Thomas Cook previously-owned airline Condor has raised interest from the Polish carrier LOT and the buyout groups Greybull and Apollo, which are planning to submit their final bids for the firm next week, according to Reuters.
Korea's Hyundai Motor and Kia were backing the British EV startup Arrival, which plans to start selling delivery vehicles in 2021.
Canada added 46.2K positions in December, the sixth month of gains, supported by more hirings in education, health care and construction.
The US electric vehicle maker Tesla announced plans to open a design and research center in China to make "Chinese-style" cars.
Food giant Nestle announced that it would invest nearly 2B Swiss francs to use more recycled plastics to package the company's products.
The US retail sales grew for a third month in succession in December, with higher sales of goods, suggesting the economy's moderate expansion pace at the 2019 end.
RWE, the German power producer, is set to cut nearly 6K jobs by 2030 amid an agreed phase-out of coal as a sorce of energy.
France's PSA Group reported on Thursday its global sales for the last year plunged as much as 10% to 3.49M units, compared with the 2018 record of 3.88M cars, due to declining volumes in the Middle East, China and Africa.
Morgan Stanley reported its quarterly revenue from trading and sales surged 28% to $3.19B, sending the financial holding firm's shares up around 2% before the bell on Thursday.
On Thursday, Russian lawmakers have approved Mikhail Mishustin as the country's new Prime Minister in the lower house vote, the next day after Russia's President Vladimir Putin appointed him for the position.
On Thursday, Renault's chairman Jean-Dominique Senard stated that the Renault-Nissan alliance's operating board was set for a meeting by the January-end to make a decision regarding joint industrial initiatives.
China's ZTE Corp is looking to raise $1.7B from a private sale of its A-shares, seeking to use the earnings for the research and development of 5G networks and working capital, the company said on Thursday.
Tesla, the US electric carmaker, is planning to open a new research and design centre in China to produce "Chinese-style" vehicles, according to the company's statement on its WeChat account.
On Thursday, the chairman of Renault, Jean-Dominique Senard, stated there was "no stress" for the French carmaker to appoint a new CEO, adding that the company's interim arrangements were also working well.
The US President Donald Trump called on Boeing Co to hurry up at resolving issues regarding the grounded 737 MAX aircraft, adding the planemaker has a significant impact on the US economy.
General Motors stated it was planning to move over 1,350 temporary employees at the carmaker's US assembly plants to full-time jobs in the Q1 of 2020.
Canadian home sales decreased 0.9% in December compared with the prior month, ending a streak of monthly gains since last March.
Two LNG managers at London office of Gazprom Marketing & Trading left the company, sources revealed on Wednesday.
Argentina's consumer prices increased 53.8% in 2019, the biggest rise in 28 years, indicating the main challenge for the President's new administration.
Brazil's retail sales grew less than anticipated in November amid fuel sales decline, suggesting weak recovery that could lead to another rate cut next month.
BlackRock beat forecasts for quarterly profit amid strong flows into exchange-traded fund business boosting assets under management to $7.43 trillion.
The US producer prices grew in December as higher goods prices was offset weaker services prices, suggesting tame inflation pressures to allow the Fed to keep rates unchanged.
General Motors stated that more than 1.3K hourly employees at the US assembly plants are expected to move into full-time roles in the Q1 of 2020.
Amazon.com has made an order from the Deutsche Post-owned unit, StreetScooter, for 40 electric vans for Germany's Munich deliveries on the back of the online retailer's plan to become carbon neutral until 2040.