Apple kept leading the global tablet sector, with the company's market share reaching 38.1% in the second quarter, followed by Samsung with 15.2% and Huawei with 10.3% of the market share.
Zimbabwe raised the price of diesel and petrol up to 26% after the country's Finance Minister increased import tax over fuel last week, adding pressure on citizens fighting with triple-digit inflation.
The chemical sector in China saw faster value-added increase of 4.6% year-over-year in the first half of 2019, according to the report published by the NDRC.
The Russian Financial Minister Anton Siluanov stated that additional sanctions by the US would affect bilateral ties between Washington and Moscow, but the country's financial system is resilient to external pressures.
The United States and Japan agreed to target a broad bilateral trade deal by September, aiming to bridge difference in opinions on tariffs over beef and the automobile sector.
Economic sentiment fell in Cyprus last month, compared to June, resulting from a weaker business confidence in almost every main sectors driving the country's growth, according to the report.
Kia Motors announced its global sales of 225.9K units for last month, a 2.7% decline compared to the similar period in 2018.
Trade between Azerbaijan and Iran increased 2.2 times in the past six-month period compared with the 2018 same period, as both countries made investments in different fields, such as railway industry.
The car market in Germany grew markedly in July, with 333K cars sold in the period, up 4.7% year-on-year, while in the half-year period sales added 1.2% to reach almost 2.2M vehicles.
Elon Musk is set to launch his underground tunnelling enterprise's, known as The Boring Company, unit in China this month, the billionaire entrepreneur stated.
Singapore's manufacturing PMI increased to 49.8 in July from 49.6 in June, improving amid a marginal growth in factory output and new orders, as well as lingering rise in exports.
The number of foreign tourists travelling to Portugal grew 7.5% to 22.8M visitors in 2018, a sharp decline from a nearly 17% jump the prior year amid a decrease in visitors from the UK, its biggest market.
Net loss of Aeroflot almost doubled, rising to $220M In the first six-month period of 2019, compared to the similar period last year, dragged by disappointing fiscal Q1 results.
The consolidated budget deficit of Romania reached nearly €4.2B or 1.94% of the GDP in the period of January-June, compared to 1.58% in the H1 of the last year.
Malaysian exports contracted 3.1% year-over-year to nearly $18.34B in June, affected by weaker shipments of electronic and electrical products, official data revealed.
Demand for the Ferrari's Portofino model helped to increase profits, where half-year revenue grew €1.9B, up 11%, while net profit rose 18% to €36M.
On Saturday, it was announced by Berkshire Hathaway that its BNFS railroad company has suffered losses due to low cargo volumes caused by US trade policy.
On Saturday, it was announced by Berkshire Hathaway that the company's auto insurer Geico has received more than expected accident claims, which caused losses.
On Saturday, activists in Russia continued to protest despite already 600 people reportedly being detained by the middle of the day.
On Saturday, Berkshire Hathaway announced that its earnings in the last quarter are below analyst forecasts. Moreover, analysts had expected a decline in profits.
Chevron reported a 26.3% rise to $4.31B in its quarterly profit, as higher oil and gas output and a one-time breakup fee from the failed bid for a rival offset weaker energy prices and an increase in expenses.
Top executives at Renault and Nissan Motor tried to reach the deal to reshape companies' global alliance and Renault to decrease 43.4% stake in the firm, in a bid to revive Renault's negotiations with Fiat Chrysler to merge.
Japan's automaker Mazda delivered 17K cars in China in July, declining 17.2% compared with 20.5K cars delivered in the same period in the prior year ago, the company reported.
The US President Donald Trump announced an agreement to sell more America's beef to Europe, while tariffs over European vehicles exports remain a possibility.