The Malaysian Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said in an interview on Saturday that the country's economy could decline more than the Central Bank had forecast in April.
The Malaysian government defended plans to reopen most businesses next week, as the number of new cases with the coronavirus rose by 105 on Saturday.
The Indian government has mandated all employees in both the private and public sector to use a Bluetooth and GPS-based tracking app and keep social distancing in the work places.
The Small Business Administration gave its approval to JPMorgan Chase & Co to process $15B in new Paycheck Protection Program loans.
The White House has blocked Dr Anthony Fauci to testify before the US Congress on the Trump administration's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic next week.
According to the Wall Street Journal, NBCUniversal is considering major employees layoffs as a part of cost optimization policy.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved on Saturday a $91M credit for Malawi negate the deficit of balance of payments.
According to the Neue Zuercher Zeitung, Bjorn Rosengren, ABB's new CEO, is intended to decentralise the company to achieve more efficiency.
According to Tesla's internal email, the company is extending furlough for part of employees for another week.
On Friday, Kazakhstan's Air Astana made its first regular flight from Almaty to capital Nur-Sultan in over a month, after authorities relaxed lockdown rules.
The Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has acquired a 5% share in Australia's buy-now-pay-later Afterpay Ltd. The Australian company announced on Friday.
On Friday, the US Institute for Supply Management announced that the national manufacturing activity declined to a reading of 41.5, the lowest level since April 2009.
According to the US Energy Department, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to protect the US power system from cyber attacks.
According to the Der Spiegel weekly paper, published on Friday, the German government is planning to buy a 25.1% stake in Lufthansa for 10 billion euros.
Larry Kudlow, the White House National Economic Council Director, stated on Friday that the US government would focus on future growth incentives.
The Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau stated on Saturday that the government banned acquisition of military-grade assault guns.
According to sources with the knowledge of the matter, Spain's Telefonica SA discusses with Liberty Global Plc possible merger of O2 with Virgin Media.
Siemens Gamesa has acquired Ria Blades, a company that operates the production plant that makes on-shore wind turbine blades in Vagos, Portugal.
On Friday, the American electric car maker Tesla announced it had slashed the initial price for its China-made Model 3 cars by 10%, as it seeks to qualify for China's subsidies.
Origin Energy, Australia's top gas and power retailer, agreed to acquire a 20% stake in Britain's retailer Octopus Energy in a deal valued at A$507M, which grants it an exclusive license for using Octopus Energy's technology.
Amazon.com has extended work from home for part of its staff, whose work can be still done remotely, until at least October 2, a spokesman for the company stated on Friday.
On Friday, US stocks slip at open after the President Donald Trump had threatened to impose new tariffs on China amid the COVID-19 virus-related crisis, while Amazon and Apple joined other firms to warn about uncertain future.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Irish air carrier Aer Lingus plans to cut 20% of its workforce because of the pandemic.
Crude oil prices rose 4.4% or 83 cents on Saturday, reaching $19.67 per barrel as world major oil producers started record production cut.