According to IHS Markit, French September PMI rose to 51.2 from 49.8 reading the previous month, signalling an improvement in the manufacturing sector despite a surge in the coronavirus cases.
On Thursday, the EU and UK trade agreement negotiators announced that they had failed at agreeing upon the matter of state aid. The announcement caused a one percent drop of the Pound.
Hyundai Motor reported on Thursday its sales surged 5% in the United States last month, driven by a rapid demand recovery for the South Korean automaker's high-profit SUVs.
On Thursday, Tesla, the US electric vehicle maker, has reduced its starting price of the Model 3 sedans made in China by nearly 8% to $36,805, after China's subsidies for EVs were taken into account.
On Thursday, Tokyo Stock Exchange has suspended its full day-trade due to the worst-ever glitch in the stock marker's electronic trading system that triggered a major outage.
Walt Disney is set to lay off around 28K employees at its theme parks in the United States amid the coronavirus hit, the company announced.
HP Inc agreed to pay a $6M fine to settle US SEC charges, as it misled investors by failing to reveal the effect of sales practices used to meet earnings and sales targets.
German company Bayer AG announced plans for more than €1.2B cost cuts until 2024 and stated that it is set to take impairment charges over its agricultural business.
IOTA teamed up with corporations, such as NTT Data and Jaguar Land Rover, in the launch of software, which would grant users remote control of appliances, cars and other items.
Rolls-Royce Holdings is expected to announce plans to raise around £2B from investors, in a bid to strengthen the company's balance sheet.
During Wednesday's US trading hours, the US Dollar gained value. The event was attributed to US GDP data.
On Wednesday, US stock indices surged, as buying was caused by a rise in tech and industrial stock prices.
Caesars Entertainment is planning to take over the UK-based gambling firm William Hill in a deal valued at £2.9B, seeking expansion in the American sports-betting market.
The Pound jumped by 100 pips against the US Dollar in less than two hours on Wednesday ahead of the planned conference with the British PM Boris Johnson.
Volkswagen is set to announce new important strategic steps it is planning to make this year, CEO Herbert Diess stated on Wednesday.
Volkswagen's SEAT is expecting its September sales to top the results of the same period last year, the Spanish carmaker's incoming chairman said to Reuters.
Tesla, the US electric carmaker, has launched its Model 3 cars manufactured in China with cobalt-free LFP batteries, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Royal Dutch Shell revealed its plans to trim up to 9K job positions, which is more than 10% of the company's workforce amid its low-carbon energy transition plan.
The EU is drafting rules to force large technology groups to share data of their customer with smaller competitors, according to the Financial Times report published on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Caesars Entertainment, the US casino operator, agreed to acquire William Hill, the UK-based gambling group, in a deal worth £2.9B amid its expansion plans in the rapidly-growing US sports-betting market.
On Wednesday, the President of the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde revealed that a review of ECB policy.
Alibaba's cloud division is expecting profitability within FY2021, a senior executive of the Chinese tech giant said on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, India's Reliance Industries announced that General Atlantic, the private equity firm, is planning to make an investment worth $498.31M in its retail division, sending the company's shares up 1%.
Walt Disney is planning to lay off about 28,000 employees at the company's US theme parks due to the coronavirus pandemic's hit.