Raphael Bostic, the Atlanta Federal Reserve's President, said that tariff hikes might prompt the US Federal Reserve to cut interest rate if consumers retreat.
Paulo Guedes, the Brazilian Economy Minister, stated on Friday that Argentina's economy is in a critical situation.
On Friday, Amazon held talks with workers in Poland after the unions threatened to strike, as employees demanded higher pay and better working conditions in distribution centres.
Revenue at Viacom Inc, the US media giant, beat quarterly estimates. The gain was credited to the success of movies "What Men Want" and "Bumblebee".
Sonny Perdue, the US Agriculture Secretary, said that President Donald Trump had directed him to prepare a plan to support the US farmers amid China trade tensions.
Uber Technologies Inc is prepared to make its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, as the company hoped to avoid Lyft's fate.
US Stocks edged lower on Friday. The decline was related to the growing trade tensions between the United States and China.
On Friday, the US President Donald Trump stated that he was in absolutely no rush to sign a trade agreement with China, as the US imposed new tariffs on the Chinese goods.
Abacus Medicine, the Danish drug merchant, which purchases medicines in the EU's cheaper parts to re-sell them in Germany and other more expensive markets, announced on Friday it would revive plans for an IPO in Germany.
Siam Cement Group, Thai biggest industrial conglomerate, has taken a 55 percent stake in PT Fajar Surya, the Indonesian paper packaging firm, in a deal valued at $665M, the company stated on Friday.
On Friday, State Bank of India stated it had received two unsolicited offers for the debt-laden Jet Airways, nearly 30 days after the struggling airline grounded all its operations amid funding troubles.
Thyssenkrupp is open to partnerships in its plant engineering and car parts divisions, seeking for the best development option, the company's CEO stated, adopting an approach taken by Siemens.
Gianfranco Battisti, the Ferrovie dello Stato CEO has declined to comment on Friday on the infrastructure group Atlantia's possible involvement in Alitalia rescue deal, citing the ongoing talks are highly confidential.
On Friday, it was announced by the US officials that, despite the US-China trade talks taking place in Washington, new tariffs are expected to be set on Chinese goods.
On Friday, it was announced by Reuters that in accordance with an expert poll the EU and UK will agree upon a free trade deal.
By the middle of Friday's global trading, global stock indices slightly recovered. Despite that global stocks were expected to book its worst performing week since December 2018.
On Friday, Chinese officials announced that non-performing loans at Chinese commercial banks has reached to $317.66 billion. This is a sixteen year high level.
Okea ASA, the Norwegian oil company, is set to apply for the Oslo Stock Exchange initial public offering, seeing its shares to begin trading by the end of June, the firm stated on Friday.
Shares in Japan's SoftBank Group plunged as much as 5.5% on Friday, after its tech bet Uber Technologies had priced its IPO at the targeted range's low end.
Britain's Brewin Dolphin agreed to acquire the Irish wealth business owned by Investec in a cash-deal valued at $49M that is likely to make the firm one of the top-three wealth managers in the country.
Thyssenkrupp is exploring a listing or carve-out of the elevators business, as the German company abandoned plans on splitting itself up with the cross-shareholding structure.
Japan's Subaru stated on Friday it expected vehicle sales to recover this year, seeking to boost its 2019 profit, and bouncing back from the previous year when the carmaker's earnings halved amid production delays.
On Friday, Danske Bank announced it had appointed the former ABN Amro executive Chris Vogelzang as the lender's new CEO to replace the interim CEO Jesper Nielsen appointed last October, following Thomas Borgen's resignation.
Kinder Morgan Canada stated it would preserve its independence after the pipeline company's strategic view that explored possible options, including sale of the firm.