Sears Holding is planning to shut down about 150 of its discount and department stores, keeping up to 300 stores open amid its restructuring plan under the US bankruptcy protection.
Germany's utility RWE may cut mining jobs at the Hambach site, after a court has delayed the plan for mine expansion by clearing ancient forest, utility's CEO stated on Saturday.
On Saturday, Australia's Defence Force stated that its F-35 jet deliveries from the United States were not disrupted, despite a crash that took place in September.
On Saturday, the President of Germany's Bundesbank Jens Weidmann stated he thought there were little chances that the trade war between the United States and China would escalate.
The EU largest consumer electronics retailer Ceconomy stated on Saturday that its Chief Executive Officer would quit with immediate effect after the company's shares plunge on the back of profit warnings.
According to government officials, as a chair of the next G20 meeting Japan wants to emphasize the importance of global imbalances and discuss ways to fix them.
China General Nuclear Power Corp (CGN) stated on Saturday that it would continue participating in project in Britain despite restrictions imposed on acquisition of the US technology.
Singapore Technologies Engineering has become a winner of a $5.5M contract to install and probe smart lampposts in the country's centre within the framework of a "Smart Nation" government's plan.
The US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin stated on Saturday that several Chinese officials said him this week that continuation of yuan depreciation did not correspond with the country's interests.
On Saturday, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin claimed that a trade dispute between China and the US is not a threat to the growth of the global economy and pushing China to open would be beneficial for everyone.
On Saturday, the governor of the Central Bank of China Yi Gang claimed that the government of China would continue to let the market play the major role in establishing Yuan's currency exchange rate.
On Friday, US chipmaker Broadcom Inc claimed that it has got antimonopoly clearance from the EU for its upcoming $19B deal to acquire a software making company CA Technologies Inc.
On Friday, the US national security advisor John Bolton claimed that the administration of the US President Donald Trump needs to maintain tough approach to China.
On Friday, Facebook Inc claimed that cyber attackers have stolen personal data from 29 million users of the social network using a program which moved from one friend to another one.
On Friday, US retail giant Walmart Inc reported that it has acquired online lingerie retail company Bare Necessities, confirming the second acquisition of apparel brand in the last two weeks.
On Friday, the New York Fed revealed its Nowcast model's GDP forecast for the fourth quarter. The projected growth is set at 2.77%.
The US Department of Commerce revealed on Friday that an investigation is ongoing into possible dumping of Chinese-made mattresses.
On Friday, General Electric announced that their third quarter earnings will be published a week later than initially planned.
Virgin Group's owner Richard Branson has announced that his conglomerate has suspended talks with Saudi Arabia about a $1 billion investment in space exploration.
On Friday, Wall Street stock market indices surged, as the market improved due to the rise in tech stock prices.
Three sectors were the drivers of the Citigroup better than forecast quarterly earnings. Namely, lower expenses, consumer banking in Mexico and bond trading increased the bank's earnings.
US defense contractors have expressed their concerns to the US President that lawmakers might hurt their business by blocking further arms deals with Saudi Arabia.
On Friday, JPMorgan's earnings report revealed that the bank's bond trading has been the largest cause of weakness in the bank's revenues.
The earnings report of JPMorgan Chase & Co published on Friday revealed that the consumer banking segment drove the surge of the bank's profits.