Crude oil prices surged by 18 cents or 0.2% on Friday morning, reaching $68.76 a barrel, amid continuous concerns about trade war between the United Stated, China and other emerging economies.
The Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe welcomed on Friday Vladimir Putin's initiative, yet once again noted that the dispute around four Kuril Islands must be resolved before a peace agreement can be signed.
The founder of Amazon.com Jeff Bezos promised on Thursday to allocate $2B to help homeless families and build pre-schools in low-income neighborhoods.
The Prime Mister of Japan Shinzo Abe stated on Friday that he expects that ultra-easy policy of the central bank would not continue forever, leaving the decision on the exact timing to governor Kuroda.
China's industrial production grew 6.1% in the months of August from the prior year, while retail sales rose 9.0% in the same period, both beating forecasts, the report showed.
The Chinese fixed-asset investment growth weakened to 5.3% in the eight-month period of the year, missing forecasts and hitting a new low, data revealed on Friday.
Walmart is set to acquire Mexican food delivery firm Cornershop for $225M, in a bid to ramp up the company's online grocery business in Latin America.
IKEA Group stated that all the company's home deliveries in the inner cities of Amsterdam, New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Paris would be done by electric car or alternative by 2020.
The European Central Bank announced the decision to keep policy unchanged, as anticipated, staying on course to cease bond purchases in 2018 and raise rates next autumn.
The US government posted a $214B budget deficit in the month of August, almost double the deficit for the same period in 2017, as outlays grew, according to data from the Treasury Department.
Markets revenue at JPMorgan Chase & Co in the third quarter was down slightly from the prior year, after adopting for tax law changes, the CFO Marianne Lake stated.
General Motors was recalling 1.205M sport utility vehicles and pickup trucks worldwide amid issues with a power steering's temporary loss, the automaker stated.
Leaders of the German ruling parties stated they were set to meet next week to decide on whether the intelligence agency's embattled head should keep the job.
The European Commission has raised concerns on Thursday over the competition effect by its planned acquisition of the effect by its planned acquisition of the Tele2's Dutch operations.
Goldman Sachs appointed Stephen Scherr as a new Finance Chief Officer to replace Martin Chavez, in its largest management shake-up, the bank reported on Thursday.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits dropped to 204K, its lowest level in almost 49 years, in the week ending September 8, while analysts anticipated a surge to 210K.
The UK antitrust watchdog has launched an inquiry into the US exchange company CME Group's acquisition of NEX Group worth $5.5B due to concerns it could reduce the competition.
On Thursday, Britain's engineering company Smiths Group stated the talks with the US ICU Medical about a potential $9.2B merger deal had fallen through.
Walmart has clinched a deal to acquire the Latin American delivery service Cornershop worth $225M for its subsidiary Walmart de Mexico, also known as Walmex, the group stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, Hanover Insurance Group announced a planned sale of its specialty unit to China Reinsurance Group in a deal valued at $950M, as it seeks expansion of its domestic business.
Spain's ACS and Italy's Atlantia are pursuing their joint Abertis takeover deal, despite the motorway bridge collapse in Genoa.
On Thursday, Italy's energy group Eni has denied any involvement in talks regarding the loss-making carrier Alitalia, after the report published by the financial newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore.
Lactalis, France's privately-owned dairy group, is expecting its takeover of the Aspen global infant formula unit to boost the company's overseas presence.
On Thursday, Singapore Technologies Engineering stated it would buy MRA Systems, the aircraft part maker, from General Electric in a $360M deal.