UnitedHealth Group announced that it signed an agreement to buy Chile's healthcare business Banmedica for $2.8B, expanding its footprint in South America.
The US economy is expected to grow at a 2.8% yearly pace in the Q4, following durable goods orders and personal spending figures for November, the Atlanta Fed forecast model revealed.
The US Department of Commerce reported on Friday that new single-family home sales increased by 17.5% month-on-month, thus reaching its highest level since July 2007.
The Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Friday that the central government would make an attempt to hold constructive talks with Catalan pro-independence parties.
Canada's National Railway Co informed about its plans to purchase 200 locomotives from General Electric Co during the following three years to satisfy higher demand.
The US President Donald Trump is set to sign into law the massive $1.5T tax overhaul and a government spending plan later on Friday.
The United States backed the Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez's re-election on Friday, despite disputes and protests that sparked out over the vote.
According to J.D. Power and LMC Automotive, the US vehicle sales pace is seen to be down 2.6% in December, despite manufacturers' aggressive discount campaign.
On Friday, Germany has launched probe of the scheduled China bid for the aerospace supplier Cotesa, following Berlin tightened rules on takeovers of foreign corporates.
Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Friday that a total of 48K Russian troops took part in its military campaign in Syria.
Qualcomm's board unanimously had rejected all the 11 candidates to replace its current directors picked by Silver Lake and Broadcom, the chipmaker stated on Friday.
Deutsche Telekom is acquiring Austria's cable provider UPC from the US telecommunications company Liberty Global in a deal worth $2.25B including debt, which is seen to be closed in the 2018 second half.
On Friday, Chinese banking regulator curbed the lenders cooperation with trust companies based on covering up risk and skirting regulations amid China's latest crackdown on shadow banking.
Volkswagen had to suspend bonuses of 14 works council members and cut the salaries, as the public prosecution had launched an inquiry into the alleged earlier overpayment.
The UK will take ‘hard-headed' stance in talks with Russia, the British Prime Minister Theresa May said prior to a meeting between Boris Johnson and Sergey Lavror on Friday.
Belarus has approved a law that legalises transactions in crypto-currencies in an attempt to boost its private sector growth and attract direct foreign investment.
Latest reports on the Catalan election showed on Friday that pro-independence parties are likely to regain power in the region, thus deepening the political crisis in Spain.
The German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel stated that he hoped for improvement in Germany's ties with Turkey, following its decision to release another German citizen from prison.
On Friday, south Sudan stated that the President Salva Kiir was not connected to a businessman that was sanctioned by the US, claiming that blacklisting was based on the false information.
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated that his country would block any European Union's action to suspend Polish voting rights in the block, as Hungary viewed Poland as the EU vital component.
On Friday, the Seoul Court sentenced the Lotte Chairman Shin Dong-bin to 20 months in jail, suspending his term for two years and leaving him free to run the company, following steep losses in China.
Swiss drugmaker Roche is eager to buy the US cancer drugmaker Ignyta in a deal worth $1.7B, as it seeks to broaden the company's oncology portfolio globally.
South Korea has signaled its support for the UN resolution aimed to toughen sanctions on North Korea ahead of the Winter Olympics in 2018, despite a delay of the joint military drills with the US.
A poll conducted by Reuters showed on Friday that Japan's core Consumer Price Index for November has likely risen 0.8% year-over-year, unchanged from the previous month.