Volkswagen agreed to a nearly $232M worth settlement with vehicle owners in Canada affected by the company's diesel emissions-cheating scandal.
On Friday the US Department of Transportation claimed that in November US Airlines had the highest rate of on-time arrival since 2009.
A foreign minister of Iran claimed that the nuclear deal between Iran and major powers is not negotiable and the US had to bring itself into compliance.
The British jet-engine maker is seeking to raise $700M from selling L'orange, an arm of Rolls-Royce Holdings producing fuel injectors for ships and industrial applications.
A Dutch Ministry of Finance claimed that Netherlands and Spain have not reached a consensus regarding how Britain should withdraw from the European Union.
The Pound reached the highest level since the Brexit vote as Dutch and Spanish ministers of finance were said to be working on a soft Brexit agreement for Britain.
Gold prices traded at 4-months highs on Friday as the US Dollar extended its decline despite the higher-than-expected climb in the US inflation.
China's import from North Korea falls to the lowest since the beginning of 2014, curbed by the UN sanctions aimed to pursue Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapon program.
The Euro hits 3-year high against the US Dollar after Christian Democrats and Social Democrats struck a deal to open coalition talks.
The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has launched a preliminary inquiry into whether seat belts of 2018 Volkswagen Tiguan could fail during a collision.
The US-based auto manufacturer General Motors told media that it had asked the federal government for a permission to test its driverless vehicles on roads sometime next year.
The US-based asset manager BlackRock hit a record of $6T in assets in 2017, driven by strong economic growth, gains in equity markets and supportive government policies.
South Korea has required authorisation from the World Trade Organisation to impose $711M trade sanctions on the US for not complying with its anti-dumping and anti-subsidy rules.
Bulgaria and the European Commission believe that showdown on suspending Poland from the EU on democracy concerns might be avoided in the following months.
On Friday, Facebook shares dropped 4%, following the CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement about changes to the social media's News Feed that would allegedly hit user engagement.
On Friday, Germany's main parties pledged to cooperate closely to the French President Emmanuel Macron with intention to strengthen the EU bloc.
According to the Commerce Department, US retail sales climbed 0.4% in December, following the prior month's upwardly revised 0.9% gain and missing analysts' estimates for a 0.5% rise.
Qatar filed a complaint to the UN over an alleged airspace violation by an Emirati military jet in December, the state news outlet QNA stated on Friday.
Germany's labour leaders are seeking for a deal on working hours and wages by early next month as workers at BMW and Audi staged out strikes on Friday.
On Friday, the Bulgarian Parliament overturned the Presidential veto on anti-corruption legislation, offering an opportunity to create a special investigation unit to probe officials of the high public offices.
Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers Sergei Lavrov and Mohammad Javad Zarif spoke by the telephone on Friday over preparations for the Syrian People's Congress hosted by Russia.
Delta Air Lines apologised on Friday for listing Tibet and Taiwan as countries on the airline's website after it was condemned by China's aviation regulator.
On Friday, Germany's Social Democrats and Conservative Party agreed to a blueprint for the formal coalition negotiations, raising prospects for an end of political uncertainty in the country.
According to the data released by Itstat on Friday, Italy's seasonally adjusted Industrial Production Index came in flat in November.