Iron Mountain had purchased Cornerstone Records Management in an all-cash transaction priced at USD191 million.

Air France-KLM CEO Alexandre de Juniac said a company restructuring should happen in Alitalia before the French carrier would consider putting out a takeover offer.

Alex Avilam, the catcher of the Detroit Tigers, had to leave the game against the Red Sox because of a sprained left knee.

Microsoft made seemingly minor but convenient changes to Windows 8.1. Microsoft has finally released Windows 8. 1, the upgrade to its original Windows 8 operating system.

Toyota voluntarily recalled vehicles made in 2012-2013 due to safety issues. Toyota said it would notify vehicle owners through first-class mail about the recall of some of its 2012-2013 car models.

Toyota Motor Sales USA voluntarily recalled some cars because of problems encountered with the airconditioning condenser unit housing.

Blackstone Group's Brixmor Property Group would be raising USD 787.5 million in a planned US IPO.

Breathometer Inc scored close to USD 2 million in its seed funding round, and would use the funding to produce and market its Breathometer device.

Anaqua scored USD 25 million from Bessemer Venture Partners. Private equity firm Bessemer Venture Partners (BVP) backed technology firm Anaqua with a USD 25 million investment.

HSBC Holdings would be winding down the operations of its InvestDirect Securities unit in India. HSBC Holdings would be exiting its India-based retail broking and retail depository services unit in India.

NXT Capital invested in MyBuys through a USD 4.5 million subordinated venture loan. The Venture Finance Group of NXT Capital gave a USD subordinated venture loan to support MyBuys.

TextPower raised capital commitments amounting to USD 525,000 in its Series A round. TextPower Inc completed its Series A financing round with USD 525,000 in investments.

A Blackstone Group-led consortium would privatize Pactera Technology. A buyout group led by private equity firm Blackstone Group would be taking China-based Pactera Technology International Ltd private.

Private equity firms Carlyle Group and AlpInvestment Partners assumed the management of two fund of funds in Indiana.

Beijing Enterprises Water raised USD 145 million from selling shares to its controlling shareholder Beijing Enterprises Environmental Construction.

Yury Kovalchuk's Bank Rossiya and his partners purchased a 50% stake in the Russian unit of Tele2.

Roche Chief Executive Officer Severin Schwan said the founding families of Roche Holding would prefer to remain independent.

Police arrested a baggage handler for the Sunday ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested an airport employee today for causing the dry ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) on Sunday.

A study found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine. A recent study conducted by a team at Connecticut College in New London found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine, the LA Times reported.

Harley-Davidson recalled some motorcycle units because of problems with its hydraulic clutch system.

Harley-Davidson voluntarily recalled several motorcycle models made between May to October this year.

A group of private equity investors, SoftBank and eBay had pumped in around USD150 to USD200 million worth of new funding to online marketplace Snapdeal.

Lehman Brothers' Australian creditors had approved a proposed insurance payment plan that allowed the company to receive around USD48 million.

Orient Corp, a Japanese consumer credit company, had been probed by authorities for lending to crime groups with Mizuho Financial Group Inc.

BlackRock Inc. had reduced its Hong Kong investment after slow growth in the economy, said a Bloomberg report.

The European expansion plans of billionaire Carlos Slim was put on hold after failing to persuade the management of KPN to accept his takeover proposal.

Ahead of its IPO, Twitter hired JJ Hirschle, a former Google advertising executive as the company aimed to expand its businesses and strengthened its workforce.

US President Barack Obama had urged the Congress to move along with other agendas after reaching a deal to end the partial shutdown of the country.

The Singapore Stock Exchange had questioned the authority of Asiasons Capital to issue new shares for the acquisition of a stake in a US oil and gas company.

Jos. A. Bank Chairman Robert Wildrick said in an interview last Wednesday that the US apparel retailer had received strong support from top shareholders in the company for its Men's Wearhouse Inc. bid valued USD2.3 billion.