Nestle's CEO Mark Schneider stated on Thursday that the sale process regarding the Nestle Skin Health division faced a strong interest from suitors, who were lining up to acquire the unit.
On Thursday, the activist investor Elliott has proposed a "superior" plan to the Portuguese utility EDP's shareholders than a bid made by China Three Gorges, including boosting €6.7B from asset sales.
Germany's Sivantos and the Danish hearing aid developer Widex are expecting to complete its $8.3B worth merger deal next month, following an approval from the EU regulators.
On Thursday, China's consumer finance giant Ant Financial stated it had agreed to acquire the British currency exchange WorldFirst, in a deal that could be potentially valued at $700M, but the companies did not disclose the deal's financial terms.
On Thursday, the Chief Executive Officers of Mitsubishi, Renault and Nissan for the first time met together and reconfirmed the importance of their triumvirate.
According to sources familiar with the matter, Deutsche Bank's largest investors intensified pressure on the company's CEO Christian Sewing to make necessary changes in the investment part of business.
The Renault CEO Thierry Bollore stated on Thursday that the company would aim to achieve only a 6% profit growth rate this amid market uncertainties and complexities with currencies.
The Sberbank CEO German Graf stated on Thursday that possible introduction of new American sanctions would mean the additional risk of Russia's economy and noted that the country's banks must be prepared for adverse situations.
European stocks reached a three-month high on Thursday. The surge was attributed to the ongoing US-China trade talks.
Steven Mnuchin, the US Treasury Secretary, said he is looking forward to the trade negotiations in China on Thursday, as talks moved to a higher level.
On Thursday, Apple Inc said that it would resume the shipment of iPhones with only Qualcomm chips to its stores in Germany.
Airbus Inc said on Thursday that it would stop production of the iconic superjumbo A380 jet due to lacklustre sales.
On Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the Russian economy could withstand any new US sanctions.
On Thursday, the UK Prime Minister Theresa May could lose another Brexit vote in the British Parliament, over her plan l to renegotiate the backstop Brexit deal.
According to the The Sun newspaper, the China's Deputy Prime Minister, Hu Chunhua has decided to cancel talks with the British Finance Minister Philip Hammond after Gavin Williamson's threat to send a naval vessel in the Pacific.
According to a source familiar with the matter, the US and Indian officials started talks on investment and trade even though the US Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross did not arrive because of bad weather conditions.
The UK Trade Minister Liam Fox stated on Thursday that the European government took the pause to see how British lawmakers would vote on Theresa May's amendments to deal on Brexit.
On Wednesday, the Russian ruble fell by nearly 1% against the US Dollar, as the American Senate adopted new legislation on sanctions against Russia.
One of the world largest food and beverage companies Nestle said it projected its organic sales to surge by 3% in 2019 amid better performance in North America and China.
According to the Jiji news agency, the Renault SA Chairman Jean-Dominique Senard on Thursday landed in Japan to meet with the Nissan Motor's CEO Hiroto Saikawa.
Employment and salaries in Bulgaria rose year-over-year in the Q4 of 2018, according to the preliminary data the country's NSI.
Deliveries of BMW jumped 0.5% to a total of more than 170K cars in January, the German carmaker announced, owing to strong increase in China.
The US federal government ran a budget deficit $14B in December with revenues falling after tax cuts in 2018, even as the country's economy appeared strong, the Treasury Department reported.
BlackRock hired Stanley Fischer, the former Fed Vice Chair, for the position of senior adviser, the world's biggest fund manager stated in a memo.