German inflation data was released on Friday. The data sets revealed that the German inflation has reached the highest level in a period of five years.
The stock market participants mostly celebrated on Friday, as the last day of trading began with almost nine trillion US Dollars gained throughout 2017.
On the final day of trading oil prices hit another record high, as they hit the highest price level seen since the middle of 2015.
In a twitter post on Friday the US President Donald Trump expressed his shock that the United States Post Office was charging too lite to deliver packages.
Huawei Technologies on Friday declared that income from overall operations and smartphone sales in 2017 have had the slowest growth compared with the past four years.
Goldman Sachs Group announced on Friday that the bank expects a decrease of five billion US Dollars to its fourth quarter earnings.
The Russians are planning to issue a bond that will help bring money back into the country as safeguard against future sanctions. Due to that reason demand for the bonds has risen sharply.
Bankers in Hong Kong are planning a round of new initial public offerings in the next two years, which is in sharp contrast to 2017, which was the worst equity raising year in a decade.
On Friday, the President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen said the island's defence budget was set to grow steadily over years, as China's military ambitions are getting more apparent.
China's ban on ivory sales takes effect on Sunday, 31 December, a vital step towards curbing the slaughter of elephants.
According to a source with knowledge on the matter, Goldman Sachs has chosen Dublin as a hub for its asset management business in the wake of Britain's decision to leave the EU.
The US Internal Revenue Service advised the country's homeowners on prepaying their 2018 property taxes before Trump's tax law takes effect.
A senior China's drug control official said the United States should trim its "enormous" opioid demand rather than blaming China for being the main source.
Australia's government is seen easing visa restrictions for overseas pilots due to the fact that a domestic shortage of professionals sees planes grounded and flights cancelled.
In a New Year's address to staff, Huawei's rotating CEO Ken Hu said the company expected 2017 revenue to soar 15%, making it the slowest revenue growth over the past four years.
Thousands Peruvians took to the streets in Lima to march against the President's pardoning of the ex-authoritarian leader Alberto Fujimori.
The clinical stage biopharmaceutical company Menlo Therapeutics has filed or an IPO, striving to raise at least $85M. The firm is applying to list on NASDAQ with the ticker symbol "MNLO".
In an open letter to its clients, Apple apologised for slowing down iPhones having old batteries and offered cheaper battery replacement for older iPhone models.
According to sources with knowledge on the matter, India's LTE mobile network operator Reliance Jio has secured a $3.75B deal to acquire the debt-laden RCom's wireless assets.
China's central bank said it would allow certain commercial banks keep fewer required reserves for the time being in order to help them cope with heavy cash demand before the Lunar New Year.
The US President Donald Trump said he was convinced that the special counsel probe into Russia's meddling in the US election last year is going to be fair.
The Rating and Valuation Department reported on Friday that Hong Kong's private home prices surged 1.08% over the course of November, marking the 13th consecutive month of growth.
Citigroup is expected to pay fines worth at least $11.5M and compensation to settle charges for displaying the wrong stock ratings, causing customers to buy shares they never wanted.
Volkswagen would petition German Constitutional Court, aiming to overturn the special auditor appointment to investigate the management's actions in the emissions scandal.