Samsung Electronics appointed a new mobile marketing chief amid company's executive reshuffle following the Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee arrest for alleged bribery.
Uber Tech has launched its services in Myanmar, only hiring taxi drivers who have State accreditation as the company tends to elude any legal hurdles.
One of India's top software services firms, HCL Technologies Ltd., reported a strong increase in profit in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year ended on March 31. The report showed a 28% rise, due to an increase in clientèle.
On Thursday, the shares of AAC Technologies, a China-based company and Apple's supplier, tumbled 13.5%, amid a research company issuing a report, which rose concerns of the company's profit margins. The shares recovered later on showing a 7.2% drop, but were still registered as the worst intraday performer at the time.
Late on Wednesday, Mexico attempted to persuade the US President Donald Trump to refrain ending the NAFTA agreement, argumenting that it would lead to a decline in US export and ultimately have a negative impact on both countries.
The Attorney's General office in New York said that three Plattsburgh cab companies are likely to pay penalties for gouging prices for illegal migrants fleeing from the US to Canada.
A 5.5 magnitude earthquake hit the Xinjiang region in China's northwest on Thursday, killing at least eight people and leaving 11 injured.
According to the RICS survey, the UK housing price balance posted an unchanged reading of 22% in April, while analysts anticipated a slight decline to 20%.
The Japan's Ministry of Finance reported that country's current account surplus remained at $25.45B over the month of March, supported by strong income from foreign investments.
Nvidia announced that Toyota would use Nvidia's Drive PX supercomputers for autonomous vehicles that were planned for the next few years.
The President of Tunisia ordered the deployment of the army to protect industrial sites suffering disruption from general strikes and protests over poverty.
The federal government ran the second highest monthly surplus on record this April as tax revenues were pushed higher by a change in the deadline for corporate tax payments.
Oil prices surged as much as 4% after the latest report on the US crude stockpiles eased fears that have permeated the market in recent weeks.
On Wednesday, Europe, Canada and Japan expressed hopes that the upcoming G7 meeting would offer more clues about the US President Donald Trump's foreign policy direction.
The US President Donal Trump and the South Korean President Moon Jae-in agreed to work together on the North Korean nuclear issue in a phone cal on Wednesday.
Data released on Wednesday showed that the Suez Canal earned Egypt $853.7M in April and March, 4.1% higher than for the same period in 2016.
On Wednesday, several VW shareholders urged the company to publish the results of the final investigation into its diesel emissions cheating scandal.
On Wednesday, the US President Donald Trump defended his decision to fire the FBI Director James Comey, saying that his firing was necessary to restore "public trust and confidence".
The Slovak Finance Minister Peter Kazimir reported on Wednesday that the IMF would likely support Greece's third bailout.
US import prices surged 0.5% last month, compared to March's upwardly revised gain of 0.1%, while analysts anticipated a slight 0.2% rise.
The EIA reported on Wednesday that US crude oil inventories dropped 5.2M in the week ending May 5, following the prior week's fall of 0.9M barrels and surpassing expectations for a 0.2M barrel decline.
Brazil's annual consumer prices fell to a 10-year low of 4.08% in April, down from the prior month's 4.57%, missing market's expectations for a 4.1% surge.
The French Finance Ministry reported that France's trade deficit surprisingly narrowed to €5.4B in March from the preceding month's upwardly revised €6.4B deficit.
The Swiss authorities announced that Switzerland would limit access to the country's labour market for Romanian and Bulgarian citizens for one year as the country seeks to reduce the number of migrants.