Just Retirement is the British pension provider for retirees with health issues and has been listed in the London Stock Exchange to be valued at GBP1.1 billion on Tuesday.

With its joint venture agreement with Reliance Retail, Marks & Spencer CEO confirmed plans to expand the number of stores in India from 36 to 80 by 2016.

KKR provides INR250 crore on top of the previous INR400 crore already given by the buyout firm for the payment of promoter's debts and expansion of business of Sanmar Group.

Pepsico CEO says that India has degraded from 'must invest' to 'must deal with' because of infrastructure issues such as corruption and unclear taxation policy.

Kuwait's Zain blames the decline in the Sudanese pound as well as other foreign exchange factors for the company's fifth straight decline in quarterly profit.

The Setad, an entity created by the first Ayatollah, now had expanded its business interests to real estate and nearly twelve other Iranian companies both locally and worldwide.

Hedge funds are now entering the municipal debt market, finding a veritable gold mine in value but may provide more problems in the long run as to the temporary nature of the investments.

A USD1.4 billion settlement is being negotiated between Bank of America and Freddie Mac on the issues related to the repurchase of faulty mortgages sold by the bank to the mortgage lender.

The People's Bank of China had undertaken a program of lowering money supply to avoid further inflation, but this may lead to lack of financial support

In a recent statement, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission or SASAC had welcomed the move to allow the private sector to purchase interests in state owned or controlled corporations.

Many analysts say the lack of transparency may put the free trade zone experiment in China in jeopardy, unless it is confirmed as one of the economic priorities of the Third Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party.

A new CEO was recently installed for billionaire Eike Batista's OSX as it prepares itself for bankruptcy and other legal processes, according to its lawyers.

The USD4.2 billion purchase by Shire Plc of ViroPharma Inc is the highest purchase on EBITDA rates for a biotechnology firm in history, as the price is 58 times EBITDA.

South African wireless operator Vodacom had laid out plans to increase its investments through increased pace of network upgrades according to its Chief Executive Officer Shameer Joosub.

After Twitter's IPO and the expansion of Facebook, other social media services such as SnapChat, WhatsApp and other social networking sites compete against one another.

For its Amazon prime members, Amazon had entered into an agreement with the US Postal Service into providing deliveries to customers on both Saturdays and Sundays.

With the IPO of microblogging service Twitter recently concluded, the 3% shareholdings of Kingdom Holding initially worth USD300 million in 2011 is now worth USD900 million.

GTS Central Europe would provide expanded services through landline infrastructure to its purchaser Deutsche Telekom.

Dexus would be managing one fourth of commercial buildings in Sydney upon the takeover by CCPIB of the office trust held by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

Money managers saw the retreat of IPO valuations for the Robinson's Retail Holdings Inc's IPO due to the devastation wreaked by Typhoon Haiyan.

Kenya's Treasury Secretary Henry Rotich confirms the sale of as much as USD2 billion worth of Eurobonds for the country's debt payments and energy projects.

Typhoon Haiyan's devastation would also lower the growth of the Philippine economy. The Philippine benchmark index had its largest decline in the last six weeks amidst concerns from the consequent devastation from Super Typhoon Haiyan would affect the economic growth of the country.

Because of comments considered as arrogant as against the government, the work permit of Konkola Copper Mines CEO has been cancelled and he would be barred entry into the country.

President Xi Jinping and other Communist leaders to meet up for the third plenum of China. As the final quarter of 2013 comes around, China's economy has undergone an acceleration in manufacturing and exports creating momentum for the Beijing leadership to be confident on possible policy shifts to be implemented for the next decade.

Dubai would be host to Eman Mansour's latest investment banking endeavor. Veteran Gulf Arab banker Emad Mansour had laid out plans to establish a new investment bank located in the tax free financial zone of Dubai.

With the allowance of Baidu for Bitcoin, China's appetite for the virtual currency grows. Nearly a third of the world's Bitcoin transactions are done in China.

Celine Dion, the pop music diva, had gone on record to clarify that the rumors of her death on Facebook are untrue and are hurtful to her close-knit family.

Maria Gabriela Isler was crowned 2013 Miss Universe in Moscow, Russia. A former television host from Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2013 last Saturday.

Germany's coalition government formalized a measure to provide funds and expertise for a European bank to manage the loan agreements and if necessitated, closure of banks.

New broadcasting firm BT acquired exclusive rights to broadcast UEFA football games. BT had scored a coup in the multibillion pound sports broadcasting market.