On Friday, investors and staff of HSBC questioned the new top executives of the bank how the ethnic diversity and gender pay gap will be improved under the new rule of a senior management.
The leader of Italian party "Forza Italia" Silvio Berlusconi claimed that his party is ready to form a coalition with the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement party after 6 weeks of a deadlock.
On Friday, Charter Communications Inc and Comcast Corp claimed that they will establish partnership to develop back-end software for their Spectrum and Xfinity mobile services.
On Friday, the Oil Minister of Iraq Jabar al-Luaibi claimed that oil market is stabilising and that current level of oil prices is "not high" after Donald Trump's criticism of OPEC over high oil prices.
On Friday, Wells Fargo claimed that it is ready to pay $1B settlement to US regulators who claimed that a company has been abusing customers in its auto and mortgage businesses.
Nissan is planning to cut hundreds of jobs at company's Sutherland factory, the biggest plant in the UK, due to the declining demand for diesel vehicles in Europe.
TransUnion, the credit reporting agency, is planning to acquire the consumer data provider Callcredit in a deal worth $1.4B, seeking to bolster its presence in Britain.
According to a conversation between the Samsung Electronics co-CEO Koh Dong-jin, the tech company is set to expand its production in Vietnam that will create more jobs in the country.
Air France has launched new talks with its staff members in an effort to end strike over pay, sending its shares down 4% on Friday.
On Friday, the Russian standard agency stated the German automaker Daimler was recalling 24,763 Mercedes-Benz vehicle sold in the time period of 2014-2017.
General Electric reported its Q1 profit more than tripled to $369M, compared to the prior year's $122M reading, sending the company's shares up 5% to $14.69 on Friday.
PSA Group demanded 3,7K job cuts in Germany by 2020, after it had already removed around 2K job positions due to the buyout process, the Work Council Chief for Opel stated on Friday.
On Friday, Britain has expressed its confidence in the Brexit negotiations, adding it did not expect a return to the hard border with Ireland after the country's withdrawal from the EU.
Schlumberger, the world's leader in oilfield services, reported on Friday its profit surged 88% to $525M in the first quarter amid rising prices on crude oil that encouraged North America's clients to increase spending.
The UK Government Investment has appointed Charles Donald on Friday as a new Royal Bank of Scotland's head to manage stakes in Britain.
Insurance Australia Group is planning to sell four Southeast Asia's businesses under its Asian operations review in deals that could be possibly valued at around $500M.
The e-commerce giant Alibaba Group bought China's microchip maker, seeking to further its cloud-based IoT business and help drive the local chip sector.
On Friday, Bayer announced it had received an official approval by the Russian antitrust regulator FAS for its scheduled Monsanto takeover deal worth $62.5B.
Rudy Giuliani, the former New York Mayor, is set to join the personal legal team of Donald Trump, the US President's lawyer Jay Sekulow announced on Thursday.
The US Defence Contractor Lockheed Martin seeks to propose a new stealthy jet hybrid to Japan, based on its advanced F-32 Lightning II and the export-banned F-22 Raptor aircraft, sources close to the matter reported.
Jana Partners, the activist investor, has taken a 9.1% stake in the US firm Pinnacle Foods on Thursday, sending the food distributor's shares up almost 8% to %59.75 on the news.
Shares of Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical dropped about 5% on Friday amid investors' worries about the size of a deal the company would have to clinch to seal the Shire's purchase.
Oil prices edged slightly lower but were still located near three-year highs on Friday, as they were boosted by strong demand and OPEC supply cuts.
The South Korean unit of General Motors is set to hold talks with its labour union on Friday in order to avoid bankruptcy threats.