The Danish toymaker Lego announced on Thursday it had appointed Niels B. Christiansen as a new chief executive with intention to replace Bali Padda, who would take a special advisory role for the company.
The Peru Foreign Minister stated that the Venezuelan political crisis deepening might lead to civil war, following imploding of the country's economy under the rule of the President Nicolas Maduro.
The Russian cyber-security firm Kaspersky stated on Wednesday that it was eager to withdraw antitrust complaints against Microsoft after the US tech giant agreed to change security updates delivery to Windows users.
China is aimed to offer Malaysia a radar system and advanced rocket launchers to base them on the country's Southern tip that may cause security concerns for its neighbouring Singapore.
A Canadian pastor, jailed for life in North Korea, got a compassionate release after the United States vowed to counter any possible threat from the provocative country with "fire and fury".
Economists consider that the Japanese PM Shinzo Abe should prioritise regulatory reforms as they remain pessimistic on inflation's growth prospects in the coming years, according to forecasts.
A Chinese unit Wanda Hotel is willing to buy $1B of assets from units controlled by its founder Wang Jianlin, in a deal that caused over 30% drop of its shares.
Toyota stated on Thursday it would push back the launch of its planned new plant in Mexico to the beginning of 2020 instead of the initial plan of 2019 amid production car model change.
Japan's core machinery orders declined 1.9% in June, the third straight month of fall, casting doubts about the country's economic recovery.
Vantiv, the US credit card processing firm, announced that it agreed to buy the UK-based rival Worldpay for $10.4B, aiming to create global payments platform.
Thailand and Iran agreed on cooperation in the fields of IT, hardware, software and cyber security, the newspaper reported.
Austria is set to strengthen controls of its borders, as an illegal migration increase in recent days, the country's Interior Minister Wolfgang Sobotka stated.
On Wednesday, many investors decided to relocate their capital into the Treasury bonds, gold and other safe heavens amid growing geopolitical tensions.
On Wednesday, FBI raided one of the Paul Manafort's houses, looking for evidence of financial crimes. A few years ago Paul Manafort served as President Donald Trump's campaign manager.
Jose Antonio Meade, the Minister of Finance of Mexico, named high tomato prices, as the main reason behind increased annual inflation.
The White House has decided on Wednesday to broaden sanctions against Venezuela adding eight more officials to its sanctions blacklist over creation of the new Constitutional Assembly.
Jim Mattis, the US Secretary of Defence, said that North Korea has to stop its nuclear program and avoid any actions that would "lead to the end of its regime".
Oil prices rose by 33 cents on Wednesday, reaching $52.47 a barrel, as the US gasoline and crude inventories slipped by 6.5M barrels a week.
European stocks closed in the red territory on Wednesday amid geopolitical tensions, with the pan-European STOXX 600, France's CAC 40 and Germany's DAX dropping 0.7%, 1.4% and 1.1%, respectively.
Recode, a technology news website, reported on Wednesday that Birchbox, an online cosmetics company, discussed a potential sale with several retailers including Wal-Mart Stores.
The EIA reported that US crude oil inventories dropped 6.5M barrels in the week ended August 4, following the preceding week's fall of 1.5M barrels and topping expectations for a 2.6M-barrel decline.
Non-farm productivity rose 0.9% in the United States in the June quarter, according to the preliminary data published by the Labour Department on Wednesday.
Statistics Canada reported on Wednesday that building permits jumped 2.5% in June, following the prior month's surge of 10.7% but surpassing analysts' expectations for a 1.8% drop.
According to the French PM Edouard Philippe, the police men arrested a suspect who was alleged to ram into the group of soldiers with a BMW car in a Parisian suburb.