China Mengniu Dairy Company has offered A$1.5bn ($1bn) to buy Bellamy’s, an Australian infant formula maker, as part of ambitious plans to expand outside of its home market. 

The coming week will bring a flurry of interest rate decisions from major central banks, as policymakers react to a softer global economy and uncertainties over US-China trade and Brexit.

Treasuries chalked up their worst week — and small-caps their best — since 2016 as investors extended a sweeping rotation away from the momentum plays and bonds that had been favoured over summer.

Shares in cyber security group Cloudflare surged by 20 per cent in its first day of trading on Friday, signalling strong investor demand for the latest Silicon Valley security listing.

The lights have been turned off on MoviePass, the once-heralded theatre subscription service.

US stocks were mixed Friday, as investors looked ahead to a highly-anticipated rate decision by the Federal Reserve.

Goldman Sachs said it expects Apple to lose about a quarter of its market value over the next year as its profits take a hit from the accounting method the company will take for its Apple TV+ trial, a claim that was rejected by the iPhone maker.

PG&E has reached an $11bn settlement with insurance claimants related to the utility’s role in a series of deadly wildfires that ravaged northern California in 2017 and 2018 and triggered its filing for bankruptcy earlier this year.

US retail sales climbed more than expected last month driven by purchases at auto dealers and online retailers, however an underlying gauge of consumer demand grew at its slowest pace in six months.

UK retailer Marks and Spencer will start selling fresh greens and herbs grown on site in some of its London stores in partnership with Berlin start-up Infarm.

Boris Johnson will hold Brexit negotiations with European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker in Luxembourg on Monday, according to UK officials.

Wages in the eurozone increased at their fastest clip in a decade as the regional labour market shows it has stayed strong despite weakening economic growth.

JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has lashed out at “elite Remainers” for ignoring the long-term benefits of leaving the EU after his pub group said that profits dropped more than 4 per cent owing to higher costs during the year. 

Ovo has struck a £500m deal to buy the household business of larger rival SSE in a bold move that will make it Britain’s biggest energy supplier behind British Gas.

Cyber security group Cloudflare has priced shares in its initial public offering at $15 apiece on Thursday, higher than its already boosted target range, to raise $525m.

Cargill is leaving the fund management business by selling its CarVal Investors unit three years after spinning off its hedge fund group.

Broadcom said demand in its semiconductor business has “bottomed out”, taking some of the sting out of quarterly revenue that fell just shy of expectations as the chipmaker continues to deal with the fallout from the US-China trade spat.

US stocks found themselves close to a record high and Treasuries sold off as investors endured a choppy session brought about by the state of trade discussions and the European Central Bank’s decision to cut interest rates and restart its bond-buying programme.

Neil Woodford’s investment trust suffered a further blow on Thursday after it was forced to write down the value of one of its holdings.

Eleven people dangling by ropes from a bridge have succeeded in shutting down the Houston Ship Channel as they protest its role as the biggest conduit for surging US crude oil exports.

WarnerMedia has sealed a five-year deal with film-maker JJ Abrams and his production company, Bad Robot, for a strategic partnership that will see it create original content across multiple entertainment mediums.

Mark Johnson, HSBC’s former chief currency dealer arrested at New York’s John F Kennedy airport, has lost his appeal against his 2017 conviction in the US for wire fraud over a foreign-exchange deal with Cairn Energy.

US Bancorp, the seventh-largest US bank by assets, has trimmed its long-term growth outlook to reflect lower interest rates and the imminent adoption of new accounting standards.

Google said on Thursday that it has agreed to pay almost €1bn to settle all of its litigation with the French tax authorities in a “historic” agreement.