The United States wants to eliminate all Iran's crude oil exports from November, and is relying on Saudi Arabia and other Opec and non-Opec members to fill the gap in supplies.

Amazon will bring 1,700 new jobs to Italy by the end of the year, the online commerce giant announced Monday, bringing its number of employees working in the country's groaning economy to 5,200.

Nissan admitted Monday that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately "altered", dealing a blow to the Japanese car giant's efforts to recover trust after an inspection scandal last year.

Gold extended its recovery on Monday, touching the strongest in nearly two weeks as the dollar weakened, the Chinese yuan rebounded and some investors reversed their bearish gold bets. Spot gold was up 0.7 percent at $1,262.86 an ounce by 0945 GMT, its highest since June 26.

Cairn Energy said on Monday it would write down the value of its investment in Vedanta Ltd after Indian tax authorities sold $216 million worth of its shares in the Indian mining company in a dispute over retrospective tax dues.

Oil prices rose on Monday as increased global demand and US efforts to shut out Iranian output using sanctions outweighed drilling data suggesting US shale production would climb.

Canada's unemployment rate rose slightly last month to six percent of the active population, the national statistical institute announced Friday. That was slightly higher than analysts' predictions of a 5.8 percent rate.

British engine maker Rolls-Royce announced Friday it has agreed to sell its loss-making commercial marine business to Norwegian industrial group Kongsberg for £500 million.

The global economy is starting to show signs of strain from the “America First” push of US President Donald Trump who will hear renewed pleas to step back from a broader trade war when he visits Europe in the coming week.

The first shots have been fired in a trade war between China and the United States that experts say could be damaging for the world economy.

South Korean telecom giant Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 5.2 percent rise in its second quarter operating profit from a year earlier, missing analyst estimates.

The Kremlin warned Friday that a trade war between the US and China will have consequences for the world economy, saying Russia is ready to protect its interests amid economic uncertainty.

Rising demand in emerging economies and the soaring success of low-cost airlines is set to raise the market's need for passenger jets over the next two decades, Airbus said Friday.

China on Friday approved new guidelines to further stimulate household consumption, in a bid to stabilize the economy as it braces for a full-blown trade war with the United States.

Employment in the world's largest economy continued its brisk pace in June but the unemployment rate jumped as more people joined the job hunt, according to a government report Friday.

China's second-quarter economic growth is expected to have slowed slightly from the previous quarter, a Reuters poll showed, as the government's efforts to tackle debt risks crimp activity and a looming US trade war threatens exports.

The renegotiation of the Nafta trade agreement is still on track and could "accelerate" after the US mid-term elections in November, Mexico's next finance minister, Carlos Urzua, said Wednesday.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pre-election gambit to sharply hike state-mandated prices for summer crops, including rice, may mean little to millions of farmers, as the government lacks the storage and funds needed to buy most of the produce.

India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, who turned the country's mobile market upside down by offering free voice calls for life, is zeroing in on a new market -- broadband internet.

Industrial orders in Germany bounced back in May after a string of setbacks, official data showed Thursday, suggesting Europe's largest economy may not face the sharp slowdown some observers feared.