Travis Kalanick, the ex-CEO of Uber Technologies, was selling almost a third part of his 10% stake in the company for nearly $1.4B, a source familiar with the matter said.
China trimmed slightly final 2016 GDP growth figure after it scaled back preliminary estimate for the country's services sector, but kept yearly gross domestic product growth rate at 6.7%.
A subsidiary of Canadian Brookfield Asset Management is set to acquire Westinghouse, the Toshiba-owned bankrupt nuclear services firm, for $4.6B.
Action camera producer GoPro was cutting nearly 200 to 300 positions in the company's aerial products division over this week, TechCrunch reported.
The US President Donald Trump reported on Thursday that he was working alongside lawmakers to develop a new immigration system that would improve security and benefit American workers.
On Thursday, the US imposed sanctions on five Iran-based entities it said were involved in Iran's ballistic missile programme.
Official sources reported on Thursday that the Canadian government would send its three cabinet ministers to the US to promote the NAFTA.
The EIA reported that US crude oil inventories dropped 7.4M barrels in the week ending December 29, following the prior week's fall of 4.6M barrels and surpassing analysts' expectations for a 5.2M-barrel decline.
The volume of rural credit loans of Banco Santander Brasil inched higher to $4B in 2017, as the local unit of the Spanish bank grew the presence in the developing agribusiness sector.
Unilever has aimed to close the Colman's mustard factory located in Norwich, East of England, after more than 160 years of production, affecting more than 110 jobs.
Canadian Brookfield Asset Management has aimed to purchase Westinghouse Electric Co, the bankrupt nuclear service firm owned by Toshiba, for $4.6B.
According to the Moscow government's official documents, President Putin has authorised the regular Russia's airline flights' resumption to Cairo, Egypt.
Oil reached $68 a barrel on Thursday, its highest since May 2015, after Iran unrest added concerns about supply risks, as well as the OPEC-led output cuts and increased demand in the US.
According to the German VDMA, Iranian protests were not affecting the trade ties between two countries, however, it was unclear if demand for German machinery decreases.
The Austrian ruling coalition has aimed to reduce child benefit payments for those, who live abroad, adding that this move would not break the EU discrimination rules.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped above record 25,000-mark on Thursday, while other indexes climbed after private employers added 250,000 job positions in December.
Shares in Intel continued to slide and dropped to 3.4% on Wednesday, following a report saying its mobile and computer chips were vulnerable to hacking.
On Thursday, Sprint appointed the former Altice director Michel Combes as its new Chief Financial Officer, who has been set to become effective on January 6.
On Thursday, Chile's Lomas Bayas mine union rejected the final agreement from Glencore, starting a period of a government-facilitated mediation, as it seeks to avoid strike.
The number of applications for US unemployment benefits surged 3K to 245K in the week ending December 30, missing analysts' expectations for a 241K drop.
According to the data released by various banks and later compiled by Reuters, JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs paid their top UK bankers on average $1.5M each in 2016.
On Thursday, the US second-largest pharmacy store Walgreens reported a drop of 22.1% in quarterly profit, primarily harmed by an impairment charge for funding Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals.
On Thursday, China voiced support for the general election in Cambodia, adding it believes the vote will be fair this year.
The People's Bank of China has issued fresh bond market regulation guidelines, adding all participants must "abide by liquidity and leverage ratio requirements".