Rio Tinto (RIO.AX) (RIO.L) will spend $3.7 billion to boost its Australian output of iron ore. Rio Tinto (RIO. AX) (RIO. L) will spend $3. 7 billion to boost its Australian output of iron ore, its most profitable business, shrugging off forecasts of waning demand and a looming global supply glut as Chinese manufacturing slows.

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Barilla said on Tuesday it was looking to sell its only remaining German business. Barilla, the world's biggest pasta maker, said on Tuesday it was looking to sell its only remaining German business, bakery chain Lieken AG, as the company increases its focus on pasta and higher-margin food products.

Walgreen Co said it would buy a 45 percent stake in KKR & Co-backed Alliance Boots for $6.7 billion in a cash and stock deal.

jobs search engine Bright has secured $6 million in initial venture capital to kick off a service that analyzes job seekers and matches them with posted jobs across the Internet.

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Microsoft Corp is close to buying business software company Yammer Inc for more than $1 billion. Microsoft Corp is close to buying business software company Yammer Inc for more than $1 billion, according to a source familiar with the details.

U.S. buyout firms Blackstone Group, Carlyle Group and KKR & Co are talking to banks on potential bids for about half of Australia's Pact.

Business software company Yammer Inc has agreed to sell itself to Microsoft Corp for more than $1 billion.