Twitter Inc hired former Google advertising executive J.J. Hirschle to head its retail advertising sales team days after Apple Inc announced hiring a retail division chief.
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Roche CEO squelches possible merger with Novartis
Roche Chief Executive Officer Severin Schwan said the founding families of Roche Holding would prefer to remain independent.
Police arrests airport employee for causing dry ice explosions in LAX
Police arrested a baggage handler for the Sunday ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) arrested an airport employee today for causing the dry ice explosions at the Los Angeles Airport (LAX) on Sunday.
Ferrero not for sale, denies receiving bid from Nestle
Italian confectionery firm Ferrero said through its spokesman that reports about the company receiving acquisition offers were complete fabrications.
Study finds Oreos addictive like cocaine
A study found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine. A recent study conducted by a team at Connecticut College in New London found that Oreo cookies were as addictive as cocaine, the LA Times reported.
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Harley-Davidson voluntarily recalled several motorcycle models made between May to October this year.
British retail giant Tesco Plc is partnering with Tata conglomerate subsidiary Trent to open stores in India.
Singapore Exchange's provisions on Asiasons Capital Ltd planned share sale may endanger the investment firm's buyout plan in Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations LLC.
Wix.com Ltd, the Israeli online provider of website management tools, chose to list in the tech oriented Nasdaq.
Managers of hedge funds said to Reuters the worry over the US government defaulting on its debt payments was not as dire as they had experienced during the days leading to the collapse of financial services firm Lehman Brothers.
A group of private equity investors, SoftBank and eBay had pumped in around USD150 to USD200 million worth of new funding to online marketplace Snapdeal.
Lehman Brothers' Australian creditors had approved a proposed insurance payment plan that allowed the company to receive around USD48 million.
Orient Corp, a Japanese consumer credit company, had been probed by authorities for lending to crime groups with Mizuho Financial Group Inc.
BlackRock Inc. had reduced its Hong Kong investment after slow growth in the economy, said a Bloomberg report.
