On Friday, China Southern Airlines stated it had inked a MoU with the Gulf airline Emirates for the codesharing agreement that covered 18 routes and would come into force on March 31.
The Venezuela PDVSA-owned US refiner Citgo denied a Thursday's report claiming the firm was weighting to file for bankruptcy in the US amid dispute between Venezuela's leftist government and the President Donald Trump.
WorldFirst, the UK currency exchange start-up, will shut down its US operations to avoid a possible regulatory hurdle for the planned takeover by the Chinese fintech group Ant Financial Services, the FT reported on Friday.
Jet Airways accepted the most of Etihad Airways' bailout conditions, sending Jet's shares up as much as 18% on Friday, according to the Business Standard.
The cement maker LafargeHolcim announced on Friday it had finalised the sale of an Indonesian unit in a deal that valued the company at $1.75B.
Nintendo Co Ltd announced on Friday that it joined forces with Line Corp and began developing new mobile game called "Dr. Mario World" that is planned to be released this summer.
The acting Finance Minister of India Piyush Goyal stated on Friday that the country's fiscal deficit this year would reach 3.4% instead of the initially planned 3.3%.
On Friday, an altered foreign direct investment (FDI) regulation came into effect forcing large e-commerce companies, such as Amazon to refuse to sell various goods in India.
The US President Donald Trump stated on Thursday that in nearest future he would meet with China's leader Xi Jinping to try to close a bilateral trade deal.
Quarterly reports from Visa and Mastercard indicated a decline in cardholder's overseas spending next year amid the strong Dollar, an outcome of the US-China trade dispute and Brexit.
An official survey revealed that India's jobless rate rose to to the highest level in 45 years during 2017-2018, the Business Standard reported.
The Italian economy contracted for the second quarter in succession at the end of 2018, falling quarterly 0.2% between October and December, after a 0.1% percent decline in the Q3.
The Canadian GDP contracted 0.1% in the month of November, though analysts suggested that it is unlikely to be enough to deter the BoC from further monetary policy tightening in the H2 of this year.
The US labour costs rose steadily in the Q4, as employers increased benefits for employees, encouraging the biggest annual increase since 2009.
German output is expected to grow around 0.1% in the fourth quarter, suggesting that that Europe's largest economy avoided a recession after contracting in the Q3, the IfW stated.
The economy of Saudi Arabia expanded 2.21% in 2018, supported by strong oil sector and recovering from 2017 contraction, when the growth was hurt by austerity measures and weak oil prices.
The Euro zone economic growth stuck to the lowest pace in four years in the fourth quarter of 2018, with the expansion rate in the year also the slowest in four years.
Advertising group WPP is et to sell its 49% stake in the consulting company Richard Attias & Associates to the firm's founder, RAA's spokesman announced on Thursday.
Nexi, the Italian banking services provider, is planning to sign up the investment banks this week to launch one of the largest initial public offerings lately, Reuters reported.
The US hedge fund Elliott increased its Telecom Italia stake to 9.4%, escalating the battle over Italy's phone company with its key shareholder Vivendi.
Shares of the Dutch firm KPN surged over 8% this Thursday due to a Bloomberg report stating that Brookfield Asset Management is potentially considering to launch a takeover bid for the company.
General Electric topped Wall Street's estimates for its Q4 sales, sending the company's shares up 9.6% in the pre-market trading on Thursday.
Facebook's shares surged about 12% on Thursday, as the company revived its focus on products, winning investors support after posting strong Q4 results.
On Thursday, the US Berry Global Group stated it was thinking over a potential all-cash takeover bid for the British packaging products manufacturer RPC Group, challenging Apollo Global's $4.33B offer to acquire the firm.