The US President Donald Trump signed a deal on Friday that ended the brief government shutdown; budget deficit is estimated to reach around $1T per year.
Shares of FedEx Corp and United Parcel Service Inc plunged by 2% on Friday, following a report that Amazon.com is to introduce a delivery service for business clients.
The EU's negotiator Michel Barnier told media on Friday that a Brexit transition deal was 'not a given' if the current disagreement between the block and the UK persisted.
Uber has reached a settlement with Alphabet Inc's self-driving vehicle unit Waymo over confidential information by agreeing to pay $245M to its rival.
The board of Bank of America Corp approved on Friday the CEO Brian Moyninhan's equity incentive reward for 2017 worth $21.5M.
Airbus has agreed to pay a $99M penalty ordered by Munich public prosecutors in connection with the sale of Eurofighter jets to Austria in 2003.
The CEO of the Russia-based IT company IBS told media on Friday that weaker rouble and the fear of sanctions had increased considerably demand for locally-produced software.
The Japanese government is set to nominate Haruhiko Kuroda as the Governor of the Bank of Japan for the second term, the news agency Kyodo reported on Friday.
Oil prices dropped to a six-day low on Friday, as a record crude output from the United States added to concerns about a considerable increase in global oil supplies.
US wholesale inventories increased by 0.4% month-on-month in December, compared to the forecast of 0.2%, the Commerce Department reported on Friday.
The Philippines' President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the military on Friday to cancel a $233M deal with Canada to buy 16 helicopters amid the country's concerns the buyer could use the jets to fight rebels.
Alphabet's Google is planning to use the Getty Images content within its services and products as part of their licencing partnership with the photo agency.
On Friday, France's President Emmanuel Macron called on the Russian President Vladimir Putin to put all his efforts to ensure Syria's government terminates humanitarian crisis in the country.
The US President Donald Trump is set to sign the stopgap funding bill into a law this Friday, as part of re-opening the federal government following its shutdown at midnight.
The Social Democratic Party's senior members seek the leader Martin Schulz to quit his post of the Foreign Minister, according to the Bild newspaper.
On Friday, the ex-client adviser of Credit Suisse Patrice Lescaudron was imprisoned to five years by Geneva's court for getting thousands of millions of francs by fraud and abusing the clients trust.
The US business software maker Salesforce.com is planning to invest $2B into Canada's business within the following five years, the latest major US tech-investment abroad since 2017.
China plans to introduce crude oil futures contract on March 26 to strengthen its influence over crude prices in Asia, the China Securities Regulatory Commission said on Friday.
Barclays plc considers banning cryptocurrency purchases with its cards, thus joining other major banks in the US, a senior executive told media on Friday.
On Thursday, cyber-security company FireEye posted its first-ever adjusted Q4 profit of one cent per share, while the firm's shares surged 13.2% in extended trading.
Shares of the US online travel services firm Expedia dropped 15% on Thursday, following a report on missing Q4 profit expectations amid higher marketing costs.
The US Vice President Mike Pence said to the Japanese Deputy PM Taro Aso that he favoured the bilateral trade agreement to regulate trade imbalances, a deal that Tokyo opposed.
France has called for an urgent humanitarian corridor opening in Syria, as it seeks the air strikes to end, expressing deep concerns over civilians in Damascus and Idlib.
The US automaker Ford applied for the German banking licence, seeking to ensure its vehicle financing business has a right to continue after Britain's withdrawal from the European Union.