Imports to Nepal have declined 6.92% in the first four months of the current fiscal year to $3.91B, contributing to a decline in trade deficit, a statement published by Nepal's Department of Customs shows.
Britain's Black Friday transactions surged as much as 12.5%, in comparison with the previous year, cheering the UK retailers after experiencing a troubled year, Barclaycard's initial data showed.
The European Union antitrust regulators called for additional details regarding Google's practices of data collecting that may lead to more regulatory woes, Reuters reported on Saturday.
Nokia stated it is working to halt a dispute with Germany's Daimler and other companies regarding the level of fees that are charged for the Finnish company's technology patents.
The German car manufacturer Daimler plans to cut thousands of jobs by the end of 2022 to cut costs, a statement published by the company shows.
The Russian central bank has raised its growth forecast for the current year because of a strong economic growth in the third quarter, a statement shows.
According to the China's National Bureau of Statistics, the country's Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) has increased from 49.3 in October to 50.2 in November.
On Saturday, the Finance Minister of New Zealand Grant Robertson announced plans to substantially increase spending on infrastructure projects.
The foreign debt of Belarus decreased 2% or $0.3B since the beginning of the current year, a report published by the Finance Ministry shows.
Leaders of Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to improve cooperation in trade and infrastructure, the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev says.
The Mongolian Prime Minister Ukhnaa Khurelsukh plans to visit Russia at the invitation of Dmitry Medvedev, his Russian counterpart, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia reports.
Germany's BMW and Great Wall Motor are planning a plant construction in China, worth $716M with the capacity of 160K cars per year, to produce BMW's electric vehicles under its MINI brand, as well as GWA models.
Clariant is set to acquire a 10% stake in Plant Advanced Technologies, the cosmetics ingredients producer, as Swiss speciality chemicals firm seeks to build a strategic partnership with the French company.
Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi are set to name new general secretary at their alliance's helm to strengthen cooperation and resume their joint operations following the ex-chairman Carlos Ghosn's departure.
Thai Beverage is considering to sell some beer assets in its potential initial public offering that could attract about $3.0B, Reiters reported on Friday.
On Friday, Daily Mail newspaper's owner announced it would acquire the "i" website and newspaper from JPI Media in a deal worth £49.6M in cash consideration.
The Russian and Ukrainian leaders, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskiy, are likely to discuss a natural gas deal during the Paris meeting set for December 9, Kremlin's spokesman stated on Friday.
On Friday, Daimler announced it would cut at least 10K jobs worldwide by the end of 2022 after the company reached an agreement with labour unions.
On Friday, Mitsubishi, Renault and Nissan announced that the companies would renew their alliance by appointing a new general secretary.
On Friday, shares in India's Future Retail surged as much as 13%, after the country's antitrust body had granted its approval for a minority stake purchase by Amazon.com.
The SoftBank-backed Indian ride-hailing company Ola is planning to launch its initial public offering process by the March-end in 2021, while also aims at cutting its workforce by about 5% amid preparations.
Retail sales in Japan plunged at the fastest pace since 2015 in October as a hike tax induced consumers to trim their spending, raising concerns over the domestic demand's strength.
Roberto Cavalli, the Italian fashion house, has been acquired by Dubai's Damac chairman Hussain Sajwani on Thursday; a deal that rescued the Italian company and ended its long sale process.
Peugeot owner PSA Group is preparing for a 50% stake sale in its joint venture with Chongqing Changan Automotive, the carmaker's Chinese partner, a spokesman for PSA stated.