Carmike Cinemas, Inc. released the details of the pricing for their previously announced initial public offering.

Investigations were now being held to understand the cause of Spain train crash that killed 78 people.

Mark Price, the Managing Director of Waitrose, has been appointed as Deputy Chairman of John Lewis Partnership.

British television network ITV has bought Big Talk Productions for an estimated GBP 12.5 million. In a deal estimated to be worth GBP 12. 5 million, British TV network ITV PLC has bought Big Talk Productions and its associated companies.

Analysts suggested that BlackBerry would be able to attain its former glory if it would go back to the enterprise market.

BlackBerry laid off 250 employees after firing 5,000 people last year due to weak earnings. BlackBerry, a currently troubled smartphone producer, fired 250 employees from its product-testing facility in Waterloo, Ontario.

Carlos Slim Helu invested US$40 million in a mobile audio app company to compete against Apple's Siri and Google voice search.

The global tablet market share of iPad fell to its all-time all. On Thursday, the market research firm TrendForce reported a data that showed the global tablet market share of iPad declined to its lowest point in history.

Fortune's Philip Elmer-DeWitt said that Apple spent US$16 billion to buy 36 million of its own shares.

TMSF said that Turk Telekoms has made a US%530 million offer for DigiTurk. Turk Telekom said that they have made a US$350 million offer to buy a 53% stake in Digiturk, a Turkish digital pay-TV operator.

US crude oil futures suffered its first loss in five weeks as concerns about the slowing Chinese economy continue to haunt the industry.

Samsung increased it investment by US$1 billion with the hope that it would compensate for the slumping smartphone growth.

Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance announced that it has agreed with Thai Life to buy a 15% stake in the insurer, beating private equity firms KKR & Co, CVC Capital Partners, and Carlyle Group LP to the deal.

Analysts from Citi released a report that in 2015, the smartphone saturation would transpire. On Thursday, analysts at Citi released a report regarding the saturation in the smartphone market.

Belgian weaving machine maker, Picanol, purchased a 27.6% stake in Belgian chemicals group, Tessenderlo Chemie.

The camera-producer titans find it hard to sell its product due to the increasing demand for smartphones.

Analysts said that Apple is well-equipped with advantages that would keep it from BlackBerry's fate.

Adenium Capital and its venture partner ForVEI announced that it had acquired a 24 megawatt solar facility in Italy.

Canon dimmed its profits and sales outlook as smartphone titans present gadgets that could capture high-quality photos.

A portfolio company of GMH Ventures, Dynamic Healthcare Services, announced that it had won bids to supply oxygen services to patients at Huntington-Ashland and Northern New Jersey Metro.

Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. announced in an internal memo that it could be selling the company to another supermarket operator or a private equity firm.

An IVC Research Center report reveals a dip in Israeli investments and KKR's influence in private equity in the country.

Analysts believed that Apple's budget iPhone or iPhone Lite would threaten the company's bottom line.

Aflac Incorporated announced that Aflac Japan and Japan Post Holdings entered into a new partnership agreement.

Activision Blizzard along with a group led by its CEO, announced that they are set to buy back Vivendi's controlling stake in the company for US$8.17 billion

Indonesia biggest taxi operator, Blue Bird Group, plans to raise US$600 million through an initial public offering.

Coldwell Banker Residential Real Estate acquires Brevard County, Florida's Hartung Real Estate.

A statement by Pamplona Capital said that Deutsche Bank was fully committed to returning the pledged shares upon request.

Star Bulk Carriers stated that it had raised more than US$80 million mostly from its existing investors.

Sources revealed that Actis is looking to offload its stake in Nilgiri Dairy Farm for around US$110 million.