Twitter Inc got a "buy" rating from a brokerage company even before the social media platform went public, said a Reuters report.

Starbuck Corp Chief Executive Officer Howard Schultz had urged fellow business leaders to push US political leaders to end the US partial shutdown, said a Reuters report.

On Monday, World Bank’s Chief Financial Officer said that the bank had planned to cut USD400 million from its budget as a part of a sweeping reorganization.

Billionaire Mark Cuban said during a court trial last Monday that the stake he sold from an Internet search firm was long been planned.

Former World Bank President Robert Zoellick would rejoin investment bank Goldmans Sachs Group as chairman for its international advisory board, said a Reuters report.

Vitol SA obtains favorable LIbOR for its one year and three year credit lines. The world's largest independent oil trader, Vitol SA, would be raising USD7 billion worth of loans at the same rate pegged for its nearest competitor, Glencore Xstrata Plc.

Vodacom Group, MTN Group and Telkom would have their respective fortunes change because of the latest regulatory guidelines issued in South Africa.

Xylem appointed H Balasubramaniam as the company's managing director for its India operations. Xylem Inc was born as a spin off from ITT Corp. Xylem is a water technology company and it announced the appointment of General Electric executive H.

DukeNet serves as the gateway to the Southeast United States, thus an acquisition of this magnitude was an easy choice to make.

The dismissal, which is a win for telephone companies, upheld the FCC mandated rules on fees charging and infrastructure use.