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Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook CEO, purchased four adjunct houses to his Palo Alto home. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg was recently reported to have purchased four homes adjacent to his own home in Palo Alto, CA.

Activision regains independence after it bought back shares from Vivendi SA. A group led by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick in partnership with Activision Blizzard Inc recently completed a buyout worth USD8.

Liberty Global announced that the company is contented with its 28.5% holdings in Dutch cable company, Ziggo, said a report from Reuters.

B. Braun got regulatory clearance to increase its stake in German hospital operator Rhoen-Klinikum after filing a request last month, said a report from Reuters.

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Community pool operator AlphaMetrix Group LLC recently fired its CFO as it grapples with liabilities far greater than its liquid assets.

Finance officials from the largest economies in the world had urged the US to avoid a possible devastating debt default last Friday, said a report from Reuters.

Vivus Inc. had signed a deal with Auxilium Pharmacauticals Inc to market its Stendra drug in the US market, said a Reuters report.

A fake press release was sent claiming Samsung Electronics would buy Sweden’s Fingerprint Cards that made shares soar on Friday trading.

Alitalia, an almost bankrupt Italian firm, had received a lifeline last Friday after the company's board approved a capital increase, reported Reuters.

CommScope Holding Co had set its price for its initial public offering which could value the company more than USD3.9 billion.

AT&T's new customers would soon be able to purchase Mobile share plans, said a Reuters report. The new customers of AT&T would soon be able to buy Mobile Share plans.

The city of Detroit had gotten a USD350 million debtor-in-possession financing from Barclays Plc after filing for bankruptcy last July.

US stocks rose last Friday as investors were hopeful for the government to reach an agreement over the weekend to end the partial deadlock of the US government.

Brazilian antitrust regulators had been investigating Google over alleged anticompetitive practices by Microsoft Corp and Brazilian rivals.