According to a report by the Guardian newspaper, UK's top cabinet ministers want the British Prime Minister Theresa May to resign after the local elections.
On Friday, Kraft Heinz Co stocks fell to its lowest level, after the company announced $15 billion write-down on its brands.
On Friday, France expressed reservations on whether the European Union should begin trade talks with the United States.
On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency report showed that Iran is still holding up to its end of the nuclear agreement.
The British Fraud Office has abandoned the investigations into bribery allegations against drugs maker GlaxoSmithKline and Rolls-Royce.
The largest US auto retail chain announced on Friday that Carl Liebert will replace the current long time CEO Mike Jackson. Jackson will take the position of chairman.
On Friday, Kraft Heinz stock price was still experiencing the decline, which was caused by the SEC investigation that published the company's brand value.
The German auto producers BMW and Daimler will invest more than one billion euros in the creation of a service that will compete with Uber.
The Swiss bank UBS announced on Friday that it will stick to the dividend proposed in 2018 by the bank's CEO. The dividend will be paid despite the recently received penalty of 4.5 billion EUR from French authorities.
On Friday, JPMorgan Chase announced that the bank is moving its employees from current offices to "hot desks." Hot desk are a new space saving office layout.
The President of the French Republic is set to meet with the Chancellor of Germany on February 27. The two leaders are planning to discuss Brexit, defence and the United States.
By the middle of Friday's London session global stock market indices continued to gain. Financial media attributed the surge to a progress on trade.
On Friday, the spokeswoman of the UK Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the work on Brexit deal changes is continuing at "a pace".
Reuters announced on Friday that investors are scaling back on bets that the US Dollar will decline. The reason for the change was a Federal Reserve announcement that the US Dollar interest rate will have a premium above other rates.
On Friday, the Vietnamese airline company VietJet Aviation announced that intends to sing a major deal with Boeing during the sidelines of the upcoming Trump-Kim summit.
On Thursday, Saudi Aramco signed with Chinese Norinco an agreement presupposing creation of a joint venture for construction of a petrochemical and refining complexes in the city of Panjin.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) stated on Friday that the Iranian government had time until July to improve its anti-money laundering laws, otherwise it would face more intense international scrutiny.
The European Union's Brexit Negotiator Michel Barnier stated on Friday that postponement of Britain's exit from the EU could not be ruled out.
The Сhina's Foreign Ministry stated on Friday that it would welcome the UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond's visit despite deployment of the British naval vessel in the Pacific.
The Trade Minister of Australia Simon Birmingham stated on Friday problems with coal exports to China were caused by import quotas rather that pure bans.
The Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe stated on Friday that China's ban on the county's coal imports to the port of Dalian would not have a big impact on the economy.
France's Consumer Prices Index decreased 0.4% in January from the previous month amid a fall in manufacturing costs, the INSEE reported.
Sales in Japan's department stores went down 2.9% to $4.45B in January compared to the preceding year, the country's Department Stores Association stated.
Germany's inflation rate decreased to 1.4% in the month of January this year, compared to 0.8% rate in the prior month, according to preliminary figures by Destatis.