According to a top aide of Saad al-Hariri, the ex-Lebanon Prime Minister's visit to Paris for a meeting could boost the country's stability and resolve the crisis.
The Japanese Transport Ministry ordered Kobe Steel on Friday to improve one of its plants' management, amid the steelmaker struggles to resume confidence in its production.
Volkswagen supervisory board is in talks over an $82.5B five-year spending plan, amid intentions to transform the company into the e-vehicle leader.
European shares are set towards their two-week low on Friday, as sluggish earnings updates and several broker downgrades weighted heavily on regional indexes.
Toyota Motor Corporation and Suzuki Motor Corporation planned to jointly introduce electric vehicles to the Indian market around 2020, both companies announced on Friday.
On Friday, the Bulgarian Parliament speaker Dimitar Glavchev resigned from his post, as he seeks to avoid political upheaval amid Bulgaria's plans to take over the rotating EU presidency in January.
The US carmaker Ford Motor is planning to invest more than $885M in its Spanish factory in Valencia, amid its new Kuga SUV model production.
Germany is ready to provide Syria with initial €10M to help the country remove mines from its Northern city of Raqqa, the Handelsblatt newspaper reported on Friday.
General Motors' Cadillac forecasts its Chinese sales to jump 60% in 2017, faster it had anticipated at the year's start, on high demand raised by younger buyers.
The German coalition negotiations missed the Chancellor Angela Merkel's deadline on Thursday, as parties could not reach the agreement on the major issues such as finances and migration.
Nissan Motor started briefing at 0730GMT on Friday, as it aimed to provide some updates on the probe into improper inspection procedures that caused the recall of 1.2M cars in Japan.
Toyota Motors is thinking over selling its locally developed and produced electric vehicles in China, as it aims to expand the EV line-up and obey Beijing's new sales and NEV production quotas.
Verizon Communications and Comcast, both are seeking to acquire some assets of Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox, the sources familiar with the matter reported.
Turkish newspapers reported the country's President Tayyip Erdogan wanted Akkuyu nuclear plant foundations to be laid by the end of November.
One of Daimler's executives revealed the company was ready to invest around $755M in its Chinese plant to produce electric cars and car batteries.
Late on Thursday, Tesla presented a prototype electric big-rig truck due to be delivered in 2019, as the company seeks to explore a new market.
Angela Merkel's initiated talks to form a three-way ruling coalition may stretch into the weekend as the parties failed to reach an agreement before the deadline.
Canada said that it was open to a Mexico's proposal to review the NAFTA each five years in place of terminating the agreement automatically in case it is not recognised.
Toyota Motor stated that it is likely to examine selling locally developed and manufactured electric car models in China in a bid to extend EV lineup.
Toshiba said that it was not entering into negotiations with any firm over selling its personal computer business, denying rumours on its sale to Taiwan's Asustek Computer.
Nissan Motor's premium brand Infinity is set to start producing a new sport-utility vehicle in China next year, using current manufacturing capacity in the city of Dalian.
Sources close to the matter reported on Thursday that Siemens would cut about 6.9K jobs, or 2% of its global workforce, amid rapid renewable energy growth.
The Dallas Federal Reserve President Robert Kaplan reported on Thursday that falling unemployment might lead to further rate hikes.
The National Association of Home Builders reported that its Housing Market Index rose to 70 in November, following October's 68 and surpassing analysts' expectations for a decline to 67.