The Brazilian economy expanded 7.7% in the third quarter of 2020, compared to the previous quarter, data published by the Brazilian government show.
The economy of India is expected to contract 7.5% in the current fiscal year, a report published by the central bank of India shows.
US factory orders increased 1% in October, after increasing 1.3% in September, a report published by the Commerce Department shows.
The US unemployment rate declined to 6.7% in November from a recent high of 14.7% in April, data published by the Labor Department show.
On Friday, Glencore stated it would commit to net-zero emissions through reducing its carbon footprint by around 40% by 2035.
Kering-owned luxury brand Gucci will donate $500K to UNICEF on supply and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines to people globally, it stated on Friday.
On Friday, the largest foreign carmaker in China, Volkswagen, stated that the Chinese overall car production might be interrupted following disrupted chip supplies around the globe caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, Aston Martin's shareholders have granted their approval for the luxury automaker's plans for £125M capital injection, seeking to bolster its loss-making business.
Sabadell is planning to cut more job and strike alliances on product distribution with other EU lenders after the merger deal with its rival BBVA collapsed last week.
The United States is expected to report its slowest job growth in six months, with November non-farm payrolls likely increasing by 469K jobs after surging by 638K in October, Reuters survey showed.
Nestle is planning an investment worth $3.58 billion during the following five years to cut its carbon emissions to zero by 2050.
On Friday, UBS Group has appointed Sabine Keller-Busse, the EMEA head and Chief Operating Officer, as the new UBS Switzerland president effective from February 1, 2021.
Microsoft has revealed its new cloud-based tool deemed to help businesses get handle on data and operations and will be generally available "shortly".
Rimac, the electric hypercar maker, stated that the growing demand for SPACs, used to raise money for electric cat start-ups, could damage the industry's long-term prospects.
On Thursday, the US President-elect Joe Biden has picked former Barack Obama's official, Brian Deese, to lead the National Economic Council.
The US cargo and passenger airline industry faced total employment drop by about 29K employees through mid-October, as lay-off restrictions set by the government expired.
Ryanair made a new order of 75 additional 737 MAX jets from Boeing with the $9.0B list price, sending the US planemaker's shares up 5.2% on Thursday.
The Chinese Commerce Ministry stated that it will keep anti-dumping duties over imports of wine from Australia for four months.
Nestle announced plans to invest 3.2B Swiss francs or $3.58B over the five years to step towards its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050.
Walmart is expected to spend more than $700M on bonuses as compensation for helping meet an increase in demand for essential goods in the coronavirus crisis.
LafargeHolcim was allocating 100M Swiss francs or nearly $111.89M to cut its CO2 emissions in India, the world's biggest cement maker stated.
JD Logistics asked banks to pitch for the lead role in Hong Kong IPO of up to $3B, aiming to launch the deal in the H1 of 2021, two sources familiar with the matter stated.
PhonePe, the digital payments operations of Walmart's e-commerce arm Flipkart, announced that it is set to sell a stake to existing investors for $700M.
During Thursday's European trading hours, the US Dollar index reached low levels not experienced since May of 2018.