On Wednesday, British information regulator stated it had fined Carphone Warehouse £400K, following a cyber attack in 2015 that exposed over 3M customer personal data.
The finance minister of Indonesia has announced that the regional elections of the country will not affect the ongoing economic reform program.
Various institutional investors have announced that they will continue to back Ryanair after various mess ups during 2017.
According to a Treasury source, Iran and Italy will sign a €5.0B investment agreement on Thursday whereby Italy will help the country's firms invest in Iran.
On Wednesday, Malaysia clinched a deal with the US seabed exploration company to pay up to $70M, if it finds Malaysia Airlines' missing aircraft MH370 within three months of embarking on a new search.
On Tuesday, Microsoft stated that its software security patches guarding against microchip flaws noticeably slowed down the older Intel processors of some servers and personal computers.
On Wednesday, an ivory trader of Hong Kong who was fined for illegal ivory possession resigned from the government advisory panel, as he seeks to protect endangered species.
The stock of Eastman Kodak was as high as $6.65 on Tuesday, after the photography giant unveiled launching a "KODAKCoin" cryptocurrency for photographers.
On Tuesday, the San Francisco judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration move to end the DACA programme that was shielding young immigrants from deportation.
France's President Emmanuel Macron stated on Wednesday that the China contract for 184 Airbus A320s aircarft would be finalised soon.
The Nissan, Mitsubishi and Renault carmakers are launching a venture capital fund, planning to invest a $1B in the following five years.
On Wednesday Asian shares retreated from 2007 high levels. Some sources cite that profit taking might have been the cause of the retreat.
On Wednesday oil prices hit the high level of 2014 due to production cuts done by OPEC and increasing demand.
The Japanese Yen increased in worth on Wednesday due to talks of Bank of Japan's planned trim to Japanese bonds.
Hyundai Motor executives are considering opening a car production plant in Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Vietnam are considered as possible locations.
Lenovo Group stated that it anticipated to make a $400M one-off charge for the nine month period to December amid the US deferred tax assets reassessment.
Australian job vacancies increased to the strongest level in the three months period ended in November, showing the sixth strong quarter that indicates lingering growth in hiring.
Official data released on Wednesday showed that Chinese producer prices rose 4.9% on an annual basis in December, after increasing 5.8% in the preceding month.
The National Bureau of Statistics of China reported on Wednesday that its CPI came in at 1.8% year-over-year in December, following the prior month's 1.7%.
The Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki sacked several senior ministers on Tuesday in an apparent move to heal relations with the European Union.
Washington welcomes talks between North and South Korea held on Tuesday, a spokesman for the U.S. State Department Steve Goldstein says.
Venezuela's opposition-led parliament on Tuesday rejected a "petro" cryptocurrency backed by the socialist President Nicolas Maduro.
Stock of Eastman Kodak Co more than doubled on Tuesday after the company announced a cryptocurrency called "KODAKCoin" for photographers.
Toyota said on Tuesday that it would recall more than 600K additional vehicles in the US for defective airbag inflators made by Takata.