On Sunday, the warehouse giant Prologis announced it would acquire Liberty Property Trust, it rival industrial real-estate unit, in a deal worth $12.6BB to boost its US presence due to the e-commerce boom.
Crude oil prices dropped 16 cents or 0.3% on Monday morning, reaching $56.50 a barrel, amid profit decline of Chinese industrial companies.
Katie Hill, member of the US Congress from the state of California, resigned on Sunday amid disclosure of her relationship with a campaign staffer.
On Sunday, the UK government increased pressure on lawmakers to support the PM Boris Johnson's bid to hold a general election on December 12.
According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Louis Vuitton has submitted a preliminary non-binding offer to the US luxury jeweller Tiffany & Co.
The United Arab Emirates and Brazil agreed to extend trade between the two countries and foster investment fund cooperation in sectors such as infrastructure, agribusiness, defence and energy.
Jaguar Land Rove reported a quarterly pre-tax profit of £156M with revenues increasing 8% to £6.1B, after the company saw a big boost to sales in China.
China was studying the application of AI and blockchain in cross-border funding with emphasis on risk management, and is set to further liberalise the country's capital markets.
IBM China signed a three-year partnership deal with Shanghai to build the first Watson Build AI Innovation Centre in China, aiming to cultivate AI talent and expand AI applications.
Thai exporters having lost the duty-free status for some goods sold to the US are likely incur losses of $59.68M, the Commerce Minister stated.
Antonio Costa, Portugal's Prime Minister, pledged to increase the monthly minimum wage 25% to $830 by 2023, while reiterating the aim to cut public debt to below 100% of the country's GDP.
Brazil's beverages company Ambev SA anticipated some of the headwinds, which hurt Q3 results, as recent prices increases in the country kept a lid on volumes of beer.
Louis Vuitton owner LVMH approached Tiffany & Co with the offer of acquisition, while the US luxury jeweller grapples with tariffs' impact on exports to China.
Profits at Chinese industrial companies contracted for the second month in succession, falling 5.3% in September, as producer prices kept sliding.
Wells Fargo & Co laid off at least 200 business bankers in the US lending divisions, restructuring some units, a source familiar with the matter stated.
Brazil's BNDES is expected bring forward nearly $2.5B in dividends to the government in 2019 to support the public finances.
General Motors is set to slowly restart operations at some plants in Mexico this weekend, after workers for the US automaker ratified a new labour contract.
The industrial property investor ESR Cayman priced the company's shares at $HK16.80 per share after its IPO book build was finished, two sources with knowledge of the matter stated.
Singapore's Economic Development Board stated that manufacturing production grew 0.1% year-over-year in September, compared to a revised 6.4% decline this August.
Russia's search giant Yandex reported a 38% revenue increase year-on-year to $704M in the Q3 of this year, despite concerns on foreign ownership law.
Global crude steel output declined 0.3% year-over-year to 151.5M tonnes in September, the World Steel Association stated.
Sales increase at Gucci-owner Kering weakened slightly in the Q3, while revenues grew 14.2% to $4.30B in the same period, as the firm offset some hit from a turmoil in Hong Kong.
The logistics sector in China showed steady growth of 5.7% in the first nine months of the current year, compared to the same period the previous year, official data show.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to visit the Philippines on the invitation of the Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.