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.
On Friday, the Bulgarian Parliament speaker Dimitar Glavchev resigned from his post, as he seeks to avoid political upheaval amid Bulgaria's plans to take over the rotating EU presidency in January.
The US carmaker Ford Motor is planning to invest more than $885M in its Spanish factory in Valencia, amid its new Kuga SUV model production.
Germany is ready to provide Syria with initial €10M to help the country remove mines from its Northern city of Raqqa, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Friday.
General Motors' Cadillac forecasts its Chinese sales to jump 60% in 2017, faster it had anticipated at the year's start, on high demand raised by younger buyers.
The German coalition negotiations missed the Chancellor Angela Merkel's deadline on Thursday, as parties could not reach the agreement on the major issues such as finances and migration.
Nissan Motor started briefing at 0730GMT on Friday, as it aimed to provide some updates on the probe into improper inspection procedures that caused the recall of 1.2M cars in Japan.
Toyota Motors is thinking over selling its locally developed and produced electric vehicles in China, as it aims to expand the EV line-up and obey Beijing's new sales and NEV production quotas.
Verizon Communications and Comcast, both are seeking to acquire some assets of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, the sources familiar with the matter reported.