Malaysian media outlet PopDigital acquired lifestyle platform Tongue in Chic Malaysia-based PopDigital Sdn Bhd said in an announcement that it has acquired lifestyle platform Tongue in Chic.

Japanese E-commerce giant Rakuten acquired video streaming site Viki for a reported USD200 million. According to a Techcrunch report, e-commerce site giant Rakuten acquired global video site Viki and would sign a reported USD200 million buyout agreement tomorrow.

Rolls-Royce had sold its 50% stake in the RTM322 helicopter engine program to its program partner Turbomeca by Safran for EUR239 million or USD386 million.

Reuters reported that five of HTC's employees were jailed over the weekend over trade secrets breach claimed by the Taiwanese mobile phone maker.

Ex-Morgan Stanley Hajime Kitano was hired as an equity strategist at Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. Barclays Securities Japan Ltd. Kazutoshi Ohkubo told Reuters in a phone interview that former Morgan Stanley Japan equity strategist Hajime Kitano would join the UK bank in Tokyo today.

Microsoft Corp. announced on Friday that it had offered ValueAct Capital Management LLC President Mason Morfit to join the tech giant's board of directors.

An anonymouse bourse official of the Mexican bourse told Reuters that the bourse canceled Minera Frisco's trades in the last 10 minutes of trading today as the share price spike was caused by a computer glitch.

According to a Bloomberg report, the potential nomination of a Federal Reserve outsider made investors scramble for advice on whether the news would have an effect in financial markets and monetary policy.

According to technology news site Techcrunch, Pure Storage's recent USD150 million funding was a step to dominate the flash storage market.

According to a Bloomberg report, shareholder pressure would most likely influence the incoming CEO of Microsoft to take drastic measures to increase shareholder value and possibly spin off the XBox video game division.

The Royal Bank of Canada promoted Taylor as the bank's first female chairman. The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) had elected Kathleen Taylor as its first female chairman in 2014.

AT&T would be looking into Vodafone group's remaining assets in the midst of the British mobile carrier's exit from the US wireless business with the buyout from Verizon Communications.

A Reuters report cited Wall Street Journal sources who said that Cumulus Media, a radio broadcasting company set its sight on buying out Dial Global, a content producer, for USD260 million in cash.

A Wall Street Journal report said General Electric Co will divest its US-based consumer lending business of GE Capital to focus on its core industrial operations.

The Carlyle Group and Townsend Group co-invested USD 200 million in a strategic partnership with Shanghai Yupei Group for a logistics platform in China.

A source told Reuters that the European Union Commission will approve Swedish oil refiner Nynas and Royal Dutch Shell's deal despite antitrust concerns.

Women's boutique retailer Francesca's Holdings Corp. has ousted Lululemon as the most attractive company to date to land private equity bids.

Google told GigaOm that the internet company has been leaning to standardize the video chat feature of Hangouts to 720p HD.

A document released on Wednesday discussed that the US Justice Department was open to settle the antitrust lawsuit it filed against US Airways(UA) and American Airlines (AA).

Nintendo announced on Wednesday that the company will give a USD50 discount on its high-priced Wii U consoles and would be offering a new low-priced console.

NoSQL Couchbase received an additional USD25 million in a Series D funding round led by Adam Street Partners.

In a move to legalize online gambling, the state of Delaware through three casinos launched a free Facebook-linked gambling game called "DoubleDown".

In a surprising but laudable move, multinational retail company Walmart released changes on its 2014 healthcare package, including a provision for LGBT employees to elect domestic spouses in health insurance.

Auction house Sotheby's estimated that 'The Premier Blue' the world's biggest round blue diamond, would be sold at more than USD19 million.

Miley Cyrus, Justin Timberlake, Lady Gaga, and other performers of the 2013 Music Television Video Music Awards saw a spike in iTunes charts and singles, album sales.

Award-winning writer Tricia Romano recounted for news site "The Daily Beast" how TV series "Breaking Bad" aptly depicted the recent state of the US healthcare system.

A books website claimed that actor Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" tv series will be playing Lex Luthor for the 2015 Superman film.

Miami-Dade police cancelled an Amber Alert of a little girl after discovering that it was a misunderstanding.

Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mikdad had said that world peace and security will be disrupted if US and its allies proceed with their action in response to the August 21 chemical attack.

Buzzfeed, and even new outfits Fox News and MSNBC used a wrong reaction photo of the Smith family on Miley Cyrus' recent MTV Video Music Awards performance.