Investors were flocking to several states to buy a house at a lower price albeit in cold cash. What do Nevada, Florida, Vermont, and New York have in common? It's the fact that more than half of house sales in these states involved all-cash transactions.

Google wanted a piece of the pie from ads and Chromecast could be the way to do so. Chromecast, a US$35 device for streaming video and other digital content from a mobile device, could be the bait to get the big fish Google has long sought.

Prolexic Technologies raises US $30 million in series C financing led by new investors. Prolexic Technologies, a specialist in Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection, raised US $30 million in series C funding led by Trident Capital and Intel Capital.

Adzuna has launched Jobsworth, a tool that gives a salary estimate of every job advertised. Classifieds search engine Adzuna has announced the launching of Jobsworth, a tool that enables users to view the salary estimate of any job advertised.

Apple bought back three times more share than expected. Apple recently had a major share buyback spree. The company bought back 36 million shares instead of the scheduled 10 million.

Japan Post Holdings Co Ltd is set to launch an initial public offering that will raise JPY4 trillion.

Super Group Ltd. announced plans to make first acquisition in ten years. Singapore's leading instant-coffee maker, Super Group Ltd. , said that they are seeking to make their first acquisition in a decade.

The "best" Apple Q3 2013 analysts had "inspired" estimates, but not all "hit every nail on the head."

Apple shares experienced what was probably its best day ever in 2013. Shares of the tech giant Apple experienced what was probably the best day it had this year.

German publisher, Axel Springer, said that they will sell their magazines, regional newspaper and program guides to Funke Mediengruppe for EUR900 million.