Various banks belonging to the Chinese state were dumping the US Dollar on Friday in an effort to stop the fall of the Chinese Yuan.
Activision Blizzard bet the wall Street forecasts for the Q2 profit this Thursday, boosted by its blockbuster videogame "Call of Duty" strong sales.
On Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission announced measures for bidding on the high-band spectrum necessary to build the next generation of the 5G wireless networks.
China's Huawei Technologies is expecting its global smartphone shipments to exceed over 200M in 2018, a recovery following a sharp decline the previous year.
On Thursday, the antivirus software developer Symantec announced it would cut 8% of its workforce worldwide, as it seeks to bolster profit margins, adding it had also slashed its annual revenue forecast.
Shares of the technology firm STMicroelectronics surged 1.5% on Wednesday, following Bloomberg's report that Germany's peer Infineon had raised its takeover interest in the company in 2017.
Alibaba's Ant Financial and China's ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing are discussing a potential joint buy-out offer for Ofo that could value the bike-sharing start-up at up to $2.0B.
On Thursday, the drugmaker Eli Lilly's Elanco Animal Health unit has filed for an IPO with the US regulators, seeking to finalise the number of shares for the offering as soon as possible.
Swiss Re is looking at an initial public offering of ReAssure, the British closed book business, in 2019, as its net profit plunged 17% in this year's first half.
Heineken NV stated that it agreed to sell Chinese operations and take a 40% stake in a company controlling the country's largest beer maker China Resources Beer in a $3.1B worth deal.
The Chinese services sector expanded at the slowest pace in the four-month period in July amid the weakest growth in new business since December 2015, a survey revealed.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that he has cancelled his planned trip to Columbia because of the situation near Gaza strip.
On Thursday, German carmaker BMW reported smaller-than-expected 6% decline of operating profit in the second quarter of 2018 despite the new anti-pollution law and trade tensions between Germany and the US.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that Israe lwas ready to deploy its army if Iran was to block the Bab al-Mandeb strait which leads to the Red Sea.
On Thursday, the Economy Minister of Mexico Ildefonso Guajardo claimed that talks with the US regarding the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) will cover all current disagreements between Mexico and the US on trade.
On Thursday, Russian state-owned news agency Interfax reported that US senator Rand Paul is planning to meet Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Sergei Ryabkov on August 6 during the US delegation's trip to Moscow.
On Thursday, Apple Inc became the first publicly listed US company with a market valuation of $1 trillion after it has reported its quarterly profit results which has lead to the stock jump by 2.8%.
Shares of the wireless speaker Pioneer Sonos Inc surged 23% to $18.50 in the market debut this Thursday, bringing its market value to $1.82B.
Brookstone, the gift and gadget chain, filed for the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Thursday in its second time during the last five years.
The worldwide leading insurer Prudential agreed the exclusive digital partnership with the British healthcare and technology company Babylon to grant a digital tool access to its Asian customers to manage their health better.
Qualcomm is expecting to raise over $1.0B in sales this year from its semiconductors chips for connected speakers, smart watches and other electronic devices outside its main business of mobile phone chips.
On Thursday, the German firm Infineon Technologies stated it had inked a memorandum of understanding with Alibaba's cloud computing unit to promote the Internet of Things uses.
TransCanada reported on Thursday its profit plunged 11% to C$785M in the second quarter, compared to C$881M a year earlier.
On Thursday, L3 technologies, the defence equipment maker, stated it was set to combine its sensor systems and aerospace businesses to focus on surveillance, reconnaissance and intelligence products.