The Government of Brazil sees no necessity for cutting spending on social security despite recent acceptance of the pension reform.
KKR & Co LP, an American private equity firm, and Innovation Network Corp of Japan will tender a joint offer for Toshiba's memory unit, according to the Nikkei report.
The US President Donald Trump reported on Friday that he would make a tax reform announcement on Wednesday next week.
Major US stock markets slid deeper into the red on Friday as investors paused ahead of the first round of the French general election.
Shares of Honeywell jumped 3.6% to $128.30 shortly after the company reported that its commercial aviation and energy divisions were doing well.
German finance minister said on Friday that he is optimistic about non-confrontational trade deal with the US to be reached at a summit in July.
G20 finance leaders were set to discuss ways of preventing the financing of terrorism, showing the value of the group to the US.
Fed's Stanley Fischer revealed on Friday that the Fed stayed on its plan for two interest rate hikes in 2017 despite weak recent economic figures.
The Trump administration discussed whether to rescind terror victims' permission to enter the US, while some hard-liners warned about terrorism risks.
General Electric reported that cash flow from company's industrial operating activities surged to a negative $1.6B in the Q1, though its profit surpassed estimates.
The International Monetary Fund raised its forecasts for China's economic growth in 2017 and 2018 due to its better than expected performance in the Q1.
US existing home sales reached its ten-year high of 4.4% or 5.71M units in March, as more homes entering the market were bought quickly.
UK Chancellor Philip Hammond assumed on Friday that the US-UK free trade concept was strongly supported by both the US Congress and the Trump administration.
The UK Prime Minister Theresa May stated she was not certain about the June 8 early election results, despite her Conservative party's leading position and eventual victory suggested by polls.
On Friday, a gunman attacked the Federal Security Bureau in the Russian city of Khabarovsk, killing two people, an employee and a visitor of the FSB office.
On Friday, the apparel retailer Bebe Stores announced it was eager to shut down all its shops until June 2017 as well as liquidate the company's fixtures and merchandise within the stores.
The Japanese tech company Sony lifted its annual operating profit expectations to $2.6B due to decrease of the amortisation costs for its monetary providers segment.
Turkish main opposition party CHP filed a complaint against the High Electoral Board decision to count unstamped ballots in the referendum on the President Tayyip Erdogan broad new powers.
The US Vice President Mike Pence is eager to visit Australia for talks with the country's PM Malcolm Turnbull this Saturday to discuss regional security and trade issues.
The US President Donald Trump said the latest Paris terrorist attack would have a big impact on France's Presidential election that would take place this Sunday.
On Friday, French authorities stated that the country's security forces were completely mobilised and ready for the upcoming Presidential election after the Paris attack claimed by the Islamic State.
IHS Markit reported on Friday its April Flash Manufacturing and Services PMIs for the Euro zone came in at 56.2 and 56.8 points, respectively, suggesting the economy started the Q2 with solid growth.
EU diplomats said that the European Union did not have any plan if two anti-EU French candidates made it to the final round of the presidential election.
The Pakistani opposition staged out protests in the Parliament session this Friday, urging the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to leave his office for the time an investigation on his finances lasts.