Walmart's spokesperson Jami Lamontagne said on Friday that the company would be testing a higher minimum wage of $12 an hour for some employees.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Bombardier has approached Japan's Hitachi and France's Alstom for a possible rail merger deal.
On Friday, the European Commission has filed an application before the European Court of Justice, asking the court to suspend Poland's law, set up to discipline judges.
On Friday, Helder Pitta Gros, Angola's prosecutor, said that Angola may request Portugal's government to confiscate assets belonging to Isabel dos Santos, the daughter of Angola's former President.
On Friday, shares of Intel Corp reached its highest level in almost two decades, as the demand for cloud computing lifted Intel's data center business.
According to people with knowledge of the matter, Boeing is thinking to cut production of its 787 Dreamliner to 10 aircraft a month, amid a shortage of orders from China.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Bombardier has approached Japan's Hitachi and France's Alstom for a possible rail merger deal.
On Friday, crude oil prices edged lower by more than 2%. Brent crude futures were down by 2.3%, at $60.62 at 11:49 EST.
On Friday, European stocks edged higher, as the Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) came in slightly better-than-expected. The Pan-European STOXX 600 climbed 0.9%.
Poste Italiane set aside €200M for tech partnership deals agreements, while four agreement have been already signed.
Siemens bought Indian electrical equipment producer C&S Electric in a $296.21M deal, the German industrial group announced on Friday.
Canada's retail sales grew more-than-expected 0.9% in November, offsetting the prior month's decline, amid higher sales of motor vehicles and food and beverage.
Daimler is planning to build 50K of Mercedes EQC electric vehicles in 2020, dispelling doubts of Manager Magazin that claimed the carmaker was forced to cut the 2020 production targets amid battery supply problems.
Poste Italiane is rolling out its new Codice PostePay payment technology based on QR codes, which allows customers to pay for services only by using their mobile phone, as the ex-monopolist aims to lure more clients among small businesses in Italy.
On Friday, American Express, the credit card issuer, reported its fourth-quarter profit had topped analysts' estimates on strong holiday season spending in the United States.
LOT, the Polish airline, is acquiring Germany's carrier Condor, previously owned by Thomas Cook; however, the financial details had not been revealed yet, Reuters reported on Friday.
On Friday, the ECB Board Member Klaas Knot announced that the central bank should clarify its annual inflation target so that it is the same in each Eurozone country.
The food group Nestle tied up with Burcon and Merit, Canada's plant-based food ingredient producers, to accelerate innovation in the rapid-growing business industry, the company announced on Friday.
On Friday, Ericsson, Sweden's telecoms equipment group, reported weaker-than-expected Q4 core earnings, hit by higher costs and a slump in its US business.
Uber Technologies is set to put its self-driving cars with humans in control on the roads of Washington on Friday, seeking to collect data for further deployment of fully autonomous vehicles.
Colgate-Palmolive announced it would acquire Hello Products, the animal cruelty-free and eco-friendly toothpaste maker, as the company seeks expansion in the industry aimed at environmentally conscious consumers.
Intel Corp is expecting its 2020 profit and revenue to beat analysts' forecasts, as demand for the company's chips and cloud computing is starting to recover, Intel's CFO George Davis said.
Tesla Inc overtook Germany's Volkswagen as the second most valuable automaker in the world behind Japan's Toyota, on the meteoric surge in the US electric vehicle manufacturer's shares that reshuffled the global market.
The chipmaker Broadcom announced the two multi-year agreements signed with Apple Inc to supply wireless components used in the tech giant's products, sending Broadcom's shares up 2% on the news.