Citic Bank and Baidu announced the launch of a direct banking joint venture called AiBank in an attempt to penetrate the booming fintech market.
On Saturday, two journalists were charged with espionage by a Cambodian court for reporting news to a US-backed radio station.
The owner of the US sneaker retailer Shiekh Shoes LLC said the company was seeking for funding in order to avoid bankruptcy.
Italy's largest lender Banca Carige has sealed backing from core investors for a vital $661M cash call essential to stave off the possibility of being wound down.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China reported the nation's new home prices were slightly up in October, remaining resilient to a tighter liquidity environment.
The US President Donald Trump added five conservatives to the list of possible picks for a prospective Supreme Court vacancy.
The Saudi Foreign Ministry has recalled its Ambassador to Germany for consultations on remarks supposedly made by Sigmar Gabriel at a meeting with Lebanon's Foreign Minister.
In an attempt to boost shortfall in the country's pension scheme, China is set to begin a programme to transfer state assets to social security funds.
Media sources reported that Verizon Communications, the largest US wireless telecommunications provider, was close to agreeing a deal with the National Football League on streaming rights.
The EU President Donald Tusk mocked the UK Brexit Minister David Davis after he said that it was the European Union's turn to compromise.
A senior Lebanese Sunni politician Ashraf Rifi said on Friday the country might face economic repercussions if Hezbollah continues meddling in regional conflicts.
Apple has postponed the launch of HomePad smart speaker from December this year to early 2018, the company's spokesperson revealed in an e-mail.
On Friday, Antonio Ledezma, a veteran Venezuelan opposition leader placed under a house arrest over the alleged 2015 coup plotting, fled to Colombia.
Nearly 2,000 employees of Siemens took to the streets in Germany to protest against the firm's proposal to cut 6.9K jobs, or almost 2% of its workforce.
On Friday, the White House said it had asked the Congress to provide another $44B to address ongoing hurricane recovery efforts.
Mexico and Canada appeared to be more flexible about addressing US demands previously rejected as unworkable as the key round of NAFTA negotiations kicked off on Friday.
According to the Iranian Ambassador to Britain Hamid Baeedinejad, the UK is set to repay the debt of around $527M it owes to Tehran in the coming days.
On Friday, the Ifo Institute for Economic Research revised upwards its 2017 growth forecast for Europe's largest economy, expecting Germany's GDP to rise 2.3% over the course of the year.
Twenty-First Century Fox's shares surged 3% on Friday after some sources reported that Verizon Communications and Comcast showed interest in buying stake in the company.
US housing starts jumped to a 1.29M annualised rate in October, following the preceding month's 1.14M rate and exceeding expectations for a rise to a 1.25M rate.
The Census Bureau reported that building permits rose to a 1.30M annualised rate in October, up from September's rate of 1.23M, whereas analysts anticipated an increase to a 1.25M rate.
Statistics Canada reported on Friday that its CPI rose 0.1% in October, following the prior month's increase of 0.2% and meeting analysts' expectations.
The Lebanon carrier Middle East Airlines lifted a ban on carry-on electronic laptops and other devices on the Beirut-London flights, the airline reported on Friday.
On Friday, Broadcom reported it had completed its $5.5B acquisition of the network gear manufacturer Brocade Communications Systems.