Spanish telecommunications firm Telefonica said it had sold a 65.9% interest in its Czech unit to investment group PPF.

Early data from analytics companies indicated the popularity and the high conversion rate of iPad Air as compared to iPad 4 and iPad Mini.

Blackberry agreed to enter into a USD billion convertible debenture sale, which would saw its top executives including cheif executive officer Thorsten Heins leaving the company

Rapid-I, a leader in predictive analytics market, would be using its recent funding to scale its business in the US.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp's divestment of its China projects may fetch USD billion, said anonymous sources.

PurThread Technologies, a textile company which had pioneered the technology to reduce bacteria in textile fibers, received over USD7 million in funding led by board chairman Richard Bodman.

Viva Industrials Trust had not done well in its share sale, according to Businessweek. A report by Businessweek said Singapore business and real estate trust (REIT) had opened poorly in the Singaporean stock exchange.

Google placed an additional EUR450 million in its data center located in Hamina, southeastern Finland.

Nine Entertainment Co's upcoming IPO could put the company's value at over AUD2.77 million.

Owners of over USD2 billion artwork to be sold in auction houses like Christie's included hedge-fund billionaire Steven A. Cohen.

The merger between law firms Cooley and Dow Lohnes would not absorb the latter's lobbyist group.

Apple Inc had lost its Vice President of Engineering for the iOS in Frenchman Henri Lamiraux as he confirmed his retirement in a 9to5Mac report.

Despite news of National Security Agency (NSA) whistleblower Edward Snowden accepting a job offer at the social networking site VKontakte, founder Pavel Durov said that no job offer or hiring of Snowden took place.

A group of technology companies including Microsoft and Apple claimed Google had infringed one of their patents it had obtained by bankrupt mobile company Nortel.

Berkshire Hathaway reaped the gains from some of its past deals it made during the 2008 financial crisis.

An average investor would not stand a chance, unlike big-money investors, to acquire a significant stake in Twitter on its IPO.

The Labor Department of the US released data indicating that consumer prices had slightly rose, but did not affect inflation in the US.

The US Federal Reserve would be making changes in its asset-buying program should a significant shift in the labor market and inflation would be seen.

Analysts who were quoted at Reuters anticipated the effects stemming from the US Federal Reserve's moves after the government shutdown.

A Reuters article urged the Greek government to put more effort into investment programs that would encourage more local startups.

Major banking institutions including JPMorgan Chase might have predicted the direction of the probe conducted by the Financial Conduct Authority in Britain.

Not many industry observers were convinced that Twitter could support its hyped company valuation pre-IPO.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd had until November 4 to negotiate a definitive agreement to buy out Blackberry Ltd.

Warburg Pincus sold its ownership stake in Transpacific Industries Group at AUD1.05 per share. On Saturday, a Transpacific Industries Group spokesperson said the shareholder Warburg Pincus would be selling its stake in the waste management firm through UBS.

Windows 8's share in the operating systems market was predicted to be slowing down in the next quarters as more users had been urged to upgrade to the best software version.

A VentureBeat report indicated that a DIY repair on the new iPad Air would be more disastrous due to its thin and lightweight specifications.

ING Group announced its exit from its EUR24 billion or USD33 billion mortgage securities portfolio. Dutch financial services firm ING Group announced on Friday that would it be exiting from a series of US mortgage-backed securities.

Royal Bank of Scotland revealed its company strategies on Friday to return over GBP45 billion it received from the British government as bailout money.

New investor Sequoia Capital and other existing investors had backed Berlin-based 6Wunderkinder's USD30 million Series B funding round.

Industry analysts said that AT&T's consideration on acquiring a European asset like Vodafone Group was the next logical step for the US mobile operator.