Verizon, US's biggest wireless provider, argued in a US Court of Appeals for the District of Colombia that the 2011 rule on net neutrality violated its First Amendment rights.

Brazil President Dilma Rousseff on Monday was demanding an explanation to reports of hacking by US National Security Agency (NSA) into Brazilian companies's computer networks, and also into her email messages and phone calls.

A 52-page report commissioned by UK Education Secretary Michael Gove revealed that some private equity firms and property dealers benefited in excess from child care homes subsidized by the government.

Corporate titans in India had pledged to invest elsewhere should there would be no long-term economic reforms in place.

US Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s Bureau of Competition cleared Honeywell International's proposed acquisition of Intermec on the condition that they license some key patents out to a competitor.

Warner Bros announced today that it would be releasing a film series based on Harry Potter character Newt Scamander and will have its creator and author JK Rowling as the film's screenwriter.

An Atlantic Wire report said that sequels to horror films rarely work for the audience, like "Insidious 2".

According to a report by Forbes news magazine, the sale of Madison Square Garden Company (MSG)'s Fuse cable TV music channel was a more tactical rather than strategic move to exit from a floundering business unit.

According to a Forbes news magazine report by contributor Peter Cohan, Western Digital's subsidiary HGST bought Virident, a flash storage supplier, for USD685 million in cash.

Confidence in ad tech partners jumped, hoping that riding on the social microblogging platform company Twitter Inc's IPO would provide them additional opportunities for ad placement.

Citing sources who were familiar with the matter, the Financial Times reported that Shanghai has approved six foreign hedge funds to raise money from investors within China.

Fiat SpA chief executive officer Sergio Marchionne told reportersthat the merger between Italian automaker Fiat SpA and US automaker Chrysler Group LLC might be delayed because of a disagreement over the valuation of shares a retiree trust holds in Chrysler.

A source told Bloomberg that Goldman Sachs Group snatched a lead role in the upcoming IPO of Twitter.

New York Times' Dealbook reviewed several prominent private equity deals during the buyout boom, and gave an update how the companies had been faring.

British telecommunications giant Vodafone Group announced on Thursday that it had secured at least 75% shareholder backing for the approval of the EUR7.7 billion or USD10.2 billion takeover bid for Kabel Deutschland.

In separate statements made public today, Fresenius SE and Rhoen-Klinikum AG agreed on a USD4.1 billion acquisition deal of 43 hospitals in Europe.

Analysts predicted that Multimedia tracker Rentrak Corp. would be a potential target among companies who require ratings analysis on consumer digital content habits.

Universal Pictures confirmed that "Jurassic World" was the name of the fourth sequel of the Jurassic Park film.

Humble Bundle introduced its 9th Indie Bundle to the gaming community with games such as "Fez" and "Mark of the Ninja"

Youtube network company Maker Studios recently concluded its Series C funding that it had started in December last year with an additional USD26 million in commitments.

Former partners of the venture capital firm Morgenthaler Ventures, had raised USD175 million in a seed funding round for their newest fund outside Morgenthaler called Canvas Venture Fund.

According to a Bloomberg report, Vivendi SA would be moving closer to a spin off of its telecommunication and media assets, with investor Vincent Bollore appointed as new deputy chairman.

Harvard-born startup HourlyNerd would announce on Thursday that it had received USD750,000 in its seed funding round, the most significant investment coming from ABC's venture capital reality show "Shark Tank" star and billionaire Marc Cuban.

Analysts had said that Southeastern Asset Management's purchase of a 12% voting stake in News Corp was dubious.

Pandora chief executive Brian McAndrews's first and the most difficult task would be to renegotiate royalty fee payments to the music industry in order to lift the struggling company's finances.

Various reports cited sources who said that Former Deutsche Bank AG Chief Executive Officer Josef Ackermann would be stepping down from his post in Siemens AG as deputy chairman of the supervisory board.

According to sources familiar with the matter, French bank Societe Generale was considering on selling its Asian wealth arm based in Singapore.

KPN's negotiations with America Movil regarding the EUR7.2 billion or USD9.58 million bid remained to be over.

Sources told Reuters that electronics maker Sharp Corp. would be raising USD1.7 billion to keep itself afloat until the end of the business year in March next year.

John Landgraf, Chief executive of FX Networks, criticized CBS and Amazon openly about their current agreement for the latter to stream episodes of new shows like "Under the Dome" days after it aired on primetime TV.