Fiat Chrysler's CEO Marchionne decided to cancel a merger with Volkswagen, saying that the group was not ready to seek deals and would focus on developing a future business plan.
The SEC had frozen two brokerage accounts‘ assets that were used to reap at least $1M in alleged insider trading income connected to a merger statement by Liberty Interactive Corp and GCI.
Ukraine could miss out on $3.65B energy sector funding from China Development Bank due to squabbles between local ministries and delay of the project proposal by Naftogaz.
According to Israel Police, Palestinian man with mental health issues had killed a British woman on transit network in Jerusalem by fatally stabbing the victim.
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov and Chinese Foreign Minister Yi had a phone call, where they discussed Syria's crisis and the established situation on the Korean peninsula.
A Turkish guard and a soldier were killed in Van, southeastern Turkey, by a roadside bomb attack that was aimed at the suspected Kurdish militant attackers.
On Friday, buses have evacuated thousands of Shi'ite villagers and Syrian rebels from two rebel-besieged towns under a swap agreement between insurgents and the government.
According to Saudi Aramco CEO Nasser at Columbia University Energy Summit, the oil market supply and demand conditions were nearing closer to rebalancing.
Air China canceled some of its flights to Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, amid lower demand but , the company reported on Friday.
The US Department of Labour reported a drop in both retail sales and consumer prices in March, suggesting the US economy performed worse than expected in the Q1 of 2017.
On Friday, the US senior military commander in Afghanistan said that the decision to drop the largest non-nuclear bomb in the US's arsenal was a reasonable tactical move.
Iran's local media reported on Friday that the President Hassan Rouhani would run for the second term in the May presidential race.
China's banks surprisingly received fewer credits in March as the government attempts to curb risks from build-up in debt as well as in an overheating real estate market.
News about the passenger being removed by force from United Airlines' aircraft caused its stock selloff, which erased $570M in market capitalization.
An anonymous source on Friday slipped information that Toshiba Corporation is most likely going to get a total of one trillion yen in loans. The reason for that is the fact that the company will use as collateral its memory chip division.
The presidential election of France seems to be tightening, if the polls are to be believed. Nearly almost a week before the people are set to vote the four leading candidates are only three percentage points apart on the polls.
On Friday, Fiat Chrysler's CEO Sergio Marchionne stated that the first quarter of the year was the weakest year for the company, however, the goals for 2017 and 2018 remained unchanged.
On Friday, French judges asked to strip Marine Le Pen from her parliamentary immunity, amid the investigation of her alleged misuse EU funds.
Asian shares and the South Korean Won were in turmoil on Friday in response to economic uncertainty caused by North Korea.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said today that irreversible actions in the Korean peninsula need to be prevented. The statement was released amid concerns of North Korea's sixth nuclear test and indications that the forbearing political strategy of the US may come to an end.
South Korean authorities inform that no explosives were discovered at Samsung Life HQ in Seoul, following a report received earlier this morning.
The United States killed on Friday at least 36 militants suspected to be members of the Islamic State, releasing the most massive non-nuclear device ever used in a battle. The Afghan Defence Ministry reassures that no civilians were hurt in the strike.
The New York-based alternative asset management company Blackstone Group said it was in advanced negotiations to buy Ascend Learning for over $2B, including debt.
General Motors reported it was planning to invest $14M in its California facility and create 1100 positions over the next five years.