On Friday, the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones edged lower after the US President Donald Trump threatens further tariffs worth of $267 billion on Chinese imports.
On Friday, the US President Donald Trump said that the United States and Japan had started talks on trade.
Valdis Dombrovskis, the Vice President of the European Commission, stated that Italy understood that it should cut the structural deficit and reduce public debt in the country's 2019 budget, after talks with the Finance Minister Giovanni Tria.
The United States should deploy tools to tackle banks' excessive risk-taking and unwise mortgage lending, following the example of the Bank of England, Donald Kohn , the former Fed Vice Chairman, stated.
Benoit Coeure, the ECB Board Member, stated that Europe needs an agency to combat money laundering, following cases at the EU banks, which exposed gaps in the ability of the bloc to prevent financial crime.
Executives of ExxonMobil and China's officials discussed a $10B investment by the US-based company in the province of Guangdong, China's state TV report showed.
The US Labor Department's employment report revealed that wages marked the largest yearly gain in the nine-year period of 2.9% in the month of August.
The US Labour Department reported that the country's non-farm payrolls added 201K in August, fulled by hiring at wholesalers, professional and business services and construction sites.
Third Point, the hedge fund of the activist investor Daniel Loeb stated on Friday it was looking at replacing Campbell Soup's entire board, already nominating a slate of new directors.
Assicurazioni Generali, the Italian largest insurer, stated it had been in talks to acquire the majority of France's investment company Sycomore and form a partnership.
Alstom and Siemens stated this Thursday they were expecting the rail merger to go ahead in the first half of 2019, despite the concerns raised by Australian competition watchdog.
On Thursday, Airbus SE stated it was no longer in negotiations over a sale of the Premium Aerotec parts subsidiary that was producing large plane components.
On Thursday, Pinnacle Asset Management, the natural resources and commodities investor, stated its had acquired Sierentz Global Merchants' natural gas trading business, not disclosing the financial terms of the deal.
Playteh has sold its 10% stake in Plus500, the retail online trading platform, in a deal valued at $228M, as it seeks to refinance debt.
The Philippine division of AirAsia stated this Friday that its initial public offering could be postponed to mid-2019, amid high fuel costs.
Volkswagen is facing a trial scheduled for the next week as the carmaker's investors demand for a $10.7B worth compensation for not being informed by the company about the September 2016 diesel pollution row before the the regulators did.
Approximately 380,000 payments were affected by a data breach into the website of British Airways, embarrassing the company.
The new CEO of Ferrari will be Louis Camilleri who in a shareholder meeting announced that he will have the same success as his predecessor.
The Chinese conglomerate HNA has announced plans to dump all of its holdings in the German bank Deutsche Bank.
A Bank of England Survey on Friday revealed that British citizens are expecting the central bank to raise their interest rates in the next 12 months.
Eli Lilly's unit Elanco Animal Health is planning to raise up to $1.45B in an initial public offering, betting on a rising demand for animal health firms among investors.
BTG Plc acquired Novate Medical, the US medical device producer, adding to the British healthcare company's portfolio a vascular device, designed to manage blood clots.
Elliott Management, the US activist hedge fund, has demanded a fresh revamp at Hyundai Motor Group, after it had forced the South Korean company to abandon its reform plan three months ago.
The Foreign Minister of Austria Karin Kneissl called the European Union on Thursday to start dialogue with the United States and Russia on resolution of the Syrian conflict.