Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reported that average cash earnings climbed 0.7% year-over-year in December, surpassing analysts' expectations for a gain of 0.6%.
The Australian Industry Group reported on Wednesday that its Construction Index rose to 54.0 in January from the preceding month's 52.8.
The US has delivered combat weapons worth $11.7M to Lebanon the previous week, the US embassy in Beirut says.
The US National Security Adviser McMaster and the Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will visit Turkey the next week, a Turkish media agency reports.
Turkey wants to repair damaged trust with the US after a series of disagreements over the Syrian conflict, the foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says.
The European Union wants the right to restrict UK access to the single market after Britain leaves the EU, a document shows.
Russia and Turkey have no disagreements over Turkey's military operation in the northern Afrin region, the Turkish foreign minister says.
US regulators plan to ask the Congress to pass policies to enhance oversight of cryptocurrencies, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission says.
Top European Union officials plan to meet the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in March to discuss bilateral ties, an EU spokesman says.
The US economy is expected to expand at a 4% annualised rate in the first quarter of 2018, the Atlanta Fed says.
The Richard Ivey School of Business stated that its PMI for Canada fell to 55.2 in January, missing expectations for an increase to 60.4.
The Canadian trade deficit widened more than expected to C$3.2B in the month of December, while economists anticipated the deficit of C$2.3B.
Credit Suisse have announced that the bank will redeem prior to the expected date the highly popular ETN, which is blamed in the decline of the financial markets.
US Stocks opened Tuesday's session as expected higher. However, just like on Monday, the initial opening was followed by a slight recovery.
The total lost stock value due to the recent stock sell off has reached $4 trillion. Meanwhile, the sell-off was expected to continue during US Tuesday's trading session.
The newest policymaker of the Bank of England Elisabeth Stheeman has announced that London's real estate market is at risk due to small firms using it as collateral for loans.
On Tuesday, Allergan reported its Q4 net profit was $3.05B or $8.88 per share, following the previous year's loss of $70.2M.
Nissan Motor is planning to launch a new version of the all-electric car Leaf in Asia-Pacific markets, including Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, etc. within the next fiscal year.
The asset manager Capital Dynamics announced it was planning to buy a joint venture firm of two solar power developers SunPower and First Solar for around $976.6M.
On Monday, Canada's Lululemon Athletica announced about its CEO Laurent Potdevin abrupt resignation, stating he had contravened the company's "standards of conduct".
The People's Bank of China pledged to maintain its neutral monetary policy, as well as improve the management of shadow banking and online financial regulation during 2018.
European shares fell to a five-month low on Tuesday, as global sell-off resulting from concerns over rising bond yields and inflation caused high market volatility.
According to the Azerbaijan opposition the National Council of Democratic Forces head Jamil Hasanly, the group is eager to boycott the Presidential election that are set for April 11.
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday signed the executive order aimed at boosting country's domestic production of goods, as well as creating job positions in technology, science and engineering.