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A Blackstone executive said it had found fewer opportunities to invest in India after seeing public governance issues.

DLF announced that it is entertaining private equity firms after ending the talks to sell Aman Resorts with Zecha.

A survey by Jones Lang LaSalle reported that private equity investments into Europe by large funds have reached their highest levels since 2007.

ABI Research said that Apple would soon face market share rivalry with several Chinese low-cost smartphone manufacturers.

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According to several analysts, the mobile ad boom of Facebook would provide an excellent model for other social networking sites.

The users of Instagram complained about a hack that posted photos of smoothies and fruits to their accounts.

Baidu Inc jumped since Facebook boosted the outlook for social media companies. Baidu Inc led the rally in Chinese equities exchanged in New York. The company said that it gained more profits after Facebook outdid the estimates of analysts.

Japan's Renesas Electronics Corp would close its system LSI chip plant due to the decreasing popularity of game consoles.

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook said that he plans to earn from Instagram through advertisements.

Samsung appointed a new African CEO and boosted capital spending. There were several notable events in Samsung recently. One of which was appointing a new CEO for Africa.

The US FTC updated its 2012 advertising guidelines and sent a letter warning Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and other internet search companies to follow or be fined.

Peter Loescher, the first outsider to lead the company will be leaving Siemens soon. Peter Loescher, chief executive of Siemens and the first outsider to lead the company, will be leaving the company four years ahead of his end of contract.

Acer's president told Austria's Format magazine that the company would recover and make profit again.

Google's mess in China should concern the company as it brings risks of being used as a blueprint in the US.