The Central Bank of Russia kept the key lending rate unchanged at 4.25% despite increased uncertainty related to the ongoing pandemic, a statement published by the bank shows.
Wholesale sales in Canada increased 4.3% to a record high of $49B in July, compared to the same period the prior year, the Statistics Canada reports.
Crude oil output in China increased 2.3% to 16.65M tonnes in August, compared to the same period the prior year, data published by the National Bureau of Statistics show.
The Chinese leader Xi Jinping noted on Saturday that the country's economy proved to be flexible amid various external risks and pressure.
The Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated on Saturday that the government had decided to prolong the moratorium on credit repayments for some households until the middle of next year.
Starting from Sunday, Chinese WeChat and TikTok will be prohibited from downloading by Americans based on the US Commerce Department decision.
According to court documents, ByteDance Ltd. filed a complaint against the ban imposed on its mobile app, TikTok, by the US Commerce Department.
LVMH submitted its takeover of Tiffany for EU approval, seeking to counter accusations that the company intentionally stalled antitrust proceedings.
Ericsson agreed to buy Cradlepoint, the US-based wireless networking firm, in a $1.1B deal within its plans to expand 5G-related products for business customers.
On Friday, the White House announced that the US President Donald Trump would ban TikTok and WeChat from the US app on September 20.
On Friday, Poland's border guards stated that the Poland-Belarus border remained opened after President Alexander Lukashenko said that Belarus needs to shut its borders with Lithuania and Poland.
The Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority announced on Friday that it was investigating Swedbank over a potential market abuse.
According to France officials, the French government is planning to suspend plans for a new environmental tax on airlines.
The European Union plans to introduce a comprehensive framework that enabled crypto-assets and the distributed ledger technology (DLT) in the financial sector by 2024.
According to Fox News report published on Friday, the Trump administration plans to announce an $11.6B relief package for Puerto Rico.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, the German government plans to take 96.2 billion euros in new debt in 2021 to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Friday, the UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock said that a second nationwide lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19 has not been ruled out.
Crude oil prices were flat on Friday after Libya's commander Khalifa Haftar announced that a blockade on the country's crude oil exports would be eased for a month.
The Nasdaq Composite surged by 63.17 points, to 10,973.45 in early trading on Friday, while the Dow Jones Industrial fell by 0.13%, to 27,864.87 at the opening bell.
On Friday, Alphabet's Google has eliminated Paytm mobile app from the Android store due to its gambling policy violation, Reuters reported.
Apple is set to launch the company's first online store in India on September 23, the iPhone maker announced on Friday.
Caixabank agreed to acquire state-owned Bankia for €4.3B in an all-share purchase, which would create Spain's biggest domestic lender.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, the Chinese ByteDance is preparing the US IPO of TikTok Global.
Ryanair stated that it was forced to slash its capacity in October and that it may have to do the same for winter unless EU governments ease their travel restrictions.