Berkshire Hathaway confirmed on Tuesday it had expanded its large bet on Apple to nearly 252M shares worth about $47B, up 5% from 239.6M shares three months earlier.
On Wednesday, Mario Abdo Benitez, the Paraguay former senator, took the office as the country's new President, promising to fight corruption and cut poverty, after winning April's national elections.
Berkshire Hathaway bolstered its investments in Israeli Teva Pharmaceutical Industries and Goldman Sachs Group in the second quarter, the company announced on Tuesday.
On Wednesday, Diamondback Energy's shares dropped 10%, after it had announced an all-stock takeover deal worth $9.2B for its shale rival Energen.
Infosys, India's information technology firm, is set to build a software development centre in the country's West Bengal eastern state, investing about $14.28M.
Glencore and Qatar Investment Authority's joint venture QHG Oil Ventures valued its 14.2% Rosneft stake at €7.4B, the JV's financial stated showed.
Volkswagen's unit Electricity America is planning to launch an advertising campaign in collaboration with the US cultural cartoon icons the Jetsons and Flintstones, as it seeks to broaden their consumer awareness of electric cars.
On Wednesday, the authorities of Turkey imposed double tariffs on some imports from the US, including cars, alcohol and tobacco in retaliation to the move of Washington.
On Wednesday, the authorities of Switzerland have prohibited the registration of some new Porsche Cayenne and Macan and Mercedes-Benz Vito vehicles because of the diesel engines' emissions manipulation.
On Wednesday, Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel and the President of Turkey Tayyip Erdogan discussed current situation in Syria and bilateral ties between two countries.
According to the tech news site The Information, investors told Uber Technologies Inc that it should sell its self-driving unit after 18 months of $125-200M losses each quarter.
Nvidia rolled out on Monday a new chip technology designed to help expanding the company's business among film makers and the rest graphic professionals.
On Wednesday, the US cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur Michael Terpin has filed a lawsuit worth $224M against the telecommunications firm AT&T over the loss of cryptocurrency from his personal account.
On Wednesday, China's technology titan Tencent Holdings reported a 2% drop in its Q2 net profit, the lowest reading in almost 13 years, tumbled by weak investment gains and slow gaming growth.
Canot Microelectronics announced on Wednesday it was planning to acquire the specialty chemicals firm KMG Chemicals in a stock-and-cash deal worth $1.6B.
The Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade is thinking over launching an inquiry into Google over the alleged abuses in the company's cell phone operating systems.
On Wednesday, Constellation Brands, the Corona beer maker, stated it would make an extra investment of $4.0B in Canopy Growth Corp, lifting its stake in Canada's marijuana producer to 38%.
Stocks of the Asian video gaming firms, such as Nintendo, Nexon and Tencent Holdings, plunged on Wednesday amid delay concerns in the Chinese new game releases, as Beijing had halted the licences approvals.
On Tuesday, a 50-year-old bridge in Italy's city of Genoa collapsed during torrential rain, claiming lives of at least 37 people, according to the latest information reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Israel's government stated it would invest $24M to boost its cyber security industry by launching a three-year programme to supply companies with up to 5M shekels a year.
Y Combinator, the US start-up incubator, stated it was establishing a new China unit, which would be led by the former Baidu COO Qi Lu.
Blackstone Group, the US private equity company, is in negotiations to buy a stake in India's frequent-flier loyalty programme of Jet Airways, according to Bloomberg.
On Tuesday, Brazil's homebuilder Gafisa stated that it would seek a merger deal or a sale of the firm, as it wanted to prevent GWI Asset Management, its biggest shareholder, from naming all the board members.
Sears CEO Edward Lampert's hedge fund offered to acquire the firm's Kenmore appliances brand in a cash-deal that could be valued at $400M, Sears stated on Tuesday.