late 2019.
Despite the fact that the Central Bank of Mexico sold an additional $500M in foreign exchange hedges on Tuesday, the peso still remained under pressure.
After a dismal and volatile week leading up to Christmas weekend, bitcoin have rebounded strongly gaining 13% on Tuesday.
British officials reported on Tuesday that the Royal Navy had escorted a Russian warship through the North Sea near UK waters.
The Kremlin reported on Tuesday that Russia was ready to act as a mediator between North Korea and the United States if both parties would showed a wish for it to play such a role.