On Wednesday, General Motors stated it was further prolonging its vehicle output cuts at three US manufacturing plants due to the global shortage of semiconductor chips.
US private payrolls missed expectations in February by increasing less than projected due to job losses in construction and manufacturing, suggesting that the labour market was struggling to rebound.
Boeing raised concerns on Wednesday over the new Airbus narrow-body A321XLR aircraft's desing, claiming its fuel tank is likely to pose fire risks.
Volvo is planning to go all electric by 2030, joining other carmakers' plan to gradually abandon fossil-fuel engines.
On Wednesday, Stellantis stated it expected a rebound in its profit margins in 2021 from cost cuts and low global vehicle inventories, but worried about the impact from the semiconducter chip shortage.
On Wednesday, the US investment firm Artisan Partners stated Danone needed to name an independent chairman, putting more pressure on the current chairman of the company - Emmanuel Faber.
On Wednesday, the US Dollar lost value against peer currencies, as the US Dollar Index retraced back from the 91.40 level.
Six top US utilities revealed their plan to build electric car fast charging stations to connect the US major highway systems.
Exxon Mobil is planning to cut 7% of the company's workforce in Singapore, where its biggest petrochemical and oil refining complex is based, due to "unprecedented market conditions" caused by the pandemic.
Samsung Electronics is considering four sites in the United States to build its new $17B chip plant as part of its expansion, Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, crude oil prices edged lower. Brent crude futures declined by 0.10% to $62.63 per barrel at 01:22 GMT, while the US WTI crude dipped 18 cents or 0.30% to $59.57.
Asian shares soared on Wednesday, as MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan surged by 0.44%, Australian shares were up 0.62%, while Japan's Nikkei index rose by 0.03%.
On Tuesday, Abercrombie & Fitch Co reported a better-than-expected first-quarter profit and said that it would resume share buybacks.
On Tuesday, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries President Diamantino Azevedo said that crude oil prices are relatively stable.
Instacart's valuation increased to $39B in less than six months with a $265M fundraising round from current investors, as the grocery delivery firm benefited from online orders surge.
The German financial regulator BaFin investigated EY's suitability as an auditor after the scandal with payment services company Wirecard, Handelsblatt newspaper reported.
The US President Joe Biden will announce on Tuesday that Merck & Co and Johnson & Johnson would partner to make J&J's single-shot coronavirus vaccine, a top White House official stated.
The International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Tuesday that G20 leaders have agreed to boost the funding for IMF.
Target Corp is planning an investment worth $4B annually during the following several years with the intention to launch new store openings and reduce delivery times for its online orders.
On Tuesday, OPEC's secretary general stated that the group was expecting the general oil market's forecast to be positive, with the last year's uncertainty seemed to ease.
On Tuesday, Wix.com stated it had bought SpeedETab, the US payment and ordering technology provider, seeking to boost its restaurant platform.
Zoom Video Communications is expecting the current-quarter revenue to top forecasts, seeing millions of people to keep using its video-conferencing service, sending the company's shares up 10%.
On Tuesday, TeamViewer, Germany's remote connectivity software firm, stated it had acquired the US augmented reality software company Upskill, not disclosing financial details of the deal.
China's Nio posted a bigger-than-anticipated loss, flagging a slowing electric vehicle deliveries pace in the ongoing quarter, sending the US firm's shares down 7%.