The shareholders of Harris Teeter Supermarkets Inc. voted in favor of a previously announced merger agreement with The Kroger Co. during a special shareholder meeting held today.

The Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett had called out the Republicans for their tactics that caused the current impasse.

Google Inc confirmed through a spokesperson that it had acquired Flutter, a startup company in development of a hand gesture interface technology.

Industry sources told Reuters that several private firms and companies like Bloomberg News would face heavy competition in acquiring financial news provider Mergermarket.

Greenline Financial Technologies specialized in Financial Information Exchange was acquired by CameronTec through a buyout.

In an interview fresh from its acquisition of Investors Capital Holdings Ltd, RCS Capital Corp Executive Chairman of the Board Nicholas Schorsch said his company would still be on the lookout for more potential buyouts.

The Wall Street Journal cited a source who said the Robinsons Retail Group of the Philippines had started testing investor demand in the company's planned USD800 million initial public offering.

Activist investor William Ackman told investors through a letter dated October 2 that he had reduced over 40% of his USD1 billion investment with nutritional supplements company Herbalife.

The ownership structure of the new merged firm between Oi SA and Portugal Telecom would be simple, compared to the previous structure.

Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne are far from reaching a settlement on the pricing conflict as to the health care trust fund's shareholdings.