on Monday, Nissan Motor stated it had cooperated with SEC inquiry after Japan's carmaker itself faced scrutiny into the financial scandal, blaming its Chairman Carlos Ghosn for a financial misconduct.
Britain's largest supermarket chain Tesco stated it might trim thousands of job positions by shutting down in-store fish, meat and delicatessen counters, according to the Mail newspaper report.
On Monday, Australia's Qantas Airways state its customers requested some in-flight innovations, like virtual reality relaxation or exercise bikes, for 20-hour-long flights from the country's capital to London.
On Monday, China's film ticketing platform Maoyan Entertainment has priced its initial public offering in Hong Kong at the bottom of its indicative range, raising $250M according to Reuters.
Siemens and Alstom have confirmed new concessions on their rail merger, as they seek to meet antitrust demands and receive an approval from the EU Commission.
On Monday, CEVA Logistics shareholders rejected a $1.67B takeover bid from the French CMA CGM, saying it had undervalued the Swiss shipper.
Serbia's AIK bank is preparing a new offer for all of Slovenian Gorenjska Banka in the next 30 days, AIK stated on Saturday, not disclosing financial terms of the bid; however last year it had offered €298 for Gorenjska's share, potentially valuing the whole bank at €115.6M.
The US buyout groups Centerbridge and Cerberus teamed up on acquiring a minority stake in Germany's NordLB public sector lender this Saturday, according to Reuters.
China Three Gorges has terminated talks with the EU regulators on the proposed $10.3B takeover of EDP-Energia de Portugal amid concerns the deal could make any progress.
Austria's OMV and Italy's Eni agreed to acquire a combined $5.8B stake in ADNOC's refining business unit to form new trading operation held by the three companies.
Thyssenkrupp's CEO stated the German company had no intention for its elevator business sale, adding that its current plan on splitting the firm would sufficiently bolster its capital and equity base.
China's Didi Chuxing and a unit of the stated-held firm BAIC, Beijing Electric Vehicle, have established a joint venture to launch their work on artificial intelligence and new energy vehicle projects.
MoneyGram International is exploring strategic options, including the money transfer firm's sale, a year after the US government rejected its $1.2B sale to China's company Ant Financial.
State-owned Saudi Aramco announced plans to buy up to 19.9% stake of South Korea's refiner Hyundai Oilbank for $1.61B, driving up the parent's Hyundai Heavy Industries' shares 6.6%.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to unify messaging infrastructure of Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messengers' services and incorporate end-to-end encryption into these applications.
China's envoy to the EU warned that excluding the Chinese technology group Huawei is likely to hamper 5G mobile networks, the Financial Times stated.
Earnings at China's industrial companies shrank for the second month in succession in December over slowing prices and sluggish manufacturing activity.
On Sunday, the US Treasury Department lifted sanctions from three companies related to Russian businessman Oleg Deripaska EuroSibEnergo, EN+ Group Plc and Rusal.
The President of France Emmanuel Macron began on Sunday an official visit to Egypt to discuss bilateral relations and prospects of investments in national economies.
The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu stated on Sunday that his government recognized Juan Guaido as the new leader of Venezuela.
The UN Under Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs Rosemary DiCarlo called Venezuelan authorities and opposition to immediately start political dialogue in order to avoid possible violance and end the crisis as fast as possible.
On Sunday, a report by Reuters revealed that Tesco might cut thousands of fresh food counter jobs.
On Sunday, the British foreign office minister to the Middle East announced that Iraq has to stop its reliance in economic matters on Iran.
On Sunday, US government workers that were affected by the government shutdown were preparing to return back to work, as the agencies have resumed their work.