Late on Thursday, the Kentucky Senate passed a bill aimed to impose limitations on abortions once the patient reaches the 11th week of pregnancy.
Samsung Electronics anticipated geopolitical risk and uncertainties from trade protectionism to persist in 2018, the company's chairman of the board stated.
The capital city of China allowed the technology giant Baidu to test the company's self-driving vehicles on streets, in a bid to bolster in the race for autonomous cars.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on Friday that its core CPI rose 1.0% on an annual basis in March, following the prior month's gain of 0.9% and meeting analysts' forecasts.
On Friday, the Japanese Finance Minister Taro Ayo said he would closely watch the implementation of the US President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported Chinese steel and aluminium.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on Friday that its core CPI rose 1.0% on an annual basis in March, following the prior month's gain of 0.9% and meeting analysts' forecasts.
The Chinese embassy in the United States stated on Thursday that China would "fight to the end" in an upcoming trade war applying "all necessary measures". The announcement came shortly after President Trump declared $60B in tariffs against China.
The Parliament of Turkey passed the bill on Thursday, which enables its television and radio regulator to start monitoring online content, including various online-streaming platforms.
The European Union managed to win a WTO appeal ruling in a dispute on Russian anti-dumping duties on Italian and German commercial vehicles.
Morgan Stanley announced plans to relocate 80 jobs based in the UK to Paris in following years after Brexit, according to sources familiar with the matter.
The US President Donald Trump is set not to apply new aluminium and steel tariffs to the EU and other six trading partners currently negotiating exemptions, Robert Lighthizer stated.
CSRA, the aim of rival proposals from CACI International Inc and General Dynamics, stated on Thursday that the company had partnered with Google cloud.
At its latest policy meeting, the Bank of England decided to leave its official bank rate on hold at 0.50%, though hinted at a possible rate hike in May.
Data released by Markit on Thursday showed that the Euro zone flash manufacturing PMI for March was down to 56.6 points, following a 58.6-point reading registered in February.
Markit revealed that its flash services PMI for the Euro zone came in at 55.0 points in March down from 56.2-point reading registered in the preceding month.
According to the data released by the UK Office for National Statistics, retail sales in the country grew at a 0.8% monthly pace in February, topping analysts' expectations.
The Ifo Institute for Economic Research revealed on Thursday that its German business morale fell to the lowest level over the past 11 months in March.
Mozilla decided to suspend advertising on Facebook due to data privacy concerns, following allegations a political consultancy had received illegal access to the social media platform's user private data.
The US carmaker Ford and India's Mahindra & Mahindra signed a deal to develop compact electric cars and sports utility vehicles, both companies confirmed on Thursday.
The BMW CEO stated on Thursday that the carmaker was planning to postpone its electric vehicle mass production until 2020, as the current technology was not viable enough for volume production.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits increased slightly to 229K in the week ending March 17, following the prior month's 226K reading, and missing analysts' estimates for a 225K drop.
According to a source familiar with the issue, the head of the British agency managing the Royal Bank of Scotland's stake sell is willing to step down from his position soon.
The US media firm Meredith announced on Wednesday it would cut 1K more job positions, after it had already phased out 200 jobs, adding it would also sell Time, Fortune and Sport Illustrated magazines.
The French media company Vivendi is eager to sell its Ubisoft stake for $2.45B to China's tech giant Tencent and other investors, ending a takeover battle for the video games maker.