According to the data released by Markit today, the French flash manufacturing PMI for February now stands at 56.1, 2 points lower than the forecast.
Markit reported on Wednesday that its February flash services PMI for Germany dropped to 55.3 points, missing analysts' expectations for a 56.9-point reading.
The public transit app Moovit announced on Wednesday it had raised $50M in Intel's investment round, bringing its total lifted to $133M.
On Wednesday, Broadcom has cut the Qualcomm takeover offer to $117B from the previous $121B, the next day after the US chipmaker had lifted its own bid for NXP Semiconductors.
Trade Unions at VW's Skoda Auto rejected the Czech carmaker's latest offer on wage increase, according to the unions' statement on Wednesday.
The US Intel Corp was planning $5B investment into the Kiryat Gat factory, aiming to expand its production in the Southern Israel, the country's Economy Minister Eli Cohen stated on Wednesday.
Volkswagen has finally agreed on the German deal to lift the wages of about 120K workers by 4.3% starting from May and improved its corporate pension scheme.
On Wednesday, the Lebanon arrested a man, who the country's authorities believed was a former Islamic State financial official in Syria, according to a security source.
The German Robert Bosch started a new division on Wednesday, as it seeks expansion in the markets for connected cars and ride services, following an acquisition of a small US ride services firm.
On Wednesday, Daimler stated it sought launching serial production of the electric heavy truck eActros with a 200 km range in 2021.
After Qatar had a fall out with the rest of the Arab countries, the Middle Eastern state has restored its diplomatic ties with Chad.
The final version of the long discussed Trans-Pacific trade deal has been published. The pact has been moving forward even after the US leaving the group of countries, which are developing it.
The South African Parliament is planning to launch an inquiry into the influence-peddling allegations against the mines minister Mosebenzi Zwane.
On Wednesday, the EU Commission appointed Martin Selmayr, the chief of the President Jean-Claude Juncker's Cabinet, as a new Commission's Secretary General.
According to the Reuters poll, the headline January inflation rate in Singapore was likely unchanged, compare to the prior month's reading, while its annual core inflation was slightly up.
The industry body AHAM reported on Tuesday that the home appliance shipments in the United States plunged 0.5% y/y in January.
On Wednesday, the Swiss banking software firm Temenos stated it had agreed to buy the British financial software house Fidessa Group in a deal worth about $1.96B.
Apple is in talks over buying the cobalt long-term supplies for its iPhone batteries straight from miners, according to Bloomberg's report on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the CBI announced it had arrested the sixth top official of the state-run Punjab National Bank, following the expansion in an investigation into the $1.8B bank's fraud.
Japan was planning to purchase at least 20 more F-35A stealth jet fighters from Lockheed Martin in the next six years, sources familiar with the issue reported.
As the Cambodian election of 2018 is about to begin, it turns out that the needed 10,000 ballot boxes were donated by the Japanese government.
The sovereign fund of Bahrain Mumtalakat is in talks to invest in SoftBank's Vision Fund. The fund targets investments into the technology sector.
General Motors have proposed a $2.8B investment into its struggling South Korean unit. Moreover, the company has asked Seoul to provide the funds.
The president of Venezuela Nicolas Maduro has announced that the pre-sale of the country's crypto currency has gained it $735M.