Japanese executives will attend a meeting in Myanmar to discuss future investment ventures. Representatives from over 20 Japanese companies planned on visiting Myanmar to look for possible business ventures and investment opportunities, according the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry or UMFCCI.

US major firms including Wal-Mart, Google, Morgan Stanley and Dell raised concerns regarding patent trolls and urged legislators to broaden US Patent and Trademark Office's scope of power in reviewing patents.

A document seen by Reuters showed that Italian prosecutors are investigating JPMorgan in relation to their probe of Monte dei Paschi.

Facebook would launch a 15-minute ad video that would cost US$2.5 million per day for advertisers. Facebook planned to launch video ads into the news feeds of users that would last for 15 seconds.

US President Barack Obama proposed a plan that would satisfy both Democrats and Republicans alike. On Tuesday, US President Barack Obama proposed a plan called the "grand bargain for middle-class jobs".

The Securities and Exchange Commission launched an investigation against Gulf Coast Funds Management's investment program.

BlackBerry began testing its BlackBerry Messenger services on Android and iOS devices. BlackberryOS. com reported that iPhone and Android users could already use the services of BlackBerry Messenger.

IBM Corp disclosed that the SEC is probing how the revenues of their cloud computing business is generated.

Former NCAA athletes scored a win against Electronic Arts as a federal appeals court rule rejected the company's attempt to quash their case for unauthorized use of images in the latter's video games.

Two Democratic senators asked FERC chairman Jon Wellinghoff on how the settlement with JPMorgan Ventures Energy Corp was reached.

Analysts in the car industry said they are expecting high car sales for July. As the car industry awaits the sales reports of automakers, analysts said they are expecting a 14% to 16% rise in automobile sales for July.

King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia launched mega investments to create jobs. King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia launched different development projects amounting to SR327 billion or US$81 billion on Thursday.

The SEC's new rule on sales of securities will allow starting companies and venture capitalists to gain more funds.

Ellis Medicine barely passed the positive net income mark in its midyear performance report due to investment income.

The Federal Reserve gave no indication that it intends to reduce its bond purchases, at least for now.

According to optimistic analysts, India is still on track to becoming the net super economy if only industrial houses continued to invest.

Financial analyst said that BlackBerry's operations and intangibles would present a strong margin of safety for investors.

The Indian currency continued to decline, prompting investors to shy away from investing in the country.

Chinese organizations accused Apple Inc's supplier Foxconn and Taiwanese supplier UniMicron Technology Corp of environmental violations.

Institutional investors, who own most of MCX's shares, panicked after shares of the company slid in the last quarter.

Reuters reported that China's private businesses could experience succession problem in the next few years.

IP Global and the DeVere Group announced the formation of a landmark global partnership. IP Global and the DeVere Group announced the formation of a landmark global partnership.

Chinese regulators urged local importers of Fonterra's products to recall their contaminated items after the dairy maker warned some infant milk and food products contained botulism-causing bacteria.

Apple described the US Justice Department's proposal to regulate its e-book sales as "draconian and punitive."

The New York Times Co announced that it has agreed to sell the Boston Globe newspaper to John Henry.

The City of Richmond filed a lawsuit against Chevron Corp over a refinery fire that occurred last year.

San Francisco U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer rejected a motion filed by women workers of Wal-Mart's California offices as a class action lawsuit.

CBS blocked the access of Time Warner cable's customers to online shows after the cable operator dropped it from its network.

ServiceNow's CEO said the company continued to grow because they don't have many rivals. ServiceNow continued to sparkle in Wall Street analysts' eyes following its success to maintain its status as a premier growth stock.

Cisco would purchase Sourcefire for US$2.7 billion and pay US$76 in cash for each share. Cisco Systems recently announced its plan to purchase Sourcefire for US$2.