In an announcement today, Russia's largest search engine company Yandex said it had acquired Kinopoisk, a movie review site, for an undisclosed amount.

Burberry Group announced in a statement on Tuesday that chief Angela Ahrendts would be leaving the fashion house next year.

British drugmaker AstraZeneca announced on Tuesday that it had purchased biotech company Spirogen in a deal worth USD440 million in total.

On Tuesday, the Burberry Group said chief creative officer Christopher Bailey would be adding another responsibility as chief executive officer in the middle of next year.

Secured lenders at Texas Competitive Electric Holdings and unsecured bondholders at Energy Future Intermediate Holdings (EFIH) were in a deadlock about their confidentiality agreements due to Energy Future Holdings' USD250 bond debt payments due on November 1.

Wumart Stores was said to be in discussions with CP Lotus to buy the latter's units, according to a source who told Bloomberg.

Capitol Bancorp has signed an agreement with Talmer Bancorp for the sale of the common stock of Capitol's consolidated entities.

Grupo BTG Pactual got regulatory approval to open a broker-dealer unit in Mexico. Brazil-based Grupo BTG Pactual received approval on Monday from regulatory authorities to establish a new broker dealer operation in Mexico.

A Wall Street Journal report said that Citigroup and State Street were already preparing for a possible debt default by the US government.

Trafigura Beheer and Mubadala Development would be purchasing a controlling stake in PortCo, a unit of MMX Mineracao & Metalicos.