Dominican Republic shut down the majority of its ports, suspending their operations under "red alert", ahead of the Hurricane Maria, the government announced on Wednesday.
China's carmaker BYD stated on Thursday it would expect all cars in the Asian country to be electrified by 2030 as the company planned to launch the sky rail construction next year.
Alphabet Inc's Google is expected to announce a deal of acquiring part of HTC Corp's smartphone operations for nearly $1B, sources familiar with the matter said.
The German economy was seen weaker by the beginning of the Q3, compared with the first half of 2017, but indicators showed the strong growth is set to continue in the current quarter.
Statistics New Zealand said that the country's GDP jumped 0.8% in the Q2, while its yearly growth remained steady, as NZ faced some economic headwinds.
Package delivery firm FedEx stated that it is likely to incur nearly $350M in integration costs during the company's acquisition with TNT in 2018, some $75M higher than expected.
Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani said that the strategy of the US President Donald Trump to win the Afghan war would succeed due to stronger army and more regional approach.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced on Wednesday that the American state was to file a lawsuit over Trump's plan to build a border wall with Mexico.
The worst-case scenario for Canada, the US and Mexico would be the liquidation of the NAFTA deal, the Chief Executive of Cargill David MacLennan noted on Wednesday.
Airbus opened its China's completion plant for its A330 aircrafts, hoping that higher presence in the aviation market would boost demand for the company's jets.
Auto suppliers BlackBerry and Delphi Automotive are set to partner on developing a software system for self-driving vehicles, the companies announced.
Germany's government officials and experts said that there were no signs of suspicious news leaks or hacking before the German federal election scheduled on September 24.
The Bank of England is widely expected to hike interest rates for the first time in ten years at the next meeting in November, while economists sees such a move as a mistake.
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe promised to implement "daring" policies targeting the budget, regulation and taxes to promote investments in the country.
General Mills revealed that the company's quarterly profit rose less than expected being affected by weaker sales of cereals and yogurts in North America.
The National Association of Realtors revealed that home resales in the US decreased 1.7% to the weakest level in a year over the course of August, as hurricanes depressed activity.
The Office for National Statistics reported that the UK retail sales a marked stronger-than-expected increase of 0.1% in August, fuelling expectations for the BoE rate hike in November.
Swiss chemical group Sika is willing to step up the acquisition drive with more deals in the following 15 months, aiming to buy about six firms by the next year's end.
On Wednesday, Google's General Counsel is eager to speak to the EU leaders on behalf of tech firms over impossibility to remove extremists' content from the Internet as quickly as the bloc requests.
Germany's government spokesman stated that Berlin had not received a concrete Brexit settlement proposal from Britain regarding the price of the bill it was eager to pay for leaving the EU.
The Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu called the world for the Iran nuclear accord change or cancellation, a few hours after the US President Donald Trump declared against the agreement.
British cyber-security company Digital Shadows raised $26M in funding from Octopus Ventures to develop its technology that scans the Internet for various threats to businesses.
The American wireless company T-Mobile US is considering a takeover of Sprint Corp after SoftBank Group announced it would like to give up the majority of its Sprint's ownership.
According to the US National Hurricane Center, Hurricane Maria's power has decreased to a Category 4 on the Saffir–Simpson scale on Wednesday. Nevertheless, it remains "extremely dangerous".