The South Korean firm SK Hynix reported the record-high profit in the Q4 of 2017, predicting demand for memory chips to surge further this year.
A former-CIA official reported Seoul was worried that the United States might launch an attack on North Korea.
On Thursday, North Korea called for "all Koreans" on both sides of the border to "smash all challenges" and unify the Korean Peninsula.
The wireless POS terminal market was worth around $6.73bn in 2017, while its growth potential is $13bn by 2023, a report by ResearchAndMarkets.com showed on Wednesday.
The White House is set to publish a legislative framework for the immigration bill on Monday.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is set to investigate the crash of a semi-autonomous Tesla vehicle which occurred on Monday.
While attending the World Economic Forum in Davos, several EU leaders warned about the increasing popularity of nationalism, thus calling for greater cooperation.
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, the German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that isolation and protectionism would not resolve the challenges the world is facing.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe revealed that he was going to attend the next month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
According to the data released by the US Energy Information Administration, crude oil inventories dropped 1.1M barrels in the week ended January 19.
Data released by the US National Association of Realtors showed that existing home sales slumped 3.6% to a seasonally-adjusted yearly pace of 5.57M units over the course of December.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday that the unemployment rate in the United Kingdom held steady at 4.3% in November.
Markit reported on Wednesday that its flash services PMI for the Euro zone topped economists' expectations, surging to 57.6 points in January.
According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, the UK average weekly earnings (in nominal terms) increased 2.5% year-on-year in November.
Markit's Euro zone flash manufacturing PMI dropped below the 60-point mark, slipping to 59.6 points in January and missing analysts' expectations for a 60.4-point reading.
On Wednesday, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the European partners that Turkey was an aggressive neighbour, which behaviour Greece could not appreciate.
JPMorgan Chase was planning its African presence expansion into Kenya and Ghana, the company's CEO Jamie Dimon stated on Wednesday.
General Electric posted a $10B loss and a 5% drop in its Q4 revenue driven by the earlier announced charges for insurance taxes and losses.
On Wednesday, Apple added new features to its iOS 11.3 to show device's battery health and make recommendations if it requires to be serviced.
The US manufacturer United Technologies posted better-than-expected Q4 revenue on Wednesday, anticipating a higher 2018 profit that could be driven by strong sales of parts for commercial jets.
The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro that he was ready to run for re-election in the next Presidential vote in April 2018.
On Wednesday, the Brexit Minister David Davis stated he expected the European Union and Britain to agree on a transition deal by this year's March-end.
Beijing is set to demolish no less than 40 million m2 of illegal structures and shut down 500 manufacturing companies in 2018.
The CEO of Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam announced on Wednesday that the year has had a good start due to the well performing US economy.