Exxon Mobil reported quarterly profits on Friday and revealed that the company has experienced a 5.2% profit decline.
On Friday, the United Kingdom was set to officially leave the European Union. The event did not appear to cause a financial market reaction, as volatility remained stable.
United Parcel Service is expanding its efforts to trim delivery costs and emissions by ordering 10K of electric trucks from Britain's Arrival and a test-launch of Waymo's self-driving cars to carry packages.
On Friday, Nintendo Co's CEO Shuntaro Furukawa stated the gaming firm would not launch a new Switch model in 2020, dispelling rumours that it had plans to upgrade the hit-device version.
Shares of Facebook plunged 7% on a report by the social media giant about the slowest quarterly growth in years, tumbled by higher expenses and expected stagnant growth.
MTN Group, the telecommunications company, announced a $1.6B investment in Nigeria, following a resolution of a legal case with Nigeria's government.
Avast, the UK cybersecurity company, will halt the Jumpshot analytics business due to the data privacy scandal, putting hundreds of job positions at risk and deepening a fall in its shares.
Shares in Verizon Communications plunged about 1% as the Q4 profits missed forecasts, despite the company's robust growth in postpaid mobile phone subscribers that beat analysts' expectations.
Tesla has signed a partnership with China's CATL and South Korean giant LG Chem for a battery supply used in the company's electric cars, according to a Reuters report.
Apple has launched its Maps app's redesigned version for the US users, offering new features, such as indoor maps of malls and airports, following its previous announcement that the tech giant is completely rebuilding the application.
Amazon.com topped analysts' expectations for the holiday-quarter sales and revenue, as the company's efforts to accelerate delivery helped lure more shoppers, sending the online retailer's shares up 10%.
Verizon Communications reported it had added 790K postpaid mobile phone subscribers in the Q4, beating estimates of 525K users; the result driven by a free one-year subscription to the streaming service Disney+.
On Thursday, Visa Inc reported a 10% increase of its quarterly profit amid better than expected spending during Christmas holidays.
Opel is set to set up a battery cell factory in Kaiserslautern, which will create 2K jobs at a site heavily dependent on producing parts for cars with combustion engine.
Uniper is set to close most of hard coal-fired plants in Germany over the following years to 2025, making up half its EU coal capacity.
Hershey anticipated its profit and sales in 2020 largely above expectations, after its reported sales that beat forecasts on higher prices and investments in healthier snacks.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom Dominic Raab announced on Thursday that a trade deal among the two countries could be done this year.
On Thursday, the Bank of England made an interest rate announcement. The central bank kept its Official Bank Rate unchanged at 0.75%.
On Thursday, Coca-Cola Co reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue that grew 16% to $9.07B, boosted by higher demand for the company's coffees, teas and sparkling soft drinks.
Total-PSA Group's joint venture has set a target to produce batteries for 1M electric vehicles in one year by 2030, the CEO for the French energy major, Patrick Pouyanne, stated on Thursday.
On Thursday, Tesla announced that it has entered into a partnership with LG Chem from South Korea and CATL from China. The partner companies would supply car batteries.
The owner of Victoria's Secret, L Brands CEO Leslie Wexner, is considering stepping aside from his role and is reviewing the lingerie brand's sale.
The California Institute of Technology has won a $1.1B jury verdict in the patent case against Broadcom and Apple filed in 2016 after CalIT alleged Broadcom's chips used in Apple's iPhones infringed the patents related to data transmission technology.
News Corp has rolled out its free news aggregation platform, Knewz, seeking to address the long-held criticism by Google and Facebook towards publishers and journalists.