On Tuesday, Volvo said it will go all electric by 2030, joining other carmakers' plan to gradually abandon fossil-fuel engines by this decade's end.
On Monday, Johnson & Johnson announced that it could soon ship huge volumes of vaccines due to the opening of a new plant.
Citi bank announced on Monday that Bitcoin could soon become the preferred form of payment for international trade.
On Monday, Reuters revealed that a group of oil company CEOs are expecting a pick up in global demand for oil.
During Monday's US trading hours, stock indices surged, as the US approved new stimulus and a new fiscal year started in many developed countries.
Oil prices declined 1% on Monday amid fears about slowing China's consumption and OPEC's likely global supply increase. Brent crude fell 0.73$ or 1.1%, while US WTI lost 0.86$ or 1.4%.
Beyond Meat Inc announced that its Chief Financial Officer Mark Nelson is set to retire in May, which was a voluntary decision and not a consequence of any disagreement related to the company.
AstraZeneca sold the company's stake in the rival coronavirus vaccine maker Moderna for almost $1B during the last year.
Cloud communications platform Twilio announced on Monday that it is set to invest up to $750M in telecommunications services firm Syniverse Technologies LLC.
On Monday, Marvell Technology Group announced it would supply its chips to a Facebook-backed project deemed to make it cheaper and easier to deploy the 5G networking equipment.
UK consumer borrowing dropped at the fastest pace last month since May 2020, as the country was hit by another coronavirus lockdown, according to Bank of England's data revealed on Monday.
Swedish payments company Klarna almost tripled its valuation to $31B in nearly six months with the help of a new $1B private fundraising round.
Saudi Arabian Airlines is planning to order 70 jets from Boeing and Airbus, according to the country's news outlet Maaal.
On Monday, Z Holdings, SoftBank's internet subsidiary, revealed its plans to invest $4.7B in technology during the following five years, seeking to resist bigger overseas rivals' onslaught.
During Monday's European trading hours, crude oil prices surged, as the US passed a new stimulus package, which was expected to boost demand.
Danone is planning to sell its stake in China's dairy partner amid facing pressure from its shareholders to boost the French food group's performance and governance.
Volkswagen's unit Porsche has joined to a fundraising of the electric supercar maker Rimac Automobili, which expects to attract $157M-$181M, the carmaker's owner Mate Rimac said.
On Monday, Logitech International warned its operating income for the 2022 fiscal year is likely to slide following the 2021 boom caused by demand for its keyboards and mice for remote work and leisure during the pandemic.
AstraZeneca sold its 7.7% Moderna stake for over $1B after shares of the US biotechnology firm surged due to its COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough, according to The Times report.
According to data from the Australian and New Zealand Banking Group, Australia's home prices skyrocketed at the fastest pace in almost 20 years in February.
On Monday, Asian shares edged higher. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan surged by 0.80%, Japan's Nikkei edged up by 2.1%, while Chinese blue chips added 0.5%.
According to data from the National Bureau of Statistics, the Chinese manufacturing activity increased in February.
On Sunday, Rishi Sunak, Britain's Chancellor of the Exchequer, said that the public finances problem cannot be fixed overnight.
The economy of South Korea is expected to expand 3% in 2021 from the previous year, a report published by the central bank of South Korea shows.