On Friday, it was announced by Toyota Motor Corporation that it has completed a $1.3 billion modernization program in Indiana.
During Friday's US trading session, crude oil price benchmarks declined, as a decline in Chinese economy, which imports oil, was observed.
On Friday, US stock indices reached new high levels, financial media outlets attributed the event to US housing data.
According to a filing at the US Federal Court for the Northern District of California on Thursday, four companies have sued Facebook Inc for alleged anti-competitive conduct.
Netflix has opened a new office in Paris , as the company's CEO Reed Hastings said in a statement on Friday that it plans to produce several original French-language shows in 2020.
On Friday, Ben Smith, the CEO of Air France-KLM, said that a plane order swap in 2019 has simplified the two airlines' operations and reduce costs, but sees room for improvement on fleet efficiency.
The US lawmakers on Thursday ratified the United States-Mexico-Canada trade deal that includes stronger rules on labour and carmakers.
Mexico's automobile parts companies expect record sales year after the US Senate ratified the United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement.
On Friday, the US politician Michael Bloomberg has unveiled his plan to cut transportations' greenhouse gas emissions by making electric cars accessible to all-kind-of-income families and boosting access to public transit by 2035.
HSBC is phasing out about 100 job positions in the banking company's equities business, a move that will affect the bank's equities research, trading, sales, and back-office business departments, Reuters reported.
Ant Financial's private shares have been offered at levels that value China's financial group at $200B, raising the giant up the ranks among the most valuable and unlisted companies.
Trustbridge Partners and Temasek Holdings are negotiating with WeWork China about raising their stake in the Chinese branch of the co-working start-up to acquire the majority ownership, Reuters reported on Friday.
On Friday, Renault stated it saw a slight slump in the 2020 car market in China, Russia and Europe, following its report of a 3.4% drop in the French carmaker's worldwide sales last year amid China, Iran tensions with the US.
Volkswagen is planning to acquire a 20% stake in Guoxuan High-tech, the Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer, as the German carmaker steps up the electric push into China's auto market.
Alphabet's public market capitalisation reached the mark of $1 trillion shortly before the trading close on Thursday, which made the group the fourth of S&P 500 components to hit the lofty level.
McAfee LLC has appointed Peter Leav, the ex-BMC Software's CEO, as the cyber security firm's new Chief Executive Officer, replacing Chris Young and taking over his new role on February 3.
Germany's Atotech, the speciality chemicals group, is planning a listing on the New York Stock Exchange in February that could value the firm at around $5.0B, including debt.
StepStone Group has hired three investment banks, Goldman Sachs Group, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley, as the lead underwriters of its planned initial public offering in New York that is likely to take place in the Q1 of this year.
Fiat Chrysler is planning to establish a joint venture together with Foxconn to produce electric vehicles and engage in the wirelessly connected vehicle business, Hon Hai announced on Thursday.
Thomas Cook previously-owned airline Condor has raised interest from the Polish carrier LOT and the buyout groups Greybull and Apollo, which are planning to submit their final bids for the firm next week, according to Reuters.
Korea's Hyundai Motor and Kia were backing the British EV startup Arrival, which plans to start selling delivery vehicles in 2021.
Canada added 46.2K positions in December, the sixth month of gains, supported by more hirings in education, health care and construction.
The US electric vehicle maker Tesla announced plans to open a design and research center in China to make "Chinese-style" cars.
Food giant Nestle announced that it would invest nearly 2B Swiss francs to use more recycled plastics to package the company's products.