Juul Labs is halting Indonesia e-cigarette sales due to concerns that it cannot impair retailers from selling the company's high-nicotine e-cigarettes to young persons in a highly unregulated tobacco market.
On Monday, oil prices dropped by 4% due to the coronavirus rapid spread outside China, raising investor concerns about the impact on crude demand.
US legislation that is set to be introduced as soon as the coming weeks would likely hurt Google, Facebook and other technology firms' ability to offer the end-to-end encryption to their users, Reuters reported.
Tesla has resumed Gruenheide's tree cutting to build its first EU car and battery plant called Gigafactory, despite environmentalists' moves to stop the local deforestation.
The US Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin stated on Monday that the does not expect any impact on US-China trade deal from the coronavirus.
Mastercard has plans to hire 1,5K more employees to its Dublin global technology hub during the following three-to-five years, the US credit card issuer stated on Monday.
On Monday, Blackstone Group, the US private equity firm, announced it would increase its proposed bid price to acquire Unizo Holdings to 6K yen ($53.78) for a share, topping an offer made by Lone Star.
On Monday, Italy's largest bank UniCredit stated that Jean Pierre Mustier, its Chief Executive Office, was confirmed to stay on in his role, dismissing media reports about Mustier to take over the top job at the rival HSBC.
PepsiCo Inc has agreed to acquire Be & Cherry, the Chinese snack brand, from the local jujube producer Haoxiangni Health Food in a deal valued at $705M, the companies said.
France's Defense Minister Florence Parly told the Vima newspaper in an interview on Sunday that France would support Greece and Cyprus over tensions in the Aegean Sea.
The Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Sunday that the government would step up its policy support to help achieve economic and social development targets for 2020.
On Sunday, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuching stated that central bankers would look at options to respond to the impact of the coronavirus.
The Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on Sunday stated that the central bank is ready to address any impact of the coronavirus.
On Sunday, Warren Buffet commented on Berkshire Hathaway acquisition of Apple stock, as the company has not made any large purchases during the last four years.
Finance Minister of Japan Taro Aso stated on Sunday that a proposed US tax could slow down progress on a global solution for taxing digital companies.
On Sunday, Bernie Sanders won the Nevada Democratic vote, which tightened his grip on the Democratic Presidential Candidate status.
The Finance Minister of the French Republic stated on Sunday that the country should make more goods that are needed for handling an epidemic.
On Sunday, the Turkish government closed down its border with Iran to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
The President of China Xi Jinping announced on Sunday that China is preparing to cushion an economic decline, which would be caused by the coronavirus.
On Sunday, the former Prime Minister of France Francois Fillon stood before trial over the fake jobs scandal of 2017.
The Chinese capital plans to spend around $35.9B on infrastructure, household and high-tech industrial projects, a statement from Beijing's development and reform commission shows.
Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani will visit Jordan to meet with the King Abdullah II of Jordan to discuss bilateral ties between the two countries.
The Chinese economy is widely expected to "return to normal in the second quarter" of the current year, the International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva says.
The International Monetary Fund and Argentina have made progress in talks about restructuring the country's debt, a statement published by the Ministry of the Treasury of Argentina shows.