On Thursday, Swiss-based Glencore Plc announced that the US Commodity Futures and Trading Commission was investigating the company for corrupt practices.
On Thursday, two China firms have signed deals with Russia's Novatek to acquire a combined 20% stake in Arctic LNG 2 project, not disclosing any financial terms of the deals.
Comcast Corp has entered talks to sell a Hulu stake to Walt Disney, boosting Disney's stake in the American entertainment company to 90%, sources familiar with the situation stated on Thursday.
Wirecard, the German payments company, stated on Thursday it would try to shift focus on its growth after receiving an audit approval of its full-year results, as they were delayed amid false accounting and fraud allegations at its Singaporean office.
On Thursday, Comcast reported its Q1 profit topped Wall Street's estimates, driven by a robust growth of high-speed internet customers, sending the company's shares up 2.5% in pre-market trading.
Southwest Airlines is anticipating its Q2 revenue growth to be above the estimates due to a higher demand from business and leisure customers, despite grounding about 34 of its Boeing 737 MAX planes.
Verizon Communications has opened pre-orders in the United States for the first 5G phone by Samsung, saying it would add the high-speed wireless service to 20 more cities following Chicago and Minneapolis.
On Thursday, Snap has appointed McDonald's executive Kenny Mitchell as the company's first Chief Marketing head, on the back of Snap's intention to lure more users to the platform.
3M, the US manufacturing conglomerate, announced on Thursday its would cut 2K jobs globally after reporting the a lower-than-expected Q1 profit and lower its 2019 earnings estimates amid the key market's worsening performance.
On Thursday, Chipotle Mexican Grill stated it had received new subpoena from the US federal prosecutors, seeking information about the illness incident that left too many people sick in Ohio restaurant last year.
The UK PM Theresa May's government seeks to receive the Brexit deal approval from the Parliament by July, before the new EU Parliament opens, David Lidington, May's de-facto deputy stated on Thursday.
Nasdaq index has been on course to launch at its record-high on Thursday due to strong tech results from Microsoft and Facebook, while a shares drop of the industrial conglomerate 3M hit Dow futures.
On Thursday, Canada's Bombardier has trimmed its full-year profit and revenue forecast due to delays in some planemaker's large projects that affected its dominant transportation division, which builds rail cars.
Drugmaker AbbVie reported on Thursday its Q1 revenue results of $4.45B topped Wall Street's estimates for a drop to $4.38B, as a sales decline of its rheumatoid arthritis drug treatment Humira was not as sharp as expected.
The mobile operators Orange and Vodafone are set to expand the network-sharing deal in Spain to cover small towns and enable the 5G technology's faster deployment, Vodafone announced on Thursday.
The German carmaker Volkswagen's joint venture with China's JAC is planning a $750.8M investment in its new electric vehicle plant in the eastern part of Hefei city, after receiving an approval from the Chinese environmental authorities.
Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank announced on Thursday that they have ended discussions to merge with no deal reached.
On Thursday, global equity markets edged lower, as investors and traders absorbed the European earnings report and concerns about the world economy growth.
The French luxury group and Gucci brand owner Kering is nearing an agreement to pay up to $1.6B to settle the lawsuit with Italy's authorities regarding unpaid taxes by Gucci, which is set to be signed during the first days of May.
Commerzbank and Deutsche Bank have terminated their merger talks with no deal, both banks announced on Thursday, citing restructuring costs, capital recruitments and execution risks.
On Wednesday, SoftBank announced it had made an investment worth $125M in Alphabet's business for the cellphone antennas in the atmosphere, set to provide the Internet in the areas, which were difficult to reach.
The investment fund Asterion has become the leader among potential bidders for the Spain telecoms operator Telefonica's data centre business, El Confidencial newspaper reported, adding Asterion is set to pay €600 for the deal.
Ross McEwan, the CEO of Royal Bank of Scotland, resigned on Thursday after over five years at this position, making the bank to search for a new CEO, it announced in a statement.
On Thursday, Nikkei reported that Japan's Hitachi plans a sale of its listed chemical arm, which has a market value of $4.87B, amid the company's intention to streamline the business portfolio.