Britain is free to cancel its notification to leave the EU without the unanimous consent of other EU member states, according to a landmark European Court of Justice decision.

Norwegian inflation jumped in November even as oil prices have started to fall, hitting its highest level in almost two years.

European stock-index futures dropped on Monday after a volatile week in which both the FTSE 100 and the Germany’s Dax fell to two year lows with uncertainty over Brexit and a deterioration of relations between the US and China weighing on investor sentiment.

China’s renminbi started the week off on a poor footing, on track for its worst day in two months, after official inflation and export data disappointed. 

SoftBank has priced the initial public offering of its mobile business at ¥1,500 per share and will raise ¥2.65tn ($23.5bn), the company said in a regulatory filing on Monday.

Turkish economic growth cooled dramatically in the third quarter after a currency crisis fuelled record inflation rates and curbed consumer demand and company investments.

Tokyo prosecutors have filed charges against Nissan and Carlos Ghosn for allegedly understating the ex-chairman’s pay in financial documents, according to Japanese media reports.

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk has revealed his tweets are not vetted by the car maker before they published as he lashed out at the Securities and Exchange Commission, saying he did not respect the US regulator.

Asia-Pacific stocks slid on Monday amid concerns over the state of the US-China relationship following the arrest of a Chinese telecoms executive and as data showed further signs of slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy.

BNP Paribas has received a license to underwrite bond sales by foreign companies in China, the latest step by Chinese regulators to increase foreign participation in mainland debt markets. 

The Japanese yen strengthened on Monday amid concerns over US-China relations following the arrest of a Chinese telecoms executive last week, and the pound gained ahead of a vote in parliament on Theresa May’s Brexit deal.

Growth in Australian home loans accelerated at a faster pace than expected in October on stronger financing for owner-occupied housing, marking a turnround from a fall in September.

Alibaba has lifted its holding in its beleaguered movies company Alibaba Pictures to just over 50 per cent, giving it majority control just a week after it tapped the unit’s chief to jointly run its in-house digital entertainment unit.

Stock markets in Asia Pacific ground lower on Monday following the worst week on Wall Street since March as concerns over US-China relations remained at the fore.

Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of Huawei at the centre of a growing conflict between Washington and Beijing, has reportedly argued she should be granted bail due to her suffering from severe hypertension while being detained in Canada.

Women still account for fewer than 5 per cent of the chief executive positions in the US, UK and Europe, according to new research that suggests efforts to diversify corporate leadership may be stalling. 

Prosecutors called on Friday for “a substantial term of imprisonment” for Michael Cohen even as they acknowledged the one-time personal lawyer to Donald Trump had provided “useful” assistance to Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election.

Following a volatile week in markets, investors ready for further triggers as they look to next week’s Brexit vote, US data and the latest monetary policy decision from the European Central Bank, while also monitoring trade developments.

Wall Street chalked up its biggest weekly drop since March following another sell-off on Friday, spurred by concerns over the durability of the trade truce between the US and China and a dimming outlook for the global economy.

A Greek financial prosecutor has filed criminal charges against three members of the Koutsolioutsos family, founders of Folli Follie, the Athens-listed jewellery retailer facing collapse over a $1bn alleged fraud reported earlier this year.

US activist investor Elliott has built a stake in Bayer, in a move that could raise pressure on management to step up disposals or even push for a split of the sprawling chemicals and pharmaceuticals group.

Shares in US generic drugmaker Akorn dropped 21 per cent on Friday after a US court upheld its decision to allow Germany’s Fresenius to walk away from a $4.8bn takeover of the company.

Declines on Wall Street had piled up by midday with global growth-exposed stocks turning sharply and putting the S&P 500 on track for its biggest weekly drop since the sharp tech-led sell-off of October.

The boss of Ted Baker accused of giving unwanted hugs to employees has taken a leave of absence amid claims of further inappropriate behaviour.