New Zealand's Trade Me Group announced it had received another buyout offer worth $1.8B from the US private equity company, exceeding the rival bid, the online marketplace stated on Wednesday.
SoftBank's Vision Fund is planning to hire new investment team and settle it in China, amid company's expansion in the most vibrant technology market in the world.
On Wednesday, Alibaba Group Holding stated it had signed a deal with Brussels to roll out the e-commerce trade hub that would include investments into the country's logistics infrastructure.
Hyundai Motor and South Korea's government are seeking to finalise a deal planned for this week on the low-cost car manufacturing joint venture, in spite of a stiff labour union opposition amid fears of wage cuts and job losses.
The Prime Minister of Italy on Wednesday announced that he is ready to amend some of the measures included in the Italian 2019 fiscal budget.
On Wednesday, before the scheduled OPEC meeting on Thursday oil prices declined. Financial media quoted various reasons for the decline, which had no real basis. Meanwhile, it could be clearly observed that the market is retracing after the recent surge.
Germany's drugmaker Bayer stated it was aiming to raise its adjusted core earnings to €16.0B in 2022, compared to the expected €12.2B this year.
The main contract supplier to Apple, Foxconn, is considering to set up an iPhone plant in Vietnam to soften possible impact from the US-China trade dispute.
The New York-based sports-focus internet television platform FuboTV has launched its streaming services in Spain this week, in its first expansion outside North America.
Uber Technologies has hired the former senior US car safety official Nat Beuse for the company's self-driving vehicle commercialisation efforts.
Samsung Electronics and Verizon Communications confirmed their plans to launch 5G smartphones in the United States in the next year's first half, aiming to crack the rival Apple.
On Wednesday, the Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing announced about its reorganisation plan aimed at enhancing the efficiency and safety its platform.
DEA Deutsche Erdoel has clinched a deal to acquire Mexico's independent firm Sierra Oil and Gas, as the German energy company seeks to boost its presence in the Mexican oil market ahead of its planned merger with Wintershall next year.
On Wednesday, shares in BAIC Motor plunged as much as 13.5% on a report that Germany's Daimler might raise its stake in the joint venture with China's automaker.
Takeda Pharmaceutical shareholders have granted their approval on Wednesday for a $59B acquisition of the London-listed Shire, becoming one of the top ten drugmakers in the world, but also one of the most indebted.
On Wednesday, Gymboree Group, the kid's clothing retailer, announced it was exploring potential options of its brands, such as Janie and Jack, Crazy 8 and Gymboree, including some store closure and companies' sale.
Unipec, the Chinese oil trader, is planning to revive the US crude oil shipments the the Asian mainland by March 2019, after the US and China leader Donald Trump and Xi Jinping had agreed on the trade truce.
Britain's BT Group announced it would eliminate Huawei Technologies' equipment from the company's core 4G network during the next two years, citing security concerns, according to the Financial Times.
Growth in the Japanese services sector eased slightly last month, tough remained near the highest level in six months, bolstering views that the economy was recovering from a soft patch.
Volkswagen's CEO stated after the meeting at the White House that Germany's automaker was building a partnership with Ford Motor and might use the automaker's plants in the US to build cars.
China's services sector expanded at the quickest pace in five-month period in November, owing to a jump in new orders, though the outlook for businesses over 2019 worsened for the third month in succession.
The Australian economy expanded less that expected revealing GDP growth of 2.8% in the third quarter, missing expectations for a 3.3% increase, as consumers faced tepid wage growth.
On Tuesday, the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that if Iran is unable to export oil through the Gulf, no other countries can.
On Tuesday, the US Special Representative for Iran Brain Hook urged the European Union to consider sanctions on Iran over its missile test.