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Ford CEO Alan Mulally ends Microsoft speculation, to stay with automaker through 2014

Ford Motor Co. chief executive Alan Mulally, once and for all, said that he will not replace Microsoft Corp.'s retiring CEO Steve Ballmer and will remain at the US automaker through 2014. Some prominent Microsoft investors had campaigned for Mulally's candidacy for the top job at the software giant.


Internet entrepreneur Niklas Zennström says great companies can come from anywhere

For venture capital firm Atomico founder Niklas Zennström , Silicon Valley is not the only technology hub where great firms can come from. He says they can come from anywhere.

Sources say Deutsche Bank hires Goldman Sachs Group Inc's Malaysia chairman for corporate finance

Citing sources, Bloomberg reported that Germany-based Deutsche Bank had hired Yusof Annuar Yaacob, Malaysia's Chairman for Corporate Finance of Goldman Sachs Group Inc, to become the lender's country head in Malaysia.

Blackstone appoints senior adviser James Carnegie to head Sydney office

Private equity firm Blackstone Group, which has yet to do an Australian deal, has appointed it senior adviser James Carnegie as the new senior managing director of its Sydney office. Carnegie will be replacing Paul Costello, who resigned last year.


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Former President of the United States Bill Clinton is the Honorary Chancellor of a controversial private equity-backed Laureate Education Inc, a for-profit company, Bloomberg reported.
The creator of the Cash Management Account which drove Merrill Lynch & Co to become a full-service financial provider passed away after years of battling Alzheimer's disease.
The New York Federal Reserve Bank filed a motion in a federal court in the Southern District of New York seeking a dismissal of the lawsuit filed by former employee Carmen Segarra.
45 year-old recycling magnate Chen Guangbiao, whose charity works and publicity stunts are more known rather than his business sense, has claimed that he will be extending an offer to acquire the New York Times Co for $1 billion.
The Phnom Penh Municipal Police on Friday said that three people were killed and several others wounded after police fired AK-47 rifles to quell a labor protest by striking garment workers in Cambodia. Cambodian workers are demanding for a higher minimum wage.
The consolidation of security software companies FireEye and Mandiant was said to have signaled the hesitation of US firms to entrust the federal government the responsibility to protect its computer systems and will turn to private security providers instead, said a New York Times report.
Shares in French liquor company Remy Cointreau declined by more than 2% to €59.19 per share on Friday, following the resignation of its chief executive officer Frederic Pflanz. Pflanz quit his post three months after being promoted from his role as chief operating officer.
Ezra Klein of The Washington Post's Wonkblog might be leaving the newspaper, said four sources, after his proposed news media venture was rejected by upper management, including owner Jeff Bezos.
Indian business tycoon and Cosmo Films Ltd Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ashok Jaipura bought the Malaiwana luxury residences estate in Phuket, Thailand for an undisclosed sum.
With its 25.2% gain, activist investor Daniel Loeb's Third Point beat rivals in 2013, Reuters reported. Loeb's hedge fund stayed in line with the Standard & Poor's 500 Index which rose 29.6% in the same period.