The central bank of China is planning to start a crackdown program on virtual currencies during this year.
At the New York auto show Volkswagen on Wednesday revealed a new prototype concept pickup truck. The new Atlas Tanoak truck is designed for the US market.
Germany's automaker Volkswagen is planning to offer its new diesel car buyers to buy back their vehicles in case Germany imposes diesel bans, as the country seeks to reduce emission amount.
According to the South Korean officials' statement on Thursday, North and South Korea are set to hold the first summit in years on April 27, following Kim Jong Un's commitment to denuclearisation.
On Thursday, the President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach headed to North Korea, the Yonhap news outlet reported.
The French President Emmanuel Macron is still planning to visit Moscow in May, as he seeks to maintain "frank" negotiations with Russia, despite the accusations of the nerve agent attack on ex-spy in Britain.
New Zealand made a decision to ban entry to Russia's diplomats expelled by New Zealand's allies in retaliation to the Salisbury nerve agent attack on the ex-Russian spy in Britain.
Fujifilm Holdings is planning to acquire two biotech units from Japanese firm JXTG for around $800M, as it seeks to bolster its healthcare business.
Japan's carmaker Nissan Motor launched its new Altima sedan on Wednesday along with demonstration of the car industry's problem to adjust new-model investments as fast to keep pace with consumer demand's shifts.
On Wednesday, the chipmaker's Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang stated that Ubed did not use its self-driving processing solution, adding that the ride-hailing firm developed its own drive technology.
Facebook stated that it would cut partnerships with some large data brokers, which help advertisers to target people, following a scandal on how Facebook handled personal information.
The UK car production decreased 4.4% in February amid the decline in domestic demand for the seventh month in succession, as sales in the car market continued to slump.
The German Finance Minister stated that the country must do all possible to avert bans on diesel cars, urging local communities and cities to increase investments in stations for charging electric vehicles.
The China Daily reported that China could target a range of the US businesses from aircraft to agriculture, semiconductors and autos, if its trade spat with the US escalates.
Gfk NOP reported that its Consumer Confidence Index came in at -7 in March, following the preceding month's reading of -10.
The METI reported on Thursday that retail sales grew 1.6% on an annual basis in February, after rising 1.5% in the prior month, while analysts anticipated an increase of 1.7%.
CME Group, the US exchange operator, was in advanced negotiations to by British NEX Group for nearly $5.4B, aiming to create cross-border trading powerhouse.
BlackBerry stated that the company's profit in the Q4 was stronger than analysts anticipated and announced expectations for stronger billings at services business and high-margin software.
Robert Lightizer, the US Trade Representative, expressed optimism that negotiations to modify NAFTA would be wrapped up faster than expected, while Canada's top official was more pessimistic.
Shares of Amazon.com fell 7.4%, wiping nearly $53.6B from the company's market value, after Axios stated that the US President is obsessed with the world's biggest retailer and aims to curb its growing power.
On Wednesday, Russian authorities revealed that Moscow would respond in kind to West's mass expulsions of Russia's diplomats.
According to sources familiar with the matter, the Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra is set to name an opposition lawmaker as the country's new PM.
On Wednesday, Volkswagen uncovered a concept pickup truck at the NY auto show, filling a gap in the carmaker's US product line-up.
For the week ended 23 March, US crude oil inventories were up 1.6M barrels according to the data released by the Energy Information Administration.