The large privately-owned business software provider, TIBCO Software, has agreed to acquire France's data management firm Orchestra Networks, as it seeks to boost the company's ability to help customers organise their data.
On Tuesday morning, as the rally caused by the trade truce ended, Asian stock market indices declined. The main reason for the decline were doubts about the execution of the trade agreement.
On Tuesday, it was announced by US officials that they expect China to act immediatel in regards to cutting tariffs on US auto imports and ending intelectual property theft.
During the Asian session on Tuesday the value of the US Dollar declined. The financial media blamed the fall of US Treasury yields as the reason for the decline.
On Tuesday, the Reserve Bank of Australia made a central bank rate announcement. The RBA kept their interest rate unchanged by keeping it at 1.5%.
Nexstar Media Group stated that it agreed to buy Tribune Media Company for nearly $4.1B in cash in a deal, which would make it the biggest regional US TV station operator.
Sharp decided to lay off more than 3K foreign workers in Japan, as the Apple supplier moved iPhone sensors production to China's plant owned by Foxconn.
The UK consumer spending rose last month at the slowest pace within a year, with sales on Black Friday failing to reduce the lack of confidence over the economy before Brexit, industry data revealed.
The Central Bank of China is set to keep monetary policy flexible and adjust it appropriately according to changes in the local economic situation, the Bank's Governor Yi Gang stated.
A survey published by Reuters on Monday revealed that economists expect the Bank of Canada to hike their interest rate three times during 2019. In general the Bank of Canada is set to follow the directions of the Federal Reserve.
On Monday, the Chief Financial Officer of BMW Nicolas Peter announced that the company is expecting difficulties in the 2019 caused by currency exchange rate and commodity price fluctuations.
After GlaxoSmithKline announced the acquisition of the cancer specialist Tesaro, the company's shares began to decline. The reason for the decline was that the company is paying a 110 percent premium on the acquisition and takes on Tesaro's debt.
The government of Switzerland announced on Monday that the government has launched various measures, which will protect the Swiss domestic stock market in case the EU blocks EU based investors from trading on the Swiss exchanges.
On Monday, the Prime Minister of France met with the leaders of political opposition, tasked by the French President with finding a solution to the rioting in Paris.
As US Donald Trump tweeted that China has agreed to cut taxes on autos made in the US, the share prices of Daimler AG and BMW rose in value. Although these car companies are not American, they produce in the US.
On Monday, the administration of the US President Donald Trump announced that in the near future the President will discuss the ongoing arms race with Russia and China.
The Foreign Minister of Germany announced on Monday that pulling out of the pipeline project Nord Stream 2 would diminish Germany's bargaining power with Russia.
The Canadian manufacturing sector data, which was published on Monday, revealed that manufacturing growth in Canada reached a three month high level in November. The main reason for the event was an increase in new orders.
The German conservatives, who are close allies of Angela Merkel's party, are questioning whether the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project should be continued, as tensions rise in between Russia and Ukraine.
On Monday, Wall Street stock indices started the day's trading higher than the previous close. The main reason for the surge was the trade truce done by US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping.
China's Tianqi Lithium has acquired a 23.77% stake in Chile's lithium miner SQM from Canada's fertilizer giant Nutrien for a price of $4.066B in total.
The Oil Minister of Iran on Monday announced that the Iranian oil industry is the main tool of the country on the front line against the enemy of Iran. He also added that Tehran has to counter US efforts to pressure Iran.
GFG Alliance, the privately-held firm by Britain's industrialist Sanjeev Gupta, has closed a deal worth $320M to take over the US steel wire maker Keystone Consolidated Industries.
The US sales of new Honda and Toyota vehicles plunged 9.5% to 120,534 units and 0.6% to 190,423 cars respectively in November, Japan's automakers reported on Monday.