The Saudi government on Saturday signed a deal with the US arms producer Raytheon to localize maintenance of the Patriot defense system.
Lucia Azzolina and Gaetano Manfredi were appointed on Saturday as the new Minister for Schools and Minister for Universities and Research of Italy.
The subsidiary of Brazilian software firm Totvs SA has agreed on Saturday to acquire tech company Consinco SA for almost $50M.
Hyundai Development Company announced that its consortium closed $2.16B acquisition of controlling stake in Asiana Airlines.
Volkswagen stated that it is likely to reach the main target in the electric vehicles production earlier than previously estimated.
The Chinese market regulator fined Toyota Motor nearly $12.5M for price-fixing over premium Lexus vehicles in Jiangsu province.
Spotify Technology SA announced that it would stop political advertising on the company's music streaming platform early next year.
On Friday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan unveiled Turkey's first fully-homemade automobile, a sport utility vehicle (SUV) and a sedan.
On Friday, Wall Street's main indexes lingered near record highs, as investors and traders await new information on the initial Sino-US trade deal.
On Friday, crude oil prices edged lower from a three-month high after the Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak downplay oil supply cuts.
Petrobras Distribuidora SA, the Brazilian fuel distributor, announced it agreed on the 49% stake sale in CDGN Logística in a deal with Pacífico Administração de Recursos worth around $6.25M.
Deutsche Telekom and its works council have agreed on restructuring of its struggling T-Systems IT services arm, according to the German newspaper Handelsblatt's report on Friday.
The British competition regulator has launched an in-depth inquiry into Amazon.com Inc's stake acquisition in Deliveroo, the online food delivery firm, as the companies had failed to assuage initial concerns.
The European Union is considering a possible deadline extension for talks over a trade relationship with the United Kingdom, Ursula von der Leyen, the EU Commission President, stated on Friday.
On Friday, the President Ivan Duque has named Arturo Galindo as the Colombian central bank's new board member, succeeding Jose Antonio Ocampo, following his resignation last week.
Astellas Pharma Inc acquired the US biotech firm Xyphos Biosciences amid its immuno-oncology business expansion, in a deal valued at about $665M.
On Friday, Hyundai Development, the South Korean builder, announced that its consortium closed a $2.16B acquisition of the majority stake in the second-largest carrier in the country, Asiana Airlines.
Japan Display Inc has entered talks over its smartphone screen factory sale to Apple and Sharp Corp in a potential deal worth $820M, according to a Nikkei business daily's report seen on Friday.
The electric vehicle maker Tesla has signed agreements with the Chinese banks to secure the $1.29B term loan for its Shanghai factory, a regulatory filing showed on Thursday.
On Friday, SoftBank Group Corp stated that Tadashi Yanai, CEO and founder of Uniqlo parent company Fast Retailing, will resign as SoftBank's independent member of the board to focus on his business.
Israel Aerospace Industries is expecting its annual 2019 revenue to reach the total of about $4B, the company said on Thursday.
On Thursday, Boeing Co announced that Michael Luttig, the senior adviser to the 737 MAX crisis, was set to retire by this year's end.
The US initial claims for unemployment benefits fell 13K to seasonally adjusted 222K for the week ending December 21, according to the Labor Department's report seen on Thursday.
Mastercard's report revealed that US consumers have been spending mostly online during the holiday shopping season this year, making the e-commerce hit its record-high.