Essilor International paid USD21.50 per share for Costa purchase. Essilor International would be purchasing sunglass maker Costa at the approximated price of USS270 million.

Outgoing Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer presented the nine startups who composed the first batch of Microsoft Ventures Accelerator in Berlin.

Field specific information would be received by farmers from DuPont Pioneer The agricultural seed unit of DuPont, DuPont Pioneer, announced last Friday it had aligned with Deere & Co, the farm machinery company to compete against rival Monsanto in providing enhanced 'precision agriculture' analysis with the goal of maximizing crop production.

Preliminary plans obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle revealed that one of Google's floating barges would be an interactive showroom for about a thousand visitors daily.

Progress Energy Canada, the Canadian unit of Malaysia's state owned oil firm Petronas, purchases stake in Montney field.

Building Robotics, an Oakland, Ca.-based company, creates intelligent software systems for offices. Intelligent software systems maker Building Robotics recently acquired USD1.

An announcement made last Thursday of a realignment in priority drug research projects prompted Citi analyst to advise shareholders of a possible interest divestment in diabetes drug joint venture between Bristol-Myers Squibb and AstraZeneca.

Southwest Airlines and JetBlue Airways articulated its interest in acquiring AMR-US Airway flight slots in Washington.

E-commerce company Groupon announced its third quarter revenue results and plans on acquiring Korea's Ticket Monster.

Path reportedly received additional funding at more than USD7 million amid departures of its team members.