Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, has called for general election to be held on December 12, seeking to break the Brexit deadlock, and admitting he would not meet the "do or die" deadline for leaving the EU bloc next week.
Tesla has surprised Wall Street by reporting better-than-expected Q3 profit results, as promised by the electric carmaker's CEO Elon Musk, sending its shares up 18% to $301.
Qualcomm, which supplies chips for the next generation of mobile networks, known as 5G technology, has announced a $200M venture capital fund seeking to invest in start-ups aiming at 5G usage in other devices rather than phones.
Ardian is planning to launch a sale of the German professional loudspeaker producer d&b Audiotechnik, in a potential deal that could value the company at over €600M, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Twitter has reported its revenue and profit were hit in the Q3 by weaker advertising and low demand during the summer time, sending the company's shares down nearly 15%.
The Czech Republic is considering to adhere to German and other neighbouring countries' approach regarding Huawei in 5G network building and abandon the idea of banning the Chinese company, the industry minister stated.
Nissan Motor is planning to sell two of its EU production sites, as the Japanese automaker is facing dropping sales in this region, as well as industry shift towards electric vehicles, according to a Bloomberg report.
VTB, Russia's state-controlled lender, is considering a 10% stake sale in its Angolan unit VTB Africa that would reduce the bank's total stake in the African arm to 40%, VTB's CEO Andrei Kostin stated.
On Thursday, Mario Draghi, the President of the European Central Bank, welcomed new executive board member, Isabel Schnabel, nominated by Germany, who would stimulate discussions at the bank, giving Berlin an expert voice on its issues.
The Swedish Crown surged to its strongest against the US Dollar and also gained about 0.6% in value against the Euro on Thursday after the Riksbank stuck to its plans to hike interest rate in December.
Adel al-Jubeir, Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister, stated on Thursday that applying maximum pressure was the only way to get Iran to negotiate.
According to sources familiar with of the matter, the BOJ is thinking toward stabilising the markets next week if a flare-up in the US-China trade talks or renewed concerns of a disorderly Brexit jolt market.
European shares edged higher on Thursday, boosted by automobile stocks. The pan-European STOXX 600 index was up by 0.3% at 0710 GMT.
South Korea will begin a bribery case against the Samsung Group chief Jay Y. Lee on Friday after the country's Supreme Court overturned in August part of appeals.
On Thursday, Daimler shares were 5.4% higher during the Asian trading session after the company reported an 8% increase in Q3 operating profit.
On Wednesday, Amazon.com announced it had acquired Health Navigator, the healthcare start-up, as it seeks to expand its footprint in the industry.
Ford Motor slashed forecast for operating profit for the year to the $6.5B-%7B range after disappointing Q3 that the CEO blamed on bigger discounts, warranty costs and weaker performance in China.
Microsoft Corp forecast the company's cloud computing services revenue of $11.45b to top analysts' estimates of $11.2B, even while quarterly growth slowed for Azure business.
Justin Trudeau, Canada's Prime Minister, stated that tax cut for the middle class is likely to the first business order for his new minority government, which would look for support in country's parliament.
WeWork, the office-sharing start-up, was planning to cut 4K jobs within a turnaround plan introduced by SoftBank Group, as it took the control of the firm.
On Wednesday, Spirit Airlines stated that it is close to agreeing upon buying nearly 100 airplanes from Airbus.
The Indian government announced on Wednesday that it would ease the rules for creating fuel stations, opening up the sector to new firms.
On Wednesday, the CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was set to meet with the US Congress to lay out his plans for a digital currency.
On Wednesday, Honda announced that it would sell only electrified cars in Europe by 2022.