Sources close to the matter reported on Tuesday that Wal-Mart Stores, an American multinational retail corporation, was in advanced negotiations to acquire a minority stake in India's e-commerce company Flipkart.
On Tuesday, Facebook stated that it would ban all ads promoting cryptocurrency-related services and products, as well as ICOs.
Interfax reported on Tuesday that Russia would send all migrant workers from North Korea back to their home country by the end of 2019 to comply with the UN Security Council resolution on North Korea.
US official criticised the US President Donald Trump's Tuesday decision not to impose additional sanctions against Russia for its interference in the 2016 US Presidential Election.
On Tuesday, Mark Carney, the BoE Governor, said he appreciated Donald Trump's rhetoric in favour of a strong Greenback, adding the US economy remains on a solid footing.
The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, both being hardliners on refugees, pledged to work closely on immigration.
On Tuesday, the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and the Defence Secretary Jim Mattis called on all parties involved in the GCC row to "minimise rhetoric" and "work towards a resolution".
The UN Special Envoy Matthew Nimetz has called on Greece and Macedonia to put an end to a long-lasting dispute over Skopje's use of "Macedonia" as its name.
The Spanish National Statistics Institute revealed that the country's flash Q4 2017 GDP expanded at a seasonally-adjusted pace of 0.7%, matching forecasts.
The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index for the United States improved over the month of January, jumping to 125.4 points and, thus, surpassing analysts' expectations.
KOF Economic Research Agency reported that its leading economic indicator dropped to 106.9 points in January from the 111.4-point reading registered in the preceding month.
According to the preliminary data released by Eurostat on Tuesday, the seasonally-adjusted GDP was up 0.6% in the Euro zone over the course of the final quarter of 2017.
About 260 companies in Germany, including Porsche, Daimler and Bosch, are expected to be affected by a 24-hour strike scheduled on late Tuesday as employees raise outrage over wages and working hours.
On Tuesday, Montenegro has inked a deal to buy three helicopters from Bell Helicopter for $37M, seeking to bolster the country's defences as NATO's new member.
JPMorgan Chase, Amazon.com and Berkshire Hathaway teamed up to form a venture with intention to lower their employees' healthcare costs in the United States.
The Saudi Arabian government is set to seize more than $100B in financial settlements amid corruption crackdown, the country's attorney general stated on Tuesday.
On Monday, Microsoft issued an urgent security update to disable Intel's buggy Spectre patch after it had caused PCs to reboot more frequently than normal.
The Saudi Arabian oil company Aramco is considering expansion into India's market, Nikkei reported on Tuesday, while Aramco's CEO stated plans for a refinery were crystallising.
Uber is planning to sell a vehicle lease portfolio of the company's auto-leasing unit Xchange to a start-up digital vehicle marketplace Fair, not disclosing financial terms.
On Tuesday, Varian Medical signed a deal to buy Australia's Sirtex Medical for around $1.3B, as the company intends to expand its cancer care product portfolio.
Oil prices fell to their weekly low on Tuesday, as stronger Greenback and increased US supply put downward pressure on the commodity.
The gross domestic product of the 19 Eurozone countries grew by 2.5% in 2017, thus recording the highest pace of expansion since 2007.
BP has invested $5M in the US mobile electric vehicle firm FreeWire to help the company provide rapid charging at the retail sales in the EU and Britain amid rising demand for cleaner cars.
On Tuesday, Turkish Foreign Ministry stated it would represent the Syrian opposition at Russia's peace conference, following opposition's decline to attend the Syria talks.