Celine Dion, the pop music diva, had gone on record to clarify that the rumors of her death on Facebook are untrue and are hurtful to her close-knit family.

Maria Gabriela Isler was crowned 2013 Miss Universe in Moscow, Russia. A former television host from Venezuela was crowned Miss Universe 2013 last Saturday.

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.

Hannes Smarson is facing embezzlement charges is his role in the misappropriation of funds from FL Group hf during his time as its chairman.

The Hustle, as it was known, rewarded volume instead of quality for mortgages sold by Bank of America to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

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.