The Bank of England has voted to keep its main lending rate at 0.75 percent faced with "intensified Brexit uncertainties", minutes of its latest regular monetary policy meeting revealed Thursday.

Societe Generale de Banque au Liban signed a partnership agreement with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, whereby IFC will provide the bank with $100 million facilities to boost access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and help develop climate finance, a press release said.

Carlos Ghosn could soon be freed on bail after a Japanese court Thursday threw out a bid by prosecutors to extend his detention, in a move nearly as unexpected as the auto tycoon's sudden arrest.

UK annual inflation slowed in November, partly thanks to falling motor fuel prices, official data showed on Wednesday.

Most markets were mixed in Asia Wednesday as investors moved cautiously after the previous day's sell-off, while focus is on a Federal Reserve policy decision with opinions split on whether or not it should hike interest rates again.

British Airways will resume flights to Pakistan next summer, the carrier announced Tuesday, in a major vote of confidence from a Western airline a decade after suspending operations due to security fears.

Cashiers sort through large stacks of money inside a ragged building that is Yemen's central bank, another frontline in a ruinous conflict as it fights to stave off economic collapse.

Google's parent company Alphabet said Monday it was investing over $1 billion in capital improvements to establish a new campus in New York City.

Japan's Hitachi on Monday announced plans to buy a majority stake in the power grid business of Swiss-Swedish engineering giant ABB for $6.4 billion, in what would be its biggest ever buyout.

The deal would make Hitachi the world's largest power grid company, local media said.

The board of automaker Nissan meets Monday to discuss replacing former chairman Carlos Ghosn after his arrest for financial misconduct, as tensions grow in the firm's alliance with Renault.