Facebook has been fined $33M by Brazil's judge for failing to collaborate with a corruption inquiry, the federal prosecution stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, shares of Facebook surged 4.2% after its CEO Mark Zuckerberg smoothed investors by saying that the social network had not noticed any strong impact on ad sales linked to data privacy row.
South Korea's prosecution raided offices at Samsung Elec.'s unit on Friday on the back of a probe into the alleged union sabotage, Yonhap News Agency reported.
On Friday, Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak is set to announce the Parliament dissolution at 0330 GMT, paving the path for the country's general election.
Monex Group, Japan's online brokerage business, stated that it would acquire the Tokyo-based cryptocurrency exchange firm Coincheck for $33.6M.
Samsung Electronics reported an unexpectedly high profit in the Q1, though the market's reaction was muted amid raising concerns that the semiconductor boom is likely to end.
The MHLW reported that average cash earnings grew 1.3% in February, following the preceding month's rise of 1.2% and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 0.5% climb.
Japan's Statistics Bureau reported on Friday that household spending rose 0.1% in February, after climbing 2.0% in the prior month, whereas analysts anticipated an increase of 0.3%.
On Thursday, a German court reported that the former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont would be released on bail and could be extradited to Spain on corruption charges.
Vivendi, a French multinational mass media conglomerate, has released a list of candidates for the new Telecom Italia board.
Oil prices jumped on Thursday, boosted by US stock-market gains and an unexpected hike in oil prices by Saudi Arabia.
The French Prime Minister stated on Thursday that final university exams would be held as scheduled despite ongoing students' protests against Emmanuel Macron's economic reforms.
On Thursday, South Korean Defence Ministry stated that a fighter jet has crashed into a mountain southeast of Seoul with two pilots presumed dead.
On Thursday, the White House trade adviser Peter Navarro defended the position of Donald Trump on trade actions against China, adding that the administration will help farmers hit by trade tensions.
On Thursday, ride-sharing app Uber claimed that it will suspend its service in Greece after the approval of the new legislation that would impose stricter rules on ride-hailing companies.
On Thursday, Italian President Sergio Mattarella claimed that parliamentary talks aimed to resolve Italian political crisis failed and the next round of talks will be organised on the next week.
On Thursday, a senior US official said that German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the US President Donald Trump will meet on April 27 to discuss Iran nuclear deal and trade tensions with China.
The economic adviser of the US President Donald Trump Larry Kudlow said that a trade deal between China and the US is possible over time after both sides work out their trade differences.
Sirin Labs, Swiss-Israeli technology company, claimed that FIH Mobile LTD, a subsidiary of electronics manufacturer Foxconn, will manufacture the blockchain smartphone Finney.
The US President Donald Trump continued attacking Amazon.com and The Washington Post, the newspaper fully owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, calling it a "chief lobbyist" of Amazon.
Data released by Eurostat showed that the volume of retail trade in the Euro zone was up 0.1% over the course of February.
According to the data released by Markit on Thursday, the UK's services PMI dropped to 51.7 points in March, missing analysts' expectations for a 53.9-point reading.
Profits of the US-based seeds and agrochemicals company Monsanto Co missed analysts' estimates on Thursday, being negatively affected by lower sales volumes and corn prices.
The US trade deficit rose 1.6% to a nine-year high of $57.6B in February, being partly affected by an increase in commodity prices, the US Commerce Department reported on Thursday.