The PE firm Blackstone Group is preparing for an IPO of the US benefits manager Alight Solutions that could be worth over $7.0B, including debt.
Fonterra Co-Operative Group, New Zealand's dairy giant, has reduced its estimated milk payout to farmers, saying it is considering an ice cream business sale.
The Japanese government announced the decision to ease the conditions for curbing solar power subsidy for projects, which have not started operations.
The non-oil private sector of Saudi Arabia expanded at the fastest rate in 11 months in November, suggesting that the economy may be recovering from measures imposed at the beginning of 2018.
Uber Technologies plotted the return of self-driving cars, though the company was taking a more conservative approach trying to recover from an accident that upended autonomous vehicle program.
The Chinese export growth is anticipated to have slowed in November, as a weakening in global demand offset a rush to ship goods to the US ahead of an increase in tariffs.
Nissan Motor uncovered more cases of unacceptable vehicles' testing in Japan and was considering a recall of affected cars, the Nikkei reported.
American International Group racked up an expected $750M to $800M in catastrophe losses over the fourth quarter of 2018, the company's CEO stated.
Volkswagen's core brand is set to seek efficiency and cost gains of nearly $6.8B in a bid to increase the brand's operating margin to 6% by 2023.
On Wednesday, the Scottish Parliament voiced their anger and opposition to the UK Prime Minister Theresa May Brexit plan.
On Wednesday, the Serbian Prime Minister Ana Brnabic said that Serbia could intervene if Kosovo creates a standing army.
On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Wells Fargo would fire about 36 district managers over management failures, related to sales.
On Wednesday, crude oil prices edged higher, as the world's largest oil exporters plan to meet to discuss cutting output.
On Wednesday, France and Germany asked Spain to participate as a full-fledged partner in their program, which will develop the next generation air fighter system.
On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump mocked the French President Emmanuel Macron on Twitter over the fuel tax protests in Paris.
Thysennkrupp must quickly decide on the leadership of the planned EU joint venture with the Indian steel producer Tata Steel, the labour leader stated on Wednesday.
Russia's Sberbank stated it had begun to receive takeover proposals from potential buyers for its stake in Croatia's food maker and retailer Agrokor, which was emerging from the debt crisis.
The German group Fresenius Medical Care has acquired some stakes in the Chinese dialysis clinics and kidney hospitals, seeking to expand its footprint in one of the world's largest markets for dialysis.
Brazil's state-owned oil group Petroleo Brasileiro is planning to raise up to $26.9B with the help of partnership deals and asset sales by 2023, while bolstering its investments into production.
The chip manufacturer Qualcomm has launched new generation processor chips designed to power the 5G smartphones in the US as soon as 2019.
On Wednesday, Alphabet's Waymo has released its self-driving taxi service in Arizona, charging their passengers at the price close to ride-hailing firms Lyft and Uber.
On Wednesday, the Finnish "Clash of Clans" game maker, Supercell, is set to establish a new software coding school, which would be tuition fee free, to cut the shortage of skilled coders.
The President Donald Trump's panel is seeking to grant the US Postal Service rights to hike prices for packages, a move that might hurt Amazon and other online retailers' profits.
Hewlett Packard Enterprise reported its quarterly revenue and profit had beat analysts' expectations, boosted by surging demand for the company's data and storage centre networking products.