Wynn Resorts has entered talks over a sale of its almost finished Massachusetts casino to its competitor MGM Resorts International, in a potential deal worth $2.6B, both groups announced on the weekend.
Lions Gates Entertainment has offered its cable channel Starz to be sold to CBS Corp in a potential deal worth $5.5M, after rebuffing its earlier bid about six months ago, according to Reuters.
Carlyle Group is in talks with three pipelines and terminals firms, as the company considers a 25% stake sale in its Texas's Corpus Christi crude oil export project for $625M, sources reported on Monday.
Asian shares remained stable on Monday, as traders and investors tried to digest another week of trade tensions between China and the United States.
The AUD/USD pair rose by 0.80% on Monday. The currency pair upward swing came after Australia's Centre-right Liberal National Party booked a surprise victory in the country's general elections.
The Japanese economy grew at an annualised 2.1% in the Q1, driven by contributions from exports. However, the growth was overshadowed by weak domestic spending.
Crude oil prices got off to a steady start on Monday after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries indicated that it would maintain supply cuts.
Lockheed Martin's Sikorsky has secured a $1.1B agreement for 12 CH-53K King Stallion helicopters from the Pentagon, the company reports.
The US State Department has approved a $314M air defence missile sale to South Korea, the Pentagon reports.
Saudi Arabia's crown prince and the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday discussed security and stability in the region.
Inflation in the euro area is not at the level of 2% the ECB wants it to be, the ECB policy maker Klaas Knot says.
Israel's central bank is widely expected to keep the key rate unchanged at 0.25% for a fourth consecutive month amid a strengthening shekel.
Zimbabwe's central bank has received a $500M loan from international banks to assist interbank currency trading and ease dollar shortages, the Governor John Mangudya says.
The Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on Saturday to discuss improvement of bilateral relations.
Croatia is on track to join the European common currency area of 19 countries by 2024, the German chancellor Angela Merkel says.
The Lebanese budget deficit for 2019 will be below 9% of expected gross domestic product, the Finance Minister Ali Hassan Khalil says.
The growth of the Chinese tech giant Huawei Technologies may slow slightly after recent US restrictions, the Founder and Chief Executive Ren Zhengfei says.
Ankara plans to produce S-500 air defence systems together with Russia after the purchase of S-400, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says.
Canada plans to move quickly to approve the new North American trade agreement after the US agreed to lift tariffs on aluminium and steel, the Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland says.
The Bolivian President Evo Morales on Saturday announced his run for a fourth term, defying constitutional term limits.
Argentina's Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner plans to run as Vice President in the upcoming elections this year instead of challenging the current President Mauricio Macri.
The cities of Nanning, Foshan, Dalian and Suzhou have been asked to stabilize growing land and housing prices, the Chinese Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development reports.
Saudi Arabia seeks to avert tensions in the region with Iran, but is ready to respond with "strength" after attacks on Saudi oil assets the previous week.
According to the Interfax news agency, the Kremlin has still not received an answer from the White House over the possibility of Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump meeting.