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.
The music streaming firm Spotify announced on Friday that it had acquired an online audio and music recording studio Soundtrap with providing no details on the price of a deal.
The US NHTSA is willing to launch an inquiry into a potential failure of the 415K Volkswagen vehicles' airbags, following the its recall on the same problem in 2015.
The trucking firm J.B. Hunt Transport Services placed a reservation for Tesla's Semi trucks purchase, as the truck production is set to begin in 2019.
According to a top aide of Saad al-Hariri, the ex-Lebanon Prime Minister's visit to Paris for a meeting could boost the country's stability and resolve the crisis.
The Japanese Transport Ministry ordered Kobe Steel on Friday to improve one of its plants' management, amid the steelmaker struggles to resume confidence in its production.
Volkswagen supervisory board is in talks over an $82.5B five-year spending plan, amid intentions to transform the company into the e-vehicle leader.
European shares are set towards their two-week low on Friday, as sluggish earnings updates and several broker downgrades weighted heavily on regional indexes.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation planned to jointly introduce electric vehicles to the Indian market around 2020, both companies announced on Friday.