On Wednesday, China's technology titan Tencent Holdings reported a 2% drop in its Q2 net profit, the lowest reading in almost 13 years, tumbled by weak investment gains and slow gaming growth.
Canot Microelectronics announced on Wednesday it was planning to acquire the specialty chemicals firm KMG Chemicals in a stock-and-cash deal worth $1.6B.
The Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade is thinking over launching an inquiry into Google over the alleged abuses in the company's cell phone operating systems.
On Wednesday, Constellation Brands, the Corona beer maker, stated it would make an extra investment of $4.0B in Canopy Growth Corp, lifting its stake in Canada's marijuana producer to 38%.
Stocks of the Asian video gaming firms, such as Nintendo, Nexon and Tencent Holdings, plunged on Wednesday amid delay concerns in the Chinese new game releases, as Beijing had halted the licences approvals.
On Tuesday, a 50-year-old bridge in Italy's city of Genoa collapsed during torrential rain, claiming lives of at least 37 people, according to the latest information reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Israel's government stated it would invest $24M to boost its cyber security industry by launching a three-year programme to supply companies with up to 5M shekels a year.
Y Combinator, the US start-up incubator, stated it was establishing a new China unit, which would be led by the former Baidu COO Qi Lu.
Blackstone Group, the US private equity company, is in negotiations to buy a stake in India's frequent-flier loyalty programme of Jet Airways, according to Bloomberg.
On Tuesday, Brazil's homebuilder Gafisa stated that it would seek a merger deal or a sale of the firm, as it wanted to prevent GWI Asset Management, its biggest shareholder, from naming all the board members.
Sears CEO Edward Lampert's hedge fund offered to acquire the firm's Kenmore appliances brand in a cash-deal that could be valued at $400M, Sears stated on Tuesday.
Brazil's asset management company Patria Investimentos is thinking over a takeover bid for the power generation firm Cesp, a source familiar with the matter reported on Wednesday.
Diamondback Energy, the US gas and oil producer, agreed on Tuesday to acquire its rival Energen in the all-stock deal worth $9.2B to boost the company's presence in the country.
Aridis Pharmaceuticals, the biotechnology company, have surged as much as 5.4% to $13.70 in the firm's US market debut this Tuesday, bringing its market value to $102.7M at the opening price.
The US chipmaker Intel announced on Tuesday there were three more flaws in its microprocessors that raises a risk of accessing the computer memory's certain data by the third parties.
On Tuesday, Tesla's board formed a three-member special committee to evaluate on the CEO Elon Musk's proposal to take the EV maker private.
Investment firms consider buying out Yum China Holdings Inc, the biggest fast-food operator in China with the market value of $13.6B, as reported by Reuters.
The US-based retailer Walmart plans to introduce a women's fashion line together with the talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres, thus seeking bigger market share in this industry.
The Royal Bank of Scotland is set to pay a penalty of $4.9B to settle claims that it had mislead investors about risks related to mortgage-backed securities from 2005 to 2008.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics reported on Wednesday that wages grew by limited 0.6% in seasonally adjusted terms during the second quarter of 2018, compared to 0.5% in Q1.
According to data provided from the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics, new home prices in China rose 1.1% in July in comparison to a previous month.
On Wednesday, the President of South Korea Moon Jae-in claimed that a new summit with North Korea would result in denuclearisation talks progress and the end to 1950-1953 Korean War.
On Tuesday, the Secretary of the US Air Force Heather Wilson claimed that Lockheed Martin Corp has been rewarded $2.9B worth contract for three missile detecting satellites.
The Ministry of Commerce of China claimed that the decision of the US to implement additional tariffs on imported renewable energy products seriously harms China's interests and violates WTO trade rules.