North Korea's threats have made the financial market slightly wary, and investors exposed to South Korean stocks and bonds are seeking protection.

With new reports of avian flu outbreaks, the fragile Chinese economic recovery is now under fire. A couple of cities in mainland China have stopped the conduct of poultry sales and slaughtered livestock after reports of the H7N9 strain of avian infulenza abound.

Cyprus’ action scares depositors Inflicting losses on deposits at Cypriot banks could drive investors across the world to pull their money from banks in other countries, according to Carlyle Group co-chief executive David Rubenstein.

Italian fashion house Versace plans to accept outside investments to fund expansion in overseas market such as Asia.

The world's largest chipmaker is finalizing terms with media outlets as to a new pay per tv service.

Foreign language schools market in Brazil are seeing a number of takeover. A number of takeovers in the foreign language schools market in Brazil have hinted education companies that the sector is growing fast as the demand for English-speaking women continues to rise.

Top executives of successful companies have their lives in the hands of their public, like Murdoch of News Corp and Hamm of Continental Resources.

WhaleShark Media to be known as RetailMeNot.com. WhaleShark Media, the most widely known online coupon site in the United States, has announced that it has changed its name to RetailMeNot.

Twilio to fund app makers for its services. Facebook, before becoming one of the most successful Internet companies traded in the market, did what no other company did before it.

Greenlight ends legal battle with Apple over shareholder vote. In a surprising move, Greenlight Capital has withdrawn its suit against Apple Inc. Greenlight's maverick head David Einhorn sought court intervention to stop the most valuable company in the world's shareholders from voting on a management proposal to prevent the company's ability to issue preferred shares at its discretion.