Unilever announced its decision to sell spreads and margarine business to the US private equity company KKR for $8.04B to focus on rapidly growing products.
The US Justice Department and AT&T held unsuccessful settlement negotiations over the pay-TV and wireless company's bid to purchase TV show and movie maker Time Warner.
The Bank of Canada retained the option of further interest rate increases in early 2018, despite unclarities, such as NAFTA talks, which could derail the country's economy.
According to survey prepared by the Export Development Canada, nearly six percent of Canadian companies could relocate part of their operations to the US because of ambiguity over the future of the NAFTA trade deal.
On Friday, CSX Corp's stock plunged 10.3% to $51.42 in premarket trade, as the company's CEO Hunter Harrison took medical leave for sudden complications from an unknown illness.
On Friday, the leader of Social Democrats (SPD) Martin Schulz agreed to start negotiations with Angela Merkel's Christian Democrats (CDU) on formation of a new German government.
According to report published by the Euromonitor International, Amazon.com is likely to become the biggest online retailer in Mexico by generating $502.2M sales this year.
On Friday, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged members of the Security Council to reinforce communication channels with North Korean officials in order to avoid further escalation of conflict.
According to the CNBC source, the US Republican Senator Marco Rubio will back a compromise variant of tax reform that was negotiated yesterday by the House and Senate.
Italy's inland revenue service reported on Friday that it had reached an agreement with Amazon to settle outstanding tax claims spanning 2011 to 2015.
The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan reported on Friday, that Turkey was taking an initiative at the UN in order to annul a decision by the US to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
Ryanair reported on Friday that it had offered to recognize pilot unions in order to avert its first ever pilot strike.
Harvard University reported that its endowment would shift the real estate investment staff on February 1 into the private equity firm Bain Capital, with the idea to found a new property business.
On Friday, the US leader Donald Trump stated that Washington sought to receive Russia's help to convince Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and missile programme.
According to Brazilian local newspaper, the scandalous conglomerate Odebrecht SA's board chairman Emilio Odebrecht is eager to step down in the next year's first half.
The Lebanese Interior Minister Nohad Mashnouk signed a law to hold the long-awaited 2018 Parliamentary election on Sunday, May 6, his office stated on Friday.
Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, his American fiancée, are planning to marry on May 19, according to Kensington Palace statement on Friday.
Georgia's Parliament passed the 2018 budget on Friday, expecting its gross domestic product to surge 4.5%, driven by the private sector development and higher exports.
Shares in CSX plunged 10.3% to $51.42 in Friday's premarket trade, following the announcement about its CEO Hunter Harrison's medical leave due to unexpected illness complications.
On Friday, the Russian FSB security service detained seven members of the Islamic State, saying that a militant group had been planning terror attacks in St. Petersburg's public places.
Luxembourg is eager to challenge the European Union order, as it seeks to recover around $295M in back taxes from the US retail giant Amazon, expressing its disagreement over Amazon's special treatment.
India has raised the import tax on the electronic devices such as cellphones and TV sets from 10% to 15%, in an effort to curb overseas' supplies and boost the domestic industry.
On Friday, Russia's Court found the former Minister of Economy Alexei Ulyukayev guilty of accepting a bribe from the Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin.
Ryanair was planning to recognise pilot unions in a bid to halt the first strike in the company's history, saying it would bring a radical change to the Irish airline's structure.