Swedish real estate company SBB raised its stock and cash bid for Norway's Entra to 34.6B Norwegian crowns or $4.0B, exceeding an offer by Castellum.
IBM agreed to pay $24.25M to resolve investigations by the Federal Communications Commission on subsidies awarded to connect libraries and schools to broadband.
China's Ant Group has reduced borrowing limits for its Huabei young users, the company announced on Wednesday, following a suspension of the fintech titan's $37B IPO by the Chinese government last month.
The German airline Lufthansa agreed to secure pilot jobs until the end of March 2022 and cut costs by $548M, according to the pilots union VC's statement made on Wednesday.
Daimler, the German luxury carmaker, is preparing for its truck business stock market listing, according to a Handelsblatt report.
On Wednesday, Merck & Co stated it is set to supply around 60K-100K doses of its treatment against COVID-19 to the US government for nearly $356M.
On Wednesday, Unilever stated it was expanding its tie-up with Burger King, as it sought to launch Whopper in China, Latin America and the Caribbean.
The head of European Commission Ursula von der Leyen is expected to have another call with the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson regarding the Brexit trade deal this week.
Pfizer is planning to supply 100M more doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the United States by July 2021, the US drugmaker stated on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, US stock index futures increased slightly ahead of the weekly unemployment claims data as well as consumer spending data.
On Wednesday, China's autonomous vehicle company WeRide reported it raised $200M from the bus developer Yutong Group to build self-driving buses together.
On Wednesday, Reuters published a report, which indicated that most investors expect a weak USD in 2021 that would boost asset rallies.
Norway has prolonged its ban on British flights by three days or more amid rising concerns over the new coronavirus strain, according to the Norwegian health ministry statement made on Wednesday.
CD Projekt SA, Poland's video game maker, reported it had sold more than 13M copies of the Cyberpunk 2077 game by December 20, taking into account some players were demanding refunds due to bugs.
On Wednesday, South Korea's LG Electronics announced it would set up a $1B worth joint venture with Magna International, the automotive supplier, to make electric car gear.
On Tuesday, the National Association of Realtors announced that existing home sales in the United States fell by 2.5% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.69M units in November.
On Tuesday, the Conference Board announced that the US consumer confidence index declined to a reading of 88.6 in December.
On Tuesday, the blockchain payment firm Ripple announced that it plans to fight the US Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit.
On Tuesday, the US SEC and the Italian financial watchdog CONSOB signed a memorandum of understanding concerning consultation, cooperation and the exchange of information.
On Tuesday, FTSE Russell, the global index publisher, announced it would drop Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp from the FTSE China A50 index.
The US maker of self-driving technology Ouster has agreed on Tuesday to go public via a merger deal with SPAC Colonnade Acquisition.
On Tuesday, Facebook announced it would add more security features to the platform next year, that would include a physical security key as a new way for identity verification.
The US SEC has signed a MoU (memorandum of understanding) with CONSOB, the Italian market watchdog, for better cooperation in supervising fintech firms operating in both countries.
Both, the European Union and Britain, seek to sign the Brexit trade deal before Christmas Eve; however, the talks are still strained, according to the Sun newspaper's report seen on Tuesday.