The US NHTSA stated that it opened an investigation into more than 54K Ford Motor pickup trucks after five complaints about tailgates issue were received.
On Thursday, the Economic Affairs Commissioner of the EU Pierre Moscovici claimed that no decision has been taken so far regarding the budget deficit of Italy and that a dialogue between Italy and the EU needs to be calm and constructive.
On Thursday, the US President Donald Trump claimed that he is considering to send military and close the southern border of the US because of the increasing amount of immigrants from Honduras and El Salvador.
On Thursday, the Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez claimed that the UK and Spain have agreed on the Brexit status of Gibraltar which will leave the EU with the UK on March 29 2019.
Square, a company headed by the Chief Executive of Twitter Inc Jack Dorsey, has launched its own payment terminals for small-sized businesses.
On Thursday, the US Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed that the Fed needs to limit the growth of Wells Fargo until it replaces its Chief Executive Tim Sloan.
On Thursday, German's Chancellor Angela Merkel claimed during the summit of the EU leaders that not much time is left for a Brexit agreement but the deal is still achievable.
Deutsche Bank has appointed Stefan Hoops as a new head of the Global Transaction Banking business unit to replace his predecessor John Gibbons, the bank announced on Thursday.
Acadia Healthcare, the American operator of the behavioural health centres, has entered talks with the private equity companies over selling itself after raising a buyout interest.
On Thursday, the gas and oil firm SDX Energy announced that its talks to acquire the BP Egypt's assets had been halted by a mutual agreement, not disclosing any further details on the issue.
Alibaba Group Holding, China's e-commerce giant, is planning to invest nearly $290M into the local spirits and wine retailer 1919.cn, seeking to top into rising demand for the imported wine in Asia's country.
Canada's MEG Energy has rejected the buyout offer made by Husky Energy on Wednesday, saying that the proposal undervalued the has and oil producer.
Greece is expecting to receive final bids for the Hellenic Petroleum majority stake next month, after getting the main regulatory decision over the process, sources reported on Thursday.
Philippines' San Miguel Corp has halved the size of the food arm's share sale to $920M, after a weak stock market ruined its plans for the potentially largest ever secondary offering.
The securities regulator of China announced on Thursday that the creditors of an environmental firm in Beijing is not to receive a margin call on stock pledges.
On Wednesday, Uber announced that the company is starting a trailer leasing unit. The unit will be called Powerloop and it will be a part of Uber Freight.
The operator of Pizza Hut and KFC franchises, Restaurant Brands New Zealand, has received a takeover offer worth $578M from the Mexican group Finaccess Capital that brought its shares up 14% to its record-high of NZ$8.72.
The US apparel and footwear firm Nine West Holdings has filed an amended Chapter 11 plan that should cut the company's pre-bankruptcy debt obligations by over $1.0B.
Novartis is set to buy the US cancer pharma company Endocyte in an all-cash deal valued at $2.1B, amid Swiss drugmaker's expansion plan of its radiopharmaceuticals business.
Tata Group, India's business conglomerate, is in preliminary talks to acquire a majority stake in the Indian debt-laden Jet Airways according to the Times of India report seen on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the US Environmental Protection Agency stated it was in discussion with Volvo over the carmaker's catalytic converters issue that caused its vehicles to exceed the limits of nitrogen oxide emissions.
On Thursday, the Japanese Fair Trade Commission approved Takeda Pharmaceutical's $62B worth takeover of Shire Plc, paving the way for the Asian firm to become one of the world's top 10 drugmaker.
Australia's Investa Office Fund stated that it was advised by Blackstone Group that the private equity firm would not match Canadian Oxford Properties Group's takeover bid of A$5.60 per share.
Haruhiko Kuroda, the Governor of the Bank of Japan, stated that consumer inflation was moving around 1%, offering a slightly brighter view over prices than he provided three months ago.