On Monday, Monte dei Paschi, Italy's state-owned lender, announced it had finished three disposals of its impaired loans for about €1.8B, surpassing the goal it set in the restructuring plan.
The Egyptian competition watchdog granted its approval for Uber's $3.1B acquisition of the regional rival Careem, following agreement on a setting of commitments introduced by the American ride-hailing service that should reduce harm to competitors.
Singapore Telecommunications Ltd has partnered up with Grab Holdings Inc to apply for a digital banking license in Singapore.
According to the Xinhua news agency, China's retail sales are expected to increase 8% this year, compared with 9% growth a year before.
According to a statement from President Nana Akufo-Addo's office on Sunday, Ghana would do everything to join West Africa's new currency, the Eco.
According to the Ukrainian Presidential office, Ukraine's government troops and pro-Russian separatists in the eastern regions of Ukraine have completed a full prisoner swap.
The Egyptian Competition Authority approved on Sunday Careem's acquisition by Uber after the latter agreed to fulfill certain commitments.
The Dubai budget authorities announced on Sunday a 17% or $18.1B increase of government spending to boost the economy and hold the world Expo 2020.
The head of Austrian conservatives Sebastian Kurz stated on Sunday that the party is about to form new coalition with the Greens, thus returning to power.
The government of Ghana stated on Sunday that it would do everything to join the new Pan-African currency called the Eco, which will substitute the CFA franc.
The Brazilian government reported on Saturday a $19.8B primary deficit in first 11 months of this year, which is $2B less than a year before.
According to the Chinese authorities, 20K new enterprises were established every day, thus making up 21.79M companies in total in 2019.
The China Development Bank (CDB) stated on Saturday that is has issued loans worth $14.29B to small enterprises this year.
The People's Bank of China announced on Saturday that it would adjust interest rate benchmark for outstanding loans based on LPR next year.
Serbia announced plans to spend nearly €14B in five years to 2025 to enhance living standards and bring infrastructure closer to the EU standards.
China's Sinochem Energy, a Sinochem Group's unit, agreed to sell a stake of 20% to five state-owned companies for $1.65B.
Mastercard announced that it reached an agreement to acquire RiskRecon, the provider of AI and data analytics tools.
The US electric car maker Tesla is expected to start to deliver Model 3 cars built at Shanghai factory on December 30.
The US Ambassador to Mexico Christopher Landau stated on Saturday that the White House was willing to conclude a deal that would help to combat flow of drugs, arms and money across the border.
The Saudi government on Saturday signed a deal with the US arms producer Raytheon to localize maintenance of the Patriot defense system.
Lucia Azzolina and Gaetano Manfredi were appointed on Saturday as the new Minister for Schools and Minister for Universities and Research of Italy.
The subsidiary of Brazilian software firm Totvs SA has agreed on Saturday to acquire tech company Consinco SA for almost $50M.
Hyundai Development Company announced that its consortium closed $2.16B acquisition of controlling stake in Asiana Airlines.
Volkswagen stated that it is likely to reach the main target in the electric vehicles production earlier than previously estimated.