Investcorp entered into a definitive agreement worth GBP 100 million to purchase Tyrells Potato Crisps.

Promising advertisement network startup Jebbit raised US$1.25 million in funding from a round led by Data Point Capital.

Sony Corp's board has engaged in deep talks with Daniel Loeb after boosting its full-year revenue ending March 31.

Ontario ecommerce company Shopify purchased Toronto's leading design firm Jet Cooper. Ontario-based Shopify reported its acquisition of leading design company Jet Cooper for an undisclosed amount on Thursday.

Eric Adler was promoted CEO of Prudential Financial Inc, the second largest life insurer in the United States, replacing former CEO Allen Smith.

Corner Bakery Cafe promoted Gregg Koffler to vice president of franchise sales. Restaurant chain Corner Bakery Cafe announced the promotion of Gregg Koffler to vice president of franchise sales earlier today.

Analysts believed that HTC's only way out of totally dying out is through a merger with another Chinese company.

Chicago-based RCP Advisors gained US$425 million additional funding for its Secondary Opportunity Fund II.

According to local reports, Foxconn looked for over 90,000 new employees for the iPhone 5S release According to local news reports in Taiwan, Foxconn looked for a massive amount of new employees just in time for the company's launch of the much awaited iPhone 5S.

Today, KKR & Co LP announced raising USD305 million excluding underwriters' option, from its first listed closed-end fund, KKR Income Opportunities listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

Cincinnati-based investment firm CincyTech gained US$10.9 million in additional capital from Ohio Third Frontier and Southwest Ohio partners.

Google and IPSOS' research showed that less than half of Chinese urban dwellers had smartphones.

Facebook sent engineers to research on the social media market of India. India is not only the most hotly contested market for smartphones. According to analysts, the Indian social network market will become the largest in the world in two years.

According to analysts, the feature phone boosted Facebook's attempt to penetrate the mobile market.

Facebook's shares reached record highs due to mobile ad revenue. Shares of the social networking giant skyrocketed back to their pre-listing level for the first time since its initial public offering.

Samsung devices satisfy customers more than the iPhone, according to ACSI. The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) recently released the results of its smartphone customer satisfaction survey for the year.

Music streaming site Spotify could be the spark that would reignite music sales in Sweden. Spotify, a commercial music streaming service, could be the spark to reignite music sales in Sweden and the world.

The new Moto X from Google's Motorola posed a potential threat to the Apple-Samsung duopoly in the smartphone market.

Spain-based airport operator Aena group agreed with AXA Private Equity to buy London Luton Airport from TBI Limited for USD 599 million.

Accenture Credit announced it has finalized the acquisition of Mortgage Cadence but financial details were not disclosed.

Verizon's HTC One launch was moved to August 15 from August 1. The launch of HTC One was pushed back to August 15, according to Droid-Life. The site published what it claimed to be an internal document.

Today, SolomonEdwards Group LLC announced completing its acquisition of San Francisco-based M Squared Consulting, which is a unit of Kelly Group Limited.

Online marketing company Blucora agreed to purchase Monoprice for US$180 million in cash. Blucora Inc. announced earlier today that it has signed the deal to acquire California-based Monoprice, a successful online-based electronics and accessories provider.

H.I.G. Capital announced the investment of its Brazilian affiliate in LG Sistemas. Private equity investment firm H. I. G. Capital announced the strategic investment of its affiliate in Brazil of LG Sistemas.

Britain's largest defence contractor said its annual earnings for 2013 will rise by 10% once it clinches the multi-billion jet fighter deal with Saudi Arabia.

Google replaced AT&T and is now the new Wi-Fi provider for Starbucks. Google announced Wednesday that Starbucks will be their newest business partner. Over the coming 18 months, Google will be busy replacing AT&T's Wi-Fi offerings in all of Starbucks stores.

SanDisk invests in Israel-based Pebbles Interfaces as part of its bid to provide assistance to startup companies.

According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple will be sourcing high resolution screens from competitor Samsung.

Russia's Mechel announced the sale of its ferroalloy assets to Turkey's Yildirim Group for USD 425 million.

Rive Technology secured US $20 million in series D financing, raising its total capital to US $67 million.