Japan's SoftBank Group Corp is considering bringing around 40 companies with high growth potential to Brazil and expects to announce a large investment in the country in around two weeks' time, the group's head in Brazil, André Maciel, said on Friday.
CNBC did a deep dive through the most recent Wall Street research to find stocks that analysts say are underappreciated.
Shares of MasterCard are up 46% this year, and 1120% since 2011, getting a boost from the strong U.S. consumer.
The massive market transformation that some called a "once in a decade opportunity" might have just been a one-off technical move.
China Investment Corp (CIC) on Friday said the Sino-U.S. trade war has made it more cautious about investing in the United States, after the Chinese sovereign wealth fund posted a dive in yearly profit.
Royal Bank of Scotland has appointed Alison Rose as its new chief executive, becoming the first major British lender to appoint a woman to its top job.
U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe are expected to clinch a deal on farm tariffs and digital trade when they meet in New York next week.
Tech giant Tencent Holdings Ltd plans to leverage its strengths in video games and social media to grab market share in China's burgeoning cloud computing sector from incumbent Alibaba, the head of its cloud unit told Reuters.
Google will make an additional investment of 3 billion euros ($3.32 billion) to expand its European data centers, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told a news conference in Finland.
British engineering firm Rolls-Royce said on Friday it expects problems with its Trent 1000 engines to take longer to fix, with a target of fewer than 10 grounded aircraft delayed until the second quarter of 2020.
Royal Bank of Scotland named Alison Rose as its new chief executive on Friday, becoming the first major British lender to appoint a woman to its top job.
Asian share prices rose on Friday as economic stimulus around the world helped eased fears over slowing growth, while crude oil prices climbed on concerns that last weekend's attacks on Saudi Arabia's oil facilities still pose supply risks.
Sales of Singapore apartments worth at least S$10 million ($7.3 million) have hit an 11-year high, fueled by increased demand from Chinese millionaires seeking safe-haven assets, say property consultants OrangeTee & Tie.
Britain's Thomas Cook said its banks had ordered the company to find an additional 200 million pounds ($251 million) of funding in order to guarantee the survival of the world's oldest holiday company.
World shares rose on Friday as stimulus measures by major central banks eased worries about growth, especially in Asian markets, while oil headed for its best week since January.