On Wednesday, Lilly's Elanco animal health unit's initial public offering was priced over the anticipated range at $24 a share, bringing the company's total value to $8.55B.
Rio Tinto, the global miner, has announced on Thursday a $3.2B share buyback programme, after the recent sale of its Australia's assets.
On Thursday, Britain's luxury carmaker Aston Martin stated it expected the valuation of about £5.07B in its October initial public offering, after setting its price range of £17.50-£22.50 per share.
Meituan Dianping jumped on debut in Hong Kong, valuing China's online food delivery-to-ticketing services company at about $55B, with a positive sign to firms lining up to list in the financial hub.
The UK regulator on Thursday fined Britain's arm of credit reference firm Equifax £500K pounds for failing to protect personal data of up to 15M people in Britain during a cyber attack in 2017.
Delta Airlines, the second-biggest US airline, joined other major companies, including JetBlue and United, in rising the US flight baggage fees to $30.
Amazon.com was considering the company's plan to open 3K of Amazon Go cashierless stores in the following years, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter.
Angela Merkel, the German Chancellor, called for respect and friendliness in the negotiations between the UK and the EU, seeking closer ties after Brexit.
Justin Trudeau, the Canadian Prime Minister, stated that he wanted to see some flexibility from the US, if the two sides are set to reach an agreement on renewing NAFTA.
The vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, Ji Bingxuan, meets with Kaieda Banri, a member of Japan's House of Representatives in Beijing to discuss political relations between two countries.
The German economic momentum is likely to weaken significantly in 2018 as a consequence of a global trade war initiated by the US, a study by the German Economic Institute shows.
Cyprus and Egypt signed an agreement to construct an underwater pipeline to deliver natural gas to Egypt, a statement released by the Noble Energy consortium shows.
Yemen's central bank increased interest rates on deposits to 27% to combat riyal depreciation, the state-run Saba news agency reports.
Nepali banks have a lot opportunities to facilitate trade and investment between Nepal and China as economic growth improves, a top official of Nepal Bank says.
The Treaty on Friendship, Cooperation and Partnership between Ukraine and Russia terminates on Wednesday, the Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko says.
The Greek government discussed the migration policy with the visiting European Commissioner for Migration, Home Affairs and Citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos ahead of an informal EU Summit in Salzburg, Austria.
Environmental and energy ministers gathered in Canada for a three-day meeting focused on climate change, clean energy and ocean conservation.
The private equity group CVC has selected Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse to lead its IPO of the London-based warranty provider Domestic & General.
Amazon.com and India's private equity group Samara Capital have acquired Aditya Birla Group's retail chain More in a deal valuing the company at $580.35M.
China has penalised $60B of the United States imports in a tit-for-tat move, after the President Donald Trump claimed he would impose such tariffs on $200B of China's goods.
On Wednesday, HNA Technology stated it had dropped its plan to buy China's e-commerce group Dangdang as deal parties failed to reach the agreement.
On Wednesday, Ryanair's Belgian cabin crew union stated it had rejected an offer proposed by the Irish airline right ahead of the planned strike on September 28.
Toshiba Memory's Chief Executive has shrugged off the price concerns about the plunging memory chips prices on Wednesday and reiterated that the firm was planning an IPO in a couple of years.
Mars Wrigley Confectionery is aiming to tackle the so-called "broken" cocoa supply chain, which includes child labour, poverty and deforestation, by launching a new sustainability scheme on Wednesday.