The EU antitrust regulators is set to rule on Microsoft's $7.5B takeover of ZeniMax Media by March 5, the biggest gaming acquisition of the US tech giant to challenge Sony's PlayStation.
On Monday, Japan's Nintendo upgraded its full-year forecast for the Switch console sales from 24M units to 26.5M units, while shares rose 3.4% to 62,640 yen.
On Monday, Ryanair stated it was expecting to lose around €1B in the current financial year, the carrier's worst performance ever, but it forecast new significant growth opportunities due to the crisis.
On Monday, the Singapore-based Grab said in a statement that it upsized the debut term loan to $2 billion on strong investors demand.
On Sunday, the European Central Bank member Klaas Knot said that the global equity market rally could be fueled by increasing optimism of economic recovery.
The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said in a statement on January 30 that the UK would formally apply for membership of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership next week.
On Sunday, ten Republicans Senators offered the US President Joe Biden a compromised coronavirus relief package plan.
On Sunday, Matteo Renzi, who caused the recent Italian political crisis, stated that he would like to see the former President of the ECB Mario Draghi as the Prime Minister of Italy.
It was revealed by Reuters on Sunday that despite the GameStop short squeeze Melvin Capital has ended the month with $8 billion in assets.
On Sunday, the Member of the European Central Bank Governing Council Klaas Knot stated that the stock market was fuelled by hopes of a coronavirus recovery.
According to a source with knowledge of the matter, the UK government is currently working on a COVID-19 recovery plan for the economy.
According to the Sunday Times newspaper, the UK Queen Elizabeth II is expected to host the US President Joe Biden at Buckingham Palace ahead of the G7 summit in June.
According to Reuters news, Myanmar's newly elected lawmakers undaunted by a threat from the military to stage a coup and vowed to meet in the Parliament for the first time on Monday.
On Sunday, a group of ten US Republican Senators made a proposal for a compromise COVID-19 relief bill.
Chinese statistics published on Sunday revealed that the country's factory activity had increased in January despite a slow down caused by the resurgence of the coronavirus.
On Sunday, the United Kingdom formally applied to join the Trans-Pacific Trading Bloc, which would remove tariffs for exports to 11 countries.
On Saturday, Robinhood revealed that it had put limitations on various stock purchases due to its clearing house increasing deposit requirements ten-fold.
On Friday, the Reserve Bank of India proposed a ban of all private cryptocurrencies and the creation of a central bank managed cryptocurrency.
On Saturday, Reuters revealed that Robinhood and Reddit were protected from lawsuits by user agreements.
On Saturday, the Cuban government announced that from February 6, travellers visiting Cuba would be required to self-quarantine for a week.
On Saturday, the British-based online trading app IG Group announced that it would restrict trading on the US stocks GameStop Corp and AMC Entertainment due to high volatility in the market.
As reported by the Wall Street Journal on Saturday, the Argentine Economy Minister Martin Guzman is seeking for a $44 billion deal with the IMF to repay debt.
On Saturday, the Vietnamese Health Ministry approved AstraZeneca's coronavirus vaccine for domestic inoculation.
On January 29, the President of Philippine Rodrigo Duterte strengthened the anti-money laundering law ahead of the February 1 deadline set by the Financial Action Task Force.