JPMorgan Chase & Co i8s considering a sale of its AARP credit-card portfolio in a potential deal worth about $1.0B, with Alliance Data Systems to be among those parties interested in the portfolio, according to Bloomberg.
Poland's Law and Justice, the ruling nationalist party, has gained the highest support of 41.5%, ahead of the parliamentary elections planned in October, poll showed on Wednesday.
Crude oil prices edged higher on Wednesday, as data showed a bigger-than-expected decline in the US stockpiles. Brent crude futures were up $59.88 per barrel by 02:42 GMT.
Anthony Levandowski, an engineer in self-driving car technology, was criminally charged on Tuesday by the US prosecutors for alleging stealing trade secrets from his former employer Google.
UK's opposition parties have agreed to pass a law to force the government to delay the United Kingdom departing the European Union without a deal on October 31.
Talks between the Italian centre-left Democratic Party and the 5-Star Movement appeared to be back on track on Tuesday, as the US President Donald Trump hoped that Giuseppe Conte would remain as PM.
The German Federal Statistics Office reported a preliminary GDP contraction of 0.1% quarter-over-quarter from April to June due to weaker exports, following a 0.4% rise in the first three months of 2019.
The UK oil major BP stated that it agreed to sell the company's Alaskan operations for $5.6B to privately held natural gas and oil explorer Hilcorp Alaska within its divestment plans.
The National Bank of Hungary announced its decision to left interest rates unchanged at 0.9%, in line with expectations, due to slowing inflation, worsening economic outlook in the Euro zone and global monetary easing.
The US house prices increased solidly 4.8% year-on-year in June, though the pace of appreciation was slowing, which together with falling mortgage rates could lead to the struggling proprerty market, the FHFA stated.
The US consumer confidence fell a bit to 135.1 in August from 135.8 in the prior month, as optimism over the present situation grew to the highest since 2000, offsetting weakening economic conditions, the Conference Board stated.
Philip Morris International and Altria Group were in talks for the all-stock merger, potentially reuniting the companies after many years in a deal set to dominating the e-cigarette market. Altria's shares grew more than 8% in early trade, while Philip Morris dropped 6%.
On Tuesday, European stock indices surged, as it was announced that Italy might avoid snap election and a government could be created.
Britain is set to make its final decision on Huawei Technologies' role in the country's 5G networks by the autumn, Nicky Morgan, the Digital Minister stated to BBC Radio on Tuesday.
Contract chipmaker GlobalFoundries has filed a lawsuit against the Apple supplier and its larger rival TSMC over patent infringement, seeking to impose a ban on the US and Germany product imports, which are allegedly made with infringed technologies.
On Monday, the stock price for Johnson & Johnson surged, as the company was fined only $572.1 million for causing an opioid epidemic instead of expected $17 billion.
KKR has become the largest shareholder of Axel Springer, the German media group, paying $3.2B for its 43.54% stake 43.54% stake, the US private equity company announced on Monday.
Jeremy Corbyn, the British opposition Labour Party's leader, claimed he would do everything necessary to prevent a no-deal Brexit, adding he was ready for a meeting with other lawmakers to negotiate tactics on blocking the government's plans.
Brazil's privatisation deal of eight Petroleo Brasileiro refineries lured some of the world's biggest trading and oil giants as prospective bidders, including PetroChina and Saudi Aramco, sources reported on Tuesday.
French oil giant Total announced on Tuesday it had inked deals to transfer its Kenya, Guyana and Namibia assets to Qatar Petroleum.
The Yen climbed on Tuesday due to some investors remaining optimistic over chances for a resolution to the trade war between China and the United States, following a major hit on the global markets amid dispute.
Papa John's International is set to appoint the President of Arby's Restaurant Group, Rob Lynch, as its new Chief Executive, following Steve Ritchie's resignation almost 19 month ago, Bloomberg reported.
On Monday, the US Dollar regained the losses that were suffered due to a tariff announcement of the US President Donald Trump.
On Monday, a German Regional Court in Düsseldorf temporarily suspended a decision, made by the Federal Cartel Office in February, to order Facebook to limit data gathering practices in Germany.