Spotify Technology signed the deal with Chernin Entertainment to adapt the streaming firm's podcast shows for television and films and sell them to other outlets.
Harley-Davidson stated that it would discontinue manufacturing operations and sales in India, abandoning the world's largest motorcycle market.
Samsung Electronics signed up Verizon as the first customer in the US for the company's 5G products to enlarge indoor coverage.
The Nasdaq Composite was up by 0.59% to 10,647.94 in early trading on Thursday, as investors and traders returned to tech-related shares.
Crude oil prices remained stable on Thursday, Brent crude futures were up by 0.2%, to $41.87 a barrel at 11:00 GMT, while the US WTI crude rose by 0.2%, to $40.01 per barrel.
On Thursday, the office-sharing group WeWork stated it would sell control of the Chinese arm to Trustbridge Partners, the private equity firm and investor, as WeWork aimed to step back from the competitive market.
On Thursday, BlackBerry reported its second-quarter revenue beat Wall Street expectations, surging nearly 6% on higher demand for Spark, its security software suite.
On Thursday, Wells Fargo has inked a data exchange contract with Envestnet Yodlee, the data aggregator, in a deal that will allow the bank's customers sharing their account information with other fintech apps linked to Envestnet Yodlee.
On Thursday, the electric car charging network ChargePoint announced its plans to go public through a merger with Switchback Energy Acquisition, taking the company's valuation to $2.4B.
ByteDance is seeking the Chinese tech export licence, aiming to cancel the Oracle-Walmart deal with intention to prevent the US government from banning TikTok, its video-streaming app.
On Thursday, the Oil Minister of Iraq Ihsan Abdul Jabbar stated that there is no agreement with OPEC+ to increase Iraq's oil exports.
China's state-backed investors are likely to take Brilliance, BMW's joint-venture partner in China, private, sending Brilliance's shares up 12.3% to HK$7.86 on the news.
On Thursday, the online payments company Adyen announced that its co-founder Arnout Schuijff was set to step down from its management board on January 1.
The US office-sharing company WeWork is set to sell control of the firm's China unit to one of its investors - Trustbridge Partner.
JPMorgan Chase is set to pay about $1B to resolve market manipulation investigations by the US authorities into its metals futures and Treasury securities' trading.
United Wholesale Mortgage announced plans to go public by merging with SPAC Gores Holdings in a deal, which will value the wholesale lender at $16.1B.
The head of the US Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Robert Redfield stated on Wednesday that US citizens would be vaccinated against the coronavirus by July.
On Wednesday, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau revealed that his government would reveal a new economic revival plan.
During Wednesday's US trading hours, stock prices declined and the US Dollar surged in value, as an asset sell off occurred.
GSMA has postponed the biggest annual gathering in the telecoms industry, the Mobile World Congress Barcelona, until the next year's late June due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Europen Union's antitrust regulators prolonged the inquiry into Fitbit, the Google-owned fitness tracker maker, to December 23, the EU Commission stated on Wednesday.
JPMorgan Chase is eager to transfer about £184B of its assets to Germany from the UK due to Britain's withdrawal from the EU bloc, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
On Wednesday, the Chinese group Zhejiang Geely Holding has launched the first electric car-focused platform aimed at enabling the automakers to roll out new models moe efficiently.
Alexander Klabin, the hedge fund manager, is set to make an investment in Sotheby's, the global art auction house, becoming its art financing business's executive chairman, the company announced on Wednesday.