Data released by the US National Association of Realtors showed that existing home sales slumped 3.6% to a seasonally-adjusted yearly pace of 5.57M units over the course of December.
The Office for National Statistics reported on Wednesday that the unemployment rate in the United Kingdom held steady at 4.3% in November.
Markit reported on Wednesday that its flash services PMI for the Euro zone topped economists' expectations, surging to 57.6 points in January.
According to the data released by the Office for National Statistics on Wednesday, the UK average weekly earnings (in nominal terms) increased 2.5% year-on-year in November.
Markit's Euro zone flash manufacturing PMI dropped below the 60-point mark, slipping to 59.6 points in January and missing analysts' expectations for a 60.4-point reading.
On Wednesday, the Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told the European partners that Turkey was an aggressive neighbour, which behaviour Greece could not appreciate.
JPMorgan Chase was planning its African presence expansion into Kenya and Ghana, the company's CEO Jamie Dimon stated on Wednesday.
General Electric posted a $10B loss and a 5% drop in its Q4 revenue driven by the earlier announced charges for insurance taxes and losses.
On Wednesday, Apple added new features to its iOS 11.3 to show device's battery health and make recommendations if it requires to be serviced.
The US manufacturer United Technologies posted better-than-expected Q4 revenue on Wednesday, anticipating a higher 2018 profit that could be driven by strong sales of parts for commercial jets.
The President of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro that he was ready to run for re-election in the next Presidential vote in April 2018.
On Wednesday, the Brexit Minister David Davis stated he expected the European Union and Britain to agree on a transition deal by this year's March-end.
Beijing is set to demolish no less than 40 million m2 of illegal structures and shut down 500 manufacturing companies in 2018.
The CEO of Credit Suisse Tidjane Thiam announced on Wednesday that the year has had a good start due to the well performing US economy.
The European Union antitrust regulators have set a $1.23 billion fine on the chipmaker Qualcomm. The reason is that the company bribed Apple into using exclusively Qualcomm chips.
Beijing's municipal government stated on Wednesday it would keep the 2018 economic growth objective at about 6.5%, on par with the target that Shanghai had set for itself.
On Wednesday, Syria's government stated that allegations by the US and French Foreign Ministers that it was using chemical weapons could be considered as "lies".
On Wednesday, Qatar Airways stated it was in talks with the US Transportation Security Administration, as the carrier sought to comply with TSA's tougher cargo enhanced screening.
The self-driving car experts from Silicon Valley's Udacity School are set to launch first online degree in flying vehicle engineering, forecasting a boost in demand for such a topic in the following years.
The Japanese SoftBank Group considers raising a new $5B debt by using Uber's stakes and the UK unit ARM as collateral, according to The Information website.
On Wednesday, Japan Airlines announced that the company's President Yoshiharu Ueki was eager to step down in April and would be replaced by the Senior Executive Yuji Akasaka.
On Wednesday, the US chipmaker Qualcomm is expected to be fined up to 10% of its annual revenue of $22.2B by the EU antitrust regulator over anti-competitive behaviour as the firm had been paying Apple for using only its chips.
On Tuesday, Boeing reported it was still completing 787-10 Dreamliner's flight tests with General Electric engines; however, the planemaker had already finished tests with engines by Rolls-Royce Holdings.
The Chinese government's war on air pollution has been blamed about causing a year-on-year decrease in Chines rail freight volumes.