Amazon.com has made an order from the Deutsche Post-owned unit, StreetScooter, for 40 electric vans for Germany's Munich deliveries on the back of the online retailer's plan to become carbon neutral until 2040.
On Wednesday, the Brazilian payments start-up Ebanx has started offering digital wallets to 10K consumers on a test basis, as the fintech firm seeks to expand its portfolio of products beyond services to the e-commerce platforms.
On Wednesday, the world's biggest asset manager BlackRock topped analysts' forecasts for its Q4 profit, boosted by robust flows into the company's exchange-traded fund business, which raised overall assets to their record-high of $7.43 trillion.
The US President Donald Trump stated that he had agreed with the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's comment that the Iran's nuclear deal should be replaced by the "Trump deal".
China's economic growth is seen holding at the weakest pace in about 30 years in its Q4 due to sluggish demand at home and overseas, according to a Reuters report published on Wednesday.
The European Commission stated on Wednesday that the Portugese budget for this year was at the risk of breaking the EU fiscal regulations amid of inability to get rid of the structural deficit.
On Wednesday, Bank of America (BoA) reported a 4% fall of its Q4 profit amid low interest rate, which influenced the ability to earn from loan issuance.
Spain's Banco Sabadell has hired IBM for a €1.0B overhaul of the IT systems in the following ten years, seeking to make it more efficient and leaner to handle more transactions and data from customers´ smartphones.
Germany's 2019 economy grew by 0.6%, the weakest rate of expansion since 2013, marking a slowdown from the prior year, according to the Federal Statistics Office's preliminary estimate published on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Malaysia Airlines announced it suspended the deliveries of 25 Boeing's 737 MAX jets, due to the aircraft's postponed return to service after it was grounded in 2019 following two crashes.
On Wednesday, Hyundai Motor Co has released its first sport-utility vehicle under the Genesis brand, in a likely crucial move for the South Korean carmaker's expansion in the overseas markets.
The British government has reached a deal to rescue the regional carrier Flybe by promising to review industry taxation, while shareholders pledged to invest more money to avoid the airline's collapse.
On Wednesday, the Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen asked China to review its current policy towards Taiwan.
Asian shares edged lower on Wednesday, as investors and traders await the signing of phase one of the US-China trade agreement.
On Tuesday, Wells Fargo & Co reported a 55% decline in the Q4 profit, as the company's new CEO Charles Scharf put aside extra $1.5B for legal costs.
Shares of JPMorgan Chase edged higher by 2% in the premarket trading on Tuesday, after the company reported its highest annual profit.
The British government banned the use of credit cards to place bets, aiming to tackle gambling addiction.
Germany signed an agreement with its railway operator Deutsche Bahn to invest €86B over the next 10 years to upgrade railway network.
Finland's telecoms equipment producer Nokia announced plans to cut nearly 180 jobs in Finland in 2020, while also planning more investments in 5G technologies.
Omio, the Berlin-based online travel firm, is expanding its services in North America, joining other EU fintech and mobility start-ups in willingness to boost operations in the largest tourism and travel market in the world.
On Tuesday, the largest US bank JPMorgan Chase reported a 21% surge in its quarterly profit to $8.52B (or $2.52 per share), boosted by higher underwriting fees and strength in the lender's trading business.
Visa Inc agreed to acquire Plaid Inc, the privately-owned software start-up, in a deal worth $5.3B that will expand access of the payments giant to the rapid-growing financial technology space.
Brookfield Renewable Partners offered to acquire a 38% stake of TerraForm Power Inc, potentially valuing the electricity firm at $3.93B, as Brookfield seeks to expand its power portfolio.
The Brazilian miner Vale has entered talks to raise its stake in the energy generation joint venture, Aliança Energia, set up with Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais in 2015, Valor Econômico reported on Tuesday.