Construction firm CRH has agreed to a takeover conditions to divest facilities in three US states as it sought to win the antitrust approval to acquire Ash Grove Cement.
On Thursday, the Spanish fragrance and fashion group Puig stated it had bought a controlling stake in the Belgian company Dries Van Noten; however, the value of a deal had not been disclosed.
On Thursday, the real estate analytics company Reonomy stated it had raised $30M from the existing investors Sapphire Ventures and SoftBank Capital.
France's Teleperformance has agreed to acquire the Indian firm Intelenet from the US private equity group Blackstone in a takeover deal valued at $1.0B to strengthen its specialised services business.
Apollo Global Management has suspended its plans for a sale of the US military security company Constellis, following a failure in the negotiations with the Canada Garda World Security.
Sirtex, Australia's liver cancer treatment manufacturer, is expecting its $1.4B buyout by China's consortium to win the regulatory approval in the United States and Australia, despite some diplomatic tensions.
The Assistant Governor to the Reserve Bank of Australia Luci Ellis said asset valuation was justified with the current environment of low interest rates and bond prices.
The President of Tehran Iron and Steel Union said Europe should adopt new monetary policies to continue trading with Iran in the steel industry without worries about US sanctions.
The Euro continued to weaken early on Friday following a decision by the European Central Bank to hold interest rates at a record low level until mid-2019.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission has filed a lawsuit against Westpac Banking Group over provision of inappropriate financial advice.
China's regulators approved the US chipmaker Qualcomm's proposed $44B tie-up with NXP Semiconductors, according to sources with knowledge of the matter.
The second largest wireless carrier AT&T closed its $85B deal to acquire media firm Time Warner after the US antitrust regulators indicated that they would not seek a delay.
New home prices in Chine grew 0.7% month-over-month in May, following a gain of 0.5% in April, revealing the strongest expansion since June 2017, the NBS data revealed.
The Business NZ report showed that the Manufacturing Index dropped to 54.5 in May after 59.1 in April, while stalling in the Employment Index was raising concerns.
France's economic growth is likely to weaken slightly more than anticipated this year, as higher prices of oil weighed on activity, the country's Central Bank stated.
The New York DFS granted a license for Xapo to offer a vault and digital currency service and approved itBit application to provide custody services and trade four virtual currencies.
The US Labour Department stated that the country's import prices rose strongly 0.6% in May, supported by a rise in the cost of food and petroleum products.
The European Central Bank announced the monetary policy decision to keep rates on hold, as widely expected, adding that it is set to wind up the QE program in December.
The International Monetary Fund advised the United States on Thursday that President Donald Trump's new import tariffs may endanger the world trading system.
South Africa's labour unions have threatened a total closedown of Eskom, the state-controlled electricity outages unless their demands are met for a 15 percent pay rise.
The United States retail sales accelerated more in the second quarter than expected, as consumers bought a range of goods. The latest sign, that the economic growth is increasing.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday, that the United States and Canada have agreed to continue discussion regarding a NAFTA deal.
The European Central Bank will meet on Thursday to debate if to end its assets purchases by the end of 2018.
On Thursday, the New York attorney general Barbara Underwood sued the Trump foundation, claiming the nonprofit engaged in some illegal activities including support of his 2016 campaign.