Thailand's customs-cleared yearly exports are likely decreased for a fourth month in succession in June, down 5.0%, after declining 5.79% in the prior month, a Reuters poll revealed on Friday.
Agricultural chemicals' maker Syngenta reported a 34% decline to net income of $798M in the H1, revealing the impact of the US trade disputes with Mexico and China and bad weather.
Retail sales in Canada declined 0.1% month-on-month in May, compared to the analysts' expectation of 0.3% rise, according to the latest release by Statistics Canada.
Headline inflation in the Philippines declined to 3% in the June quarter of this year from 3.8% in the prior quarter, the BSP stated in the statement.
Credit card issuer American Express beat analysts' expectations for profit in the Q2, as custumer spending grew 5% globally and 7% in the US amid the healthy US economy.
On Thursday, General Motors has unveiled its newly designed 2020 Corvette sports car late on Thursday, despite the US largest carmaker is facing pressure in the uncertain and sluggish global sales environment.
BlackRock reported on Friday its revenue for the three months ended June 30 plunged 2.2% to $3.52B from the previous year, hit by some fee trims the company had made amid reduced demand by borrowers.
Strategic European Investment Group, the largest investor of Aston Martin, has made an offer on Friday to boost its stake by 3% more in the luxury automaker, following a slump in its shares after the IPO held last year.
PepsiCo has signed a deal worth $1.7B to acquire the South African company Pioneer Food Group, both firms announced on Friday, sending Pioneer's shares by 29.32% and bolstering a sector hit by tough trading conditions.
Ritesh Agarwal, the founder of the Indian hospitality company Oyo, has increased his stake in the start-up backed by SoftBank with a $2.0B worth buyback.
The US President Donald Trump is planning to nominate the Supreme Court justice Antonin Scalia's oldest son, Eugene Scalia, to become the new Secretary of Labour, succeeding Alex Acosta.
Anheuser-Busch InBev is exploring its asset sale in Central America, Australia and South Korea to trim the company's massive debt, after cancellation of of its Asia-Pacific division's planned IPO, according to the Wall Street Journal.
WeWork parent The We Company is set to host the analyst day for the Wall Street banks scheduled for July 31, on the back off the firm's preparations for its planned initial public offering.
During Friday's Asian trading session, stock indices surged. The move was attributed to Federal Reserve rate cut expectations.
On Thursday, the Microsoft Corporation published its quarterly earnings, which beat analyst estimates. The event caused a stock surge, which reached an all-time high level.
Germany's automaker BMW and China's online gaming major Tencent Holdings teamed up to create a computing centre in China, which is likely to help develop self-driving vehicles in the world's largest auto market, the companies stated
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump is set for a meeting with the CEOs of Qatar Airways and major American airlines at 1930 GMT to discuss the accusations that subsidies by UAE and Qatar trigger job losses in the United States.
Indonesia is planning to launch production of electric vehicles in 2022, after a couple of companies showed their intention to make investments in the country, the Industry Ministry stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, Google has been fined $11.1M by the Russian communications watchdog, as the tech giant failed to meet the legal requirements to delete entries from the search results, which deemed to contain illegal information, according to Moscow.
The Asian Development Bank lowered Indian gross domestic product growth forecast to 7% for 2019 and 7.2% in the following year on the back of concerns of fiscal shortfall, state-run broadcaster reported.
Operating profits of Germany's software company SAP dropped 21% to $928.9M in the second quarter of 2019, the firm announced on Thursday.
The UK retail sales jumped unexpectedly in June, showing 1.0% increase, while analysts anticipated 0.3% fall, the ONS stated, rising hopes that the economy would sidestep a doecline in the Q2.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits rose 8K to 216K in the week ending July 13, which is in line with analysts' expectations, according to the Labor Department's report released on Thursday.
On Thursday, the Berlin-based online bank N26 announced it had attracted extra $170M in the latest funding round, boosting up its valuation to $3.5B, as the company sought for expansion to markets outside the EU bloc.