The US federal government ran a $205B deficit in the month of November, according to the Treasury Department's report on Thursday, while analysts expected a $188B deficit for the period.
YouTube took down around 58M videos and 224M comments over the third quarter due to violations of its policies, the company stated, aiming to demonstrate its progress in combating problem content.
Chipmaker Qualcomm was asking Chinese courts to ban sales of Apple's latest iPhone models XR and XS, as it won a preliminary injunction over older models, it confirmed on Thursday.
Standard Chartered laid off more than 200 jobs in India in the company's retail banking division, as customers moved to digital services, a source familiar with the matter stated.
Google launched Thailand's artificial intelligence programme to screen for a disease of diabetic eye that leads to permanent blindness, the tech giant announced on Thursday.
WOW air, Iceland's low-cost carrier, which entered talks with the US private equity firm Indigo Partners over a possible investment, announced on Thursday it was set to slash 111 jobs and cut its fleet to eleven aircraft.
Jean Pierre Mustier, Italy's UniCredit Chief Executive Officer stated he did not view any merger deal with another bank, at least until the end of 2021.
On Thursday, General Electric stated that its digital arm was set to sell the majority stake in the cloud-based software provider ServiceMax, to the technology-focused PE group Silver Lake.
The second-largest court of Europe on Thursday has trimmed the EU antitrust fine imposed on Deutsche Telekom in 2014 by a third to €19M.
On Thursday, the French foreign ministry stated the hackers had stolen important data from its website, created for the country's citizens travelling abroad.
Chrysaor, the PE-backed oil company, selected advisers before entering the talks to acquire Chevron's British North Sea gas and oil fields for more than $2.5B.
On Thursday, the soda can producer Ball Corp stated it was planning to sell the Chinese beverage packaging facilities for around $225M.
Vietnam's newest ride-sharing app "be" stated on Thursday it had signed "hundreds of millions US dollars" of investments ahead of launching its operations starting the next week.
On Thursday, Nikkei reported that Japan Post Holdings will acquire a 7-8% stake in the US insurer Aflac in a deal valued at about $2.6B, as the company seeks overseas expansion.
Apple is set to make an investment of $1.0B to establish the second campus in Texas, while another $10B will be invested into new data centres within the following five years, as the tech giant seeks creating 20K new jobs in US.
Elliott Management, the activist hedge fund, has required Pernod Ricard's board for $500M cost cuts to help bolster the company's operating performance.
The Investment fund Quattro R is nearing a deal with the Trussardi owners to acquire a 80% stake in Italy's fashion house, according to a Il Sole 24 Ore newspaper's report published on Thursday.
France's energy group Total has agreed on a 4% stake sale of its Australia's liquified natural gas project Ichthys to the company's partner INPEX in a deal worth $1.6B, after cost over-runs.
Indonesia's coal miner Bayan Resources completed the buy-back of its Kangaroo Resources unit, in a deal valued at $163.7M, according to the IDX filing published on Wednesday.
On Thursday, a Thai regulator stated it had dismissed the appeal filed by Global Power Synergy Corporation to acquire Glow Energy's stake from France's Engie, saying it would trim competition in the market.
On Wednesday, Norfolk Southern announced it would move its headquarters from Virginia to Atlanta, tapping the major hub for a transportation.
Mondelez International has agreed on a sale of its Middle East's cheese business to Denmark's dairy company Arla Foods, not disclosing the financial terms of the deal.
Incoming FDI to Indonesia is anticipated to be around $11B to $13B in 2018, which is below the average of $20B per year in the prior periods, a senior official stated.
Lazada Group, Southeast-Asia's e-commerce firm backed by Alibaba, appointed Pierre Poignant as the company's new Chief Executive Officer on Thursday within succession planning.