Growth in the Chinese service sector strengthened in April, as employment and new business grew at their fastest pace, a private survey indicated.
The party of the German Chancellor Angel Merkel on Thursday called for an increase of defence spending to the 1.5% mark of GDP.
The global stock indexes declined on Thursday due to the markets once more taking into account that the Fed is still planning to introduce additional rate hikes during 2018.
The recently revealed quarterly report of Apple has revealed that the company is set to face margin competitiveness challenges in its services segment.
The new chief executive of Volkswagen on Thursday announced that the car maker will become more honest, as it recovers from 2015 diesel scandal.
Venezuelan authorities on Thursday arrested eleven top executives of the Banesco bank. The executives have been charged with hurting the country's currency.
The recovery of the US Dollar, which has lasted since the middle of April, has increased European corporate first quarter profits.
As the separatist Basque group ETA announced full dismantlement, the Prime Minister of Spain has vowed to track down the former militants.
The Slovak authorities have demanded Vietnam to explain reports that Vietnamese agents drafted a Slovak governmental plane to smuggle a high ranking executive.
Toyota Motor Corporation announced on Thursday that the company has been building a new self-driving car test track in Michigan.
A group of Tim Horton's franchisees are suing their parent company. Restaurant Brands International is set to be sued due to increasing escalations between the company and owners of brand shops.
Cambridge Analytica and its parent company SCL Elections Ltd have been shut down after a massive drop in business activity.
On Thursday, Bombardier announced that the company will continue its commercial aerospace program. Meanwhile, the company has been struggling with debt.
On Thursday, BASF stated it had agreed with Solenis to tie-up their paper and water chemicals business units with 49% to be owned by BASF.
The Chinese connected device and smartphone maker Xiaomi has picked Hong Kong to launch its initial public offering, seeking to raise around $10B in the biggest listing globally in nearly four years.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits climbed 2K to 211K in the week ending April 28, while analysts anticipated a surge to 225K.
On Thursday, Anheuser-Busch, the Budweiser beer maker, stated it had ordered 800 hydrogen-fuelled big rigs from Nikola Motor Company, amid company's plan to convert the fleet to renewable powered semi-trucks by 2025.
Canada's train and plane maker Bombardier is selling its Toronto plane assembly site to pension fund in its efforts to attract additional cash under the five-year recovery plan.
Embraer is set to deliver 15 E175 planes to American Airlines in a deal valued at $705M, the Brazilian planemaker stated on Thursday.
Crude oil priced increased on Thursday, ignoring the increasing US crude oil reserves. The main reason for the surge was the focus being shifted on OPEC cuts.
The share price of Samsung's BioLogic declined on Thursday by 3.5%. The reason was the continuation of the fallout that was caused by regulatory issues.
Volkswagen is weighting spin-offs of non-fundamental assets such as transmissions maker Renk and motorcycle maker Ducati, as the company looks for ways to boost its efficiency.
Asian stocks stepped up in April, following declines in the two prior months, facilitated by receding pressure in the Korean demi-island and solid earnings performance for regional equities.
US trade team landed in China for discussions on tariffs on Thursday, with China media saying that the state will not allow US bullying, but better to negotiate things out.