Triton Fund announced that it would acquire Alpine Energie from FCC. The Triton Fund announced that it had agreed to purchase Alpine Energie from Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA (FCC).

Google would launch 'Google Impact Challenge in India' and award an Rs 3 crore worth about US$500,000 and technical assistance that would bring the winning projects into life.

ATK won a contract with Orbital Sciences Corp. that would allow provision of the motor of solid rockets used for the latest air-launched space transport system.

A newspaper reported that British bank Lloyds Banking Group received bids for its Australian businesses.

In a released statement, the European Commission questioned Italian telecom watchdog AGCOM about the changes it wanted to implement to the prices of broadband.

Groupama sold its last stake in SocGen for EUR 517.8 million. French insurance company Groupe des Assurances Mutuelles Agricoles (Groupama) finally sold its remaining 1.

Mergers would enable Austrian regional banks to save money for a Volksbanken buy back. An official representing Austrian regional banks told newspaper Kurier that mergers would enable them to save money to help buy back Volksbanken AG.

Bain Capital Partners said it would sell its majority stake in Domino's Pizza Japan to Australia's Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

Microsoft launched Microsoft by the Numbers that features a summary of the company from sales of licenses to consumed pizza slices.

Purchase of apps using Amazon coins saw a 50% weekly boost in revenues. The USD5 worth of Amazon coins was a gift well spent by Kindle Fire consumers. This in turn was an excellent money-generating move for both Amazon and app developers, according to tech evangelist Peter Heinrich.