On Friday, African countries began to trade under the African Free Trade Area agreement, which created a new $3.4 trillion GDP block.
Mahindra & Mahindra revealed on Friday that after ending a joint venture with Ford the company would focus on producing sport utility vehicles.
On Friday, Nissan Motor announced that it would reduce presence in Europe by outsourcing production to Renault.
The New York Stock Exchange revealed on Friday that it had started the process of delisting three Chinese telecommunications companies.
On Friday, Reuters revealed that Huawei had removed Tencent games from its app store due to a revenue dispute.
The First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon stated on Thursday that Scotland would return to Europe as soon as the Brexit transition period is over.
On Thursday, the US stock market indices ended the year's trading with new record high levels.
On Friday, Ford and Mahinda revealed that they would call off their previously announced joint venture.
On Thursday, Wall Street closed the year's trading with new historic high levels, which were achieved despite a global pandemic.
The President of the United States Donald Trump stated on Thursday that the US should reflect on the achieved victories and highs of the year of 2020.
On Thursday, the price for Bitcoin reached a new record high level, as the cryptocurrency's price reached $29,000.00.
During Thursday's US trading hours, the value of the US Dollar recovered previously lost value despite major annual losses.
On Thursday, Microsoft announced that the hacking group SolarWinds had hacked parts of the company's source code.
On December 31, stock indices ended trading with a surge, despite that a usual year-end decline was expected.
Reuters revealed on Thursday that major drug makers would hike prices for aproximately 300 drugs starting from January 1.
On Thursday, crude oil prices ended the year's trading by booking an annual decline of 20%.
On Thursday, Airbus said that the European Union should respond appropriately to the US decision to impose unwarranted tariffs on European products.
According to a Reuters poll published on Thursday, crude oil prices are unlikely to mount a strong recovery next year, as new COVID-19 strain and related travel restraints threaten fuel demand.
On Thursday, France's wine exporters federation stated that the Washington decision to impose more tariffs on certain European Union products, including wines from France, was a real blow to the sector.
On Thursday, European shares edged lower and were set to end a tumultuous 2020 on a decline, as investors squared positions on the last trading day of the year.
Mexico's soccer team Santos Laguna has filed a lawsuit against Walt Disney, claiming that the company violated the terms of a five-year agreement signed in 2017.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission is investigating Ant Group's equity investments.
As reported by the Belta state news agency, the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko stated on Thursday that his country would hold a referendum on constitutional amendments.
On Wednesday, budget supermarket Aldi announced that it plans to spend an additional £3.5 billion on food and drink from UK's suppliers during the next five years.