On Friday, the US court ordered 3M Co to pay $2.1M in punitive damages to three military veterans.
Price of the most popular cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, increased 6.54% or $3504.11 to $57098.08.
On Friday, Exxon Mobil Corp reported its first profit in more than a year and positively revised estimates of its upcoming quarterly earnings.
The South Korean business sentiment improved in April, data published by the Bank of Korea show.
The economy of Cambodia is expected to expand 4% in 2021 and 5.5% in 2022, a report published by the Asian Development Bank shows.
The Nord Stream 2 pipeline between Russia and Germany is a "purely economic project," the Russian President Vladimir Putin says.
The German chemical giant BASF almost doubled its net income to €1.7B in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the prior year, a statement published by the company shows.
Six member states of the East African Community lost around $4.8B in international tourism income amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, a study shows.
The German carmaker Volkswagen plans to invest €14B in decarbonization by 2025, the chief executive officer of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars says.
The purchasing managers' index for China's non-manufacturing sector declined to 54.9 in April from 56.3 in March, the National Bureau of Statistics reports.
South Korea's industrial output expanded for two consecutive months in March, data published by the Statistics Korea show.
Italy approved a post-pandemic recovery plan worth €222B, a statement published by Prime Minister Mario Draghi's cabinet shows.
Turkey approved the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, the Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca says.
Turkey's tourism revenue declined 40.2% in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, the Turkish Statistical Institute reports.
The economy of Portugal contracted 5.4% in the first quarter of 2021, compared to the same period in 2020, data published by the National Statistics Institute show.
On Friday, Exxon Mobil reported it had beaten Wall Street's quarterly earnings expectations, driven by the rebound in oil prices and robust chemicals margins.
Gojek, the Indonesian ride-hailing company, is planning a shift to electric cars and motorcycles on its platform by 2030 via partnerships with favourable leasing arrangements and producers.
Bain Capital, the US private equity company, stated it had raised as much as $11.8B from employees and outside investors for its North American latest flagship buyout fund.
Chevron reported its Q1 profit plunged as much as 29% compared with last year's same period, as gains from gas and oil prices weakened by lower refining margins and output losses.
On Friday, the UK cybersecurity company Darktrace's shares surged in its London market debut, 38% above the IPO price, valuing the firm at £1.7B.
Alibaba Group Holding froze the top executives' pay rises for the current year and granted junior employees with larger salary increases instead amid China's curbs on big tech.
Margrethe Vestager, the European Union's antitrust chief, is set to conduct a news conference on Friday at 11:00 GMT, where she will charge the tech giant Apple for anti-competitive practices.
Gilead Sciences reported its Q1 product sales soared 16%, including $1.46B in sales of Remdesivir, the company's COVID-19 antiviral drug, but warned the sales of its hepatitis C and HIV drugs were down amid the pandemic.
Ford Motors' shares tumbled over 10% on Thursday, following the report that the global chip shortage could potentially trim its Q2 vehicle production in half.