Economists consider that the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe should prioritise regulatory reforms as they remain pessimistic on inflation's growth prospects in the coming years, according to forecasts.
A Chinese unit Wanda Hotel is willing to buy $1B of assets from units controlled by its founder Wang Jianlin, in a deal that caused over 30% drop of its shares.
Toyota stated on Thursday it would push back the launch of its planned new plant in Mexico to the beginning of 2020 instead of the initial plan of 2019 amid production car model change.
Japan's core machinery orders declined 1.9% in June, the third straight month of fall, casting doubts about the country's economic recovery.
Vantiv, the US credit card processing firm, announced that it agreed to buy the UK-based rival Worldpay for $10.4B, aiming to create global payments platform.
Thailand and Iran agreed on cooperation in the fields of IT, hardware, software and cyber security, the newspaper reported.
Austria is set to strengthen controls of its borders, as an illegal migration increase in recent days, the country's Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka stated.
On Wednesday, many investors decided to relocate their capital into the Treasury bonds, gold and other safe heavens amid growing geopolitical tensions.
On Wednesday, FBI raided one of the Paul Manafort's houses, looking for evidence of financial crimes. A few years ago Paul Manafort served as President Donald Trump's campaign manager.
Jose Antonio Meade, the Minister of Finance of Mexico, named high tomato prices, as the main reason behind increased annual inflation.
The White House has decided on Wednesday to broaden sanctions against Venezuela adding eight more officials to its sanctions blacklist over creation of the new Constitutional Assembly.
Jim Mattis, the US Secretary of Defence, said that North Korea has to stop its nuclear program and avoid any actions that would "lead to the end of its regime".
Oil prices rose by 33 cents on Wednesday, reaching $52.47 a barrel, as the US gasoline and crude inventories slipped by 6.5M barrels a week.
European stocks closed in the red territory on Wednesday amid geopolitical tensions, with the pan-European STOXX 600, France's CAC 40 and Germany's DAX dropping 0.7%, 1.4% and 1.1%, respectively.
Recode, a technology news website, reported on Wednesday that Birchbox, an online cosmetics company, discussed a potential sale with several retailers including Wal-Mart Stores.
The EIA reported that US crude oil inventories dropped 6.5M barrels in the week ended August 4, following the preceding week's fall of 1.5M barrels and topping expectations for a 2.6M-barrel decline.
Non-farm productivity rose 0.9% in the United States in the June quarter, according to the preliminary data published by the Labour Department on Wednesday.
Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that building permits jumped 2.5% in June, following the prior month's surge of 10.7% but surpassing analysts' expectations for a 1.8% drop.
According to the French PM Edouard Philippe, the police men arrested a suspect who was alleged to ram into the group of soldiers with a BMW car in a Parisian suburb.
Qatar is eager to launch a programme to allow a visa-free entry to the country for people from 80 countries as Doha seeks to encourage tourism and air transport amid a boycott imposed by the Gulf Arab states.
The American company KKR put its scheduled buyout of the Hitachi Kokusai's chip making equipment business on hold amid issues over deal terms, the firms reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, France called all the concerned sides to deescalate situation over North Korea after the provocative country stated it was considering missile strikes on the US Pacific territory of Guam.
A lawmaker from the German Left Party called for security guarantees from the country's foreign ministry to visit soldiers' air base in Turkey during a NATO-led trip.
Cambodia's Foreign Minister stated on Wednesday that the Southeast Asian countries were "unhappy" with the North Korean missile tests, considering that they posed a threat to regional security.