On Thursday, the new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has instructed Japan's Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura to take measures without delay to protect jobs.
On Thursday, crude oil prices remained stable in early trading, Brent crude futures gained 0.1%, at $42.27 a barrel at 0118 GMT, while the US WTI was flat at $40.16 per barrel.
According to official data, New Zealand GDP contracted a seasonally adjusted 12.2% quarter-on-quarter, the deepest quarterly decline on record.
Singapore's non-oil domestic exports grew 7.7% year-on-year in August, beating forecast, supported by items such as specialised machinery non-monetary gold.
South Korea's LG Chem, the electric vehicle battery supplier for GM and Tesla, announced it plans to separate battery business as a new firm in December.
On Thursday, the US Dollar edged higher against a basket of major currencies after the Fed said that the economic growth would improve from the COVID-19 induced decline they projected in June.
Amazon.com's main UK subsidiary paid just $8M in corporation tax last year, despite the group reporting over $17.5B in sales in Britain.
Volkswagen considered taking an up to 15% stake in Sixt, the car sharing and ride hailing firm, Manager Magazine reported.
ChargePoint, one of the oldest and largest EV charging networks, was nearing a deal to go public through a reverse takeover with Switchback Energy.
Germany's freight startup sennder acquired Uber's European freight business in an all-stock deal, which will see the US company becoming a minority shareholder.
Embracer, the Swedish game developer, is set to acquire Vertigo Games, the Netherlands-based VR games maker, in a deal worth €50M upfront with a potential extra payment of around €65M depending on the further performance.
Alibaba Group Holding and China Mobile Communications are exploring an investment worth $443 in Zhejiang Dahua Technology, which had been blacklisted by the United States last year, Reuters reported.
On Wednesday, Canada Statistics reported the country's annual inflation rate stayed at 0.1% last month, after declining gasoline costs offset the surging food prices.
Spain's Telefonica has partnered with Japan's Rakuten over the 5G radio network system's development by using AI and open platform, both companies stated on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries announced that the company had delivered world's first LNG powered large container ship.
The owner of Zara, Inditex, revealed on Wednesday that the company had returned to profits after a coronavirus caused slump of sales.
On Wednesday, the head of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen stated that the EU must finish its capital markets and banking union projects.
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday to allow gas projects to receive funds from the EU Just Transition Fund.
On Wednesday, the newly appointed Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga chose his Cabinet of Ministers keeping half of Shinzo Abe's Ministers.
The US lawmakers from both the Republican and the Democratic Parties raised questions about the proposed Bytedance and Oracle deal.
According to the CNBC report published on Tuesday, ByteDance's TikTok and Oracle Corp partnership deal would get the US President Donald Trump approval.
Asian shares edged higher on Wednesday, stretching a surge pushed by upbeat economic data from the United States and China.
On Tuesday, the US President Donald Trump hosted Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates to sign normalization accords with Israel in the White House.
Steel prices are likely to keep rising during the following months, as several steel mills are resuming operations after being suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.