As the process to close the Fiat-Chrysler merger ongoing, automotive news site Autocar observed that Fiat had stopped its development plans on its Alfa Romeo vehicle series.
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Tech companies answer to trading season lull - report
Consumer web companies had been filling the IPO lull typically experienced during the holiday season, said Reuters.
Private equity seen flourishing in real estate markets - Ernst and Young
Private equity investors such as the Blackstone Group resorted to new means of investing in real estate as property prices dip.
France government to loan EUR4.5 billion to pay Credit Lyonnais debts by year-end - French official
The government of France had taken plans to pay debts incurred from the collapse of Credit Lyonnais, said a Reuters report.
Yellen to defend Fed's bond-buying program at US Senate
Although US Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen would be getting a backlash in the Senate due to her employer's bond-buying program, Louisiana Republican David Vitter was confident Yellen would replace Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke.
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The Central Bank of Ireland assured the public that it had been pursuing an alternate solution to bail out Newbridge Credit Union after talks of a merger with Naas Credit Union had failed.
Chairman emeritus and ex-chief executive of Orrick Ralph Baxter confirmed that his law firm Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP had been in negotiations to decide on a potential merger.
A Forbes contributing article by an economist said Twitter's massive hype could not save itself from faring better on the stock market in the long-run.
Germany's coalition government formalized a measure to provide funds and expertise for a European bank to manage the loan agreements and if necessitated, closure of banks.
New broadcasting firm BT acquired exclusive rights to broadcast UEFA football games. BT had scored a coup in the multibillion pound sports broadcasting market.
Deutsche Bank AG said that new rules would not foster business but in the past week alone it had agreed on a couple of business related loans.
Since the Facebook bungle, Nasdaq had been hard pressed to recover to list more tech IPO stocks in its fold.
Market acceptance at an IPO lull period is the message Twitter sent to all fellow start ups. The initial public offer of Twitter had sent a powerful signal to technology executives reviewing market floats of Silicon Valley startups.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, in a press conference, discussed the construction of a cancer and surgical cleft center in his state with the help of private entities.
