Azerbaijan plans to conduct large-scale military exercises with 25,000 personnel, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry says.
The EU is ready to take the US to the WTO court over aluminium and steel import tariffs, the European Commission Vice President Jyrki Katainen says.
Russia and Ethiopia plan to boost cooperation in the nuclear energy sector as Ethiopia wants to increase its capacity to 37,000 MW by 2037 from the current 4,200 MW.
The CEO of Best Buy stated that the company's five-year turnaround was completed and it is set to compete with Amazon.com to prove that the US retail is not a situation of "winner takes all".
The decision of the US President Donald Trump to set tariffs on imports of aluminium and steel is likely to result in a slower than expected budget forecasts, S&P Global Ratings stated.
Saudi Arabia and Britain signed more than $2B worth commercial agreement during Crown Prince's visit to London, a joint statement showed.
Oil prices increased nearly $2, rebounding from the two-day period of declines, as Wall Street surged on solid US job market data, while investors anticipated geopolitical tensions to ease.
The US economy is likely to grow at a 2.5% yearly pace in the Q1, as the wage growth weakened in February, lowering expected investment and consumer spending, the Atlanta Fed stated.
Ri Yong Ho, the North Korean Foreign Minister, is likely to visit Sweden in the very near term, a local newspaper reported, quoting sources.
The largest US residential-solar business Sunrun was seeking about $500M to finance more rooftop-power systems, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Trian sold about $1.1B worth of the firm's holdings in snackmaker Mondelez over the past ten years, as its co-founder Nelson Pelt quitted the board.
Italy's PM Paolo Gentiloni stated that the EU is set to decide at the next meeting on its common position responding to the US decision to set tariffs on aluminium and steel imports.
Lloyd Blankfein was in preparation to step down as the CEO of Goldman Sachs Group at the end of 2018, according to sources familiar with the matter.
Statistics Canada stated that the value of country's building permits surged 5.6% in January, owing to increased construction intentions in Ontario.
Statistics Canada stated that the country's economy added 15.4K jobs in the month of February, while economists anticipated a 20K gain.
The Office for National Statistics stated on Friday that production in Britain's manufacturing sector rose 0.1% in January, missing expectations for a 0.2% increase.
US private companies created 313K new positions in February after adding 239K jobs in the prior month, topping analysts' forecasts for the reading of 205K.
Canada's economy added 15.4K new positions last month, compared to the drop of 88K in January, whereas analysts anticipated a gain of 21.3K new jobs.
The Turkish planned $20B Russian-built power factory may not face its deadline of 2023 due to Rosatom's struggles to find local partners.
The EU's Trade Chief stated that the bloc sought to be excluded from the US aluminium and steel tariffs, adding it would refer to the WTO to impose measures, in case Washington ignored the request.
Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel called on the United States on Friday to exclude the European Union from steel tariffs imposition to defuse trade dispute.
On Friday, the Vatican stated that Pope Francis is planning a visit to the Baltic States in September, for the first time in 25 years.
Sky News reported on Thursday that the US private equity firm Blackstone and Shell were seeking for a joint $10B bid for the US shale assets from BHP Billiton.
According to the Austrian data protection authority, the part of America Movil's A1 Telekom Austria is accused of violating of data privacy rules, illegally storing its customers' data.