France aims to make all paperwork online by 2022, allowing people to fill out 100% of official forms via Internet, the French government stated in a review of public spending on Thursday.
On Thursday, a high-ranking politician from the Austrian Freedom Party resigned amid pressure over his links to a group that is deemed to be neo-Nazis.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits slipped 1K to 230K in the week ending January 27, missing analysts' forecasts for a rise to 237K.
On Thursday, Time Warner stated its Q4 revenue surged 9% to $8.61B from $7.89B, boosted by success of the latest superhero movie called "Justice League".
On Thursday, Blackstone reported that its Q4 economic net income jumped 5% year-on-year to $850M or $0.71 per share, beating analysts' estimates for $0.67 per share.
Ford is planning to start the Chariot minibus service in another US city in the nearest future, in addition to NYC, San Francisco, Seattle, etc., and following its successful London launch this week.
British lawmakers are set to quit the Palace of Westminster for no less than six years as a multi-billion pound renovation takes place; the first time MPs are leaving the building en masse since the WWII.
Goldman and Sachs have raised their crude oil forecasts, explaining that oil markets have balanced six months earlier than expected.
After a snapping decline at the end of January world stocks began February by rising in the European and Asian sessions.
On Thursday, Nokia reported a better-than-expected Q4 EBIT that surged 7% from the last year to €1.0B, topping analysts' expectations of €888M, and driven by Huawei's one-off patent payment.
The Azeri President Ilham Aliyev was nominated as a candidate for the Presidential election to run for the fourth term in October, the ruling party's executive secretary announced on Thursday.
ATM cash withdrawal in Hong Kong surpassed, prompting inspection from the banking industry, monetary authorities and police, as withdrawals reached up to thousands of dollars from 50 cards a clip.
According to some news outlets, an unidentified British minister outside the Cabinet is preparing to denounce the Prime Minister Theresa May and resign in protest against her leadership.
Royal Dutch Shell reported on Thursday its 2017 profit more than doubled to $16B, driven by stronger gas and oil prices and production.
On Thursday, shares in South Korea's Celltrion plunged 5% after receiving a Food and Drug Administration's warning letter from the United States regarding the company's pharma stocks.
Sears Holdings, a struggling US retailer, has laid off around 220 of its employees at Hoffman Estates headquarters, following the company's restructuring plan as it seeks to regain profitability.
Microsoft beat Wall Street's profit estimates, as the company's cloud computing business expanded, but took a one-time charge of $13.8B due to the new US tax law.
Tencent Holdings was leading an agreement to invest $1.6M in China's menswear company Heilan Home, raising a retail rivalry with Alibaba.
Facebook suggested reassurances to investors that the company's ad business is set to remain profitable, despite a decrease in usage.
Japan's company Fujifilm is expected to take over Xerox in a $6.1B worth deal, combining the company into a joint venture to cut costs and gain scale.
PayPal's shares dropped nearly 12% in after-hours trading, after the company's former partner EBay announced that it starts processing payments through Adyen, Dutch payments firm.
China's personal computer producer Lenovo announced a loss in the Q3, affected mainly by a $400M one-off charge resulting from the US tax reform.
Markit reported that its PMI for the Chinese manufacturing sector came in at 51.5 in January, unchanged from the previous month and in line with forecasts.
Markit reported on Friday that its PMI for the Chinese manufacturing sector came in at 51.5 in January, unchanged from the previous month and in line with forecasts.