The US and Japan plan to cooperate on the supply of chips with a potential agreement between the two countries later this month, the Nikkei newspaper reports.
Germany plans to present a proposal to rebuild the Port of Beirut to Lebanese authorities as a part of efforts to help the country after an explosion at the port in 2020.
The popular video games maker Timi Studios, owned by China's tech giant Tencent, generated its 2020 revenue of $10B, Reuters reported on Friday.
The US manufacturing sector index hit its record-high level of 64.7 in over 37 years last month, compared to February's 60.8 reading, boosted by strong demand in new orders, ISM reported.
France's Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire stated on Friday that the newly imposed coronavirus restrictions will affect the French economic growth in 2021.
United Airlines is planning to hire around 300 new pilots due to rebound in travel demand amid growing number of US citizens getting the COVID-19 vaccination.
US carmakers reported a bounce in their Q1 sales following the coronavirus-induced drop in 2020, according to the data published by IHS Markit.
Honda Motor is set to revive normal production at its North American transmission, automobile and engine plants starting April 5, after the output cuts affected all of its US, Canadian and Mexican factories.
Nike won a temporary suspension to further sales of the "Satan Shoes", the company had produced as part of the collaboration with Lil Nas X, due to the alleged trademarks infringement.
The political action committee of Ford Motor has resumed political donations, but will not make donations to the Republican lawmakers, who voted against the election certification of the President Joe Biden on January 6.
On Thursday, Twitter said it would nominate Jesse Cohn, Elliott Management's head of the US equity activism, for the re-election to its board of members.
As reported by statistics agency IBGE on Thursday, Brazil's industrial production declined by 0.70% in February.
On Thursday, crude oil prices edged higher. Brent crude futures rose by $1.02 or 1.6% to $63.76 a barrel by 13:39 GMT, while the US West Texas Intermediate crude futures surged by 2.1% to $60.39 per barrel.
The S&P 500 index gained about 0.70% shortly after the market opened on Thursday, breaking above the 4,000 mark for the first time ever.
On Thursday, TSMC, the contract chipmaker, stated it would make an investment worth $100B during the next three years to boost its plants' capacity in order to meet chip demand.
Ford Motor and Mahindra & Mahindra are set to end their collaboration on all projects in India due to the abandoned joint venture in the country.
Stellantis is planning to triple global electric vehicle sales in the current year, according to a statement made by the head of its main shareholder Exor on Thursday.
Next, the British fashion retailer, expects the 2021 profit bounce due to economic recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic last year.
Volkswagen's Chinese joint venture asset to acquire Tesla's green car credits to comply with the local environmental rules, according to a Reuters report published on Thursday.
During Thursday's European trading hours, crude oil prices surged, as OPEC+ countries met during the day to discuss production cuts.
Microsoft Corp won a $21.9B contract to supply the US Army with its HoloLens-based augmented reality headsets backed by Azure, the cloud computing services.
On Thursday, Mastercard announced it would make a $100M investment in the mobile money unit of Airtel Africa, valuing the service at $2.65B.
Google's Maps app is expected to start directing drivers on routes estimated to cause the lowest carbon emissions based on slopes, traffic and other factors, the company stated.
Exxon Mobil announced its expectations for rising Q1 results across its major businesses, with a minimum $2B increase from prices for gas and oil driving profits.