In September the US Consumer Price Index rose less than it was forecast by market participants. Namely, prices increased by 0.1% instead of the forecast 0.2%.
Ceva Logistics, the Swiss transport company, has rejected a $1.55B worth takeover bid from the Danish firm DSV, saying the offer had undervalued the group.
On Thursday, British competition regulator stated it would launch an inquiry into the British Airways alliance with other airlines over transatlantic routes amid 2020 expiry of the previous deal.
Thailand's energy regulator has imposed a ban on PTT's takeover bid to buy the power company Glow Energy from the French firm Engie in a $4.0B worth deal that could become one of the country's biggest investments this year.
The lithium producer Livent has plunged 3.6% in its Thursday's market debut, as the company had been priced at the lowest of its set price range due to investors' concerns over the the recent price slides in lithium in China.
The latest ECB meeting minutes highlight that the European Central Bank is afraid that global trade tensions will decrease the euro zone's growth.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Jordan announced a reshuffle of his minister cabinet. The reshuffle is expected to speed up the IMF-guided reforms.
CFM International, which produces jet engines, is preparing for negotiations with Airbus about an increase of narrow body jet production.
Crude Oil prices reached a two week low level on Thursday. Meanwhile, markets expected the price to be influenced by the weekly US Crude Oil Inventories report.
On Thursday, OPEC revealed that the organization expects the oil market to be well supplied and expects no glut next year.
In accordance with an article published by Reuters, Wall Street analysts have turned away from analyzing the impact of US tax cuts and instead are worried about the impact of rising borrowing costs.
Taiwanese company's Foxcon's revenues have jumped by 30 percent in September. The company is known by most as a key supplier of Apple.
The head of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde on Thursday announced that she does not agree with Donald Trump's statements about the Federal Reserve hikes being crazy.
Skoda Auto car deliveries have dropped by 16% in September. The conversions of cars to conform to new regulations are being blamed for the drop.
On Wednesday, Tesla's CEO and the US SEC filed a submission in support of the resolution and approval of the civil matter between the two parties.
The top car dealers association in China sent a request to the government to halve taxes on auto purchases.
A survey of Bank of England on Thursday revealed that lenders in the UK are expecting the largest mortgage lending decline since late 2008.
On Thursday, Diversified Gas & Oil stated it had acquired Core Appalachia, the privately owned natural gas producer, in a deal valued at $183M.
Apple agreed to acquire part of the chip supplier Dialog Semiconductor's business in a deal worth $600M, on the back of expansion of Apple's chip operations in Europe.
The World Bank Group revealed a new system to rank countries over the success in development of human capital, in a bid to prod governments to invest more in healthcare and education.
William Ackman stated that Pershing Square, his hedge fund, built a roughly $900M position in Starbucks, betting that the coffee chain could overcome weak sales in the home market.
Germany's BMW stated that it is set to gain control of the main China's joint venture for $4.2B, the first such move after Beijing started to relax ownership regulations for the auto market.
Micron Technology stated that it planned to invest up to $100M in startups working on artificial intelligence technologies, which would be used in self-driving vehicles, factory automation and other fields.
On Wednesday, CNBC reported that Apple Inc is planning to start delivering exclusive digital content via its video service to the owners of company's devices for free.