A military source told Reuters that the US had finally agreed on selling AH-64E Apache combat helicopters to the Indonesian army, and are still in talks to iron out the terms of the deal.

The world saw Filipinos staged a mass rally against corruption that was organized via social media like Facebook and Twitter.

Amgen was looking into buying more small-sized but profitable firms after its successful bid with Onyx Pharmaceuticals.

As firefighters scrambled to contain the wildfire north of Yosemite National Park, strong winds and the dry terrain threaten to spread the fire to other parts of the forest.

Responding to "Hunger Games" star Liam Hemsworth's burger claim, White Castle, through its representative, proposed a USD20,000 challenge for charity.

Fresh from her highly-criticised MTV VMA performance on Sunday, a new Miley Cyrus single topped iTunes' most downloaded digital singles.

Air strike exchanges between Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the Palestinian Front for the Liberation of Palestine had hinted more violent exchanges.

Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) was to receive USD4 million as part of the international donor component of its finances.

Nasdaq officials opted to ensure that no panic trading was to be done when they open after a 3-hour outage.

Fresh from the film success of "Man of Steel", Warner Bros has been bankrolling a 2015 production of another Superman sequel with Ben Affleck cast as Batman.

Although Nokia's restructuring efforts kept it financially afloat, Moody's predicted a wavering position for the Finnish company in the smartphone market.

Billionaire Carl Icahn announced on Twitter that he had set dinner with Apple CEO Tim Cook to discuss plans for the company's buyback program.

Smartphone accessory makers in China were not too happy about switching their product focus on non-Apple products.

Koch Industries confirmed in an email to BBC about a Daily Caller report of the company backing out on a bid for Tribune Co.'s publications, including Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.

In a Form 4 filing done by George Lucas' wife Mellody Hobson with US Securities and Exchange Commission, GWL Living Trust purchased 141,573 shares on August 19 for USD10 million.

An industry observer speculated that Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) nor the state of Japan has yet to be honest about the real situation about the tank leak.

Bourses saw Southeast Asian stocks dropping significant figures in trading Thursday. Resuming trading after a three-day off, Philippine stocks performed worst in two months.

BHP Billiton finally makes a major investment after declaring last year that the mining company will not partake in any big expenditures.

An industry observer concluded that Amazon lost around USD5 million in revenue when the e-commerce site went down 1PM Pacific time today.

As Manila is flooded due to nonstop rains brought by the monsoon weather, large and small-scale businesses are left to deal with its aftermath.

Torrential rains and flooded caused PSE to postpone trading for two consecutive days. The Philippne Stock Exchange (PSE) announced earlier today the postponement of trading.

With the first official Royal Family photos out, industry observers believed that the arrival and continuous media exposure of Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge will help boost the UK economy, especially small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

A Wall Street Journal report said that Beats Electronics is planning a major buyout of HTC and generate funds to expand its newest digital streaming business Beats Music.

Fresh from Activision's success of its popular Skylanders franchise comes Disney Infinity, a move from Walt Diney Inc to expand into the toy-meets-video game-world market.

Capital One Financial Corporation on Friday entered into a deal with Fannie Mae-headed Beech Street for an undisclosed amount.

Facebook confirmed testing on a new payments product that may take other mobile payment platforms like Paypal.

Skylanders action figures sales surpass all action-figure sales in the US and Europe, according to Activision Publishing.

Cumberland Advisors' David Kotok isn't convinced about Apple's rally in share price yet.

Security firm Trusteer was acquired by IBM to expand their business in cybersecurity. IBM announced Thursday that it had agreed to purchase Israel startup Trusteer.

Retail company Macy's blamed shoppers' current spending habits for its second quarter sales.