The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) had approved a dry run on October 26 for trading firms to test its systems to check whether there are technical issues that could affect trading in the upcoming Twitter Inc IPO.
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British Petroleum and Reliance Industries to invest in oil and gas industry in India
Fresh investments were promised by BP and Reliance Industries in oil and gas. The top executives of BP and Reliance Industries, CEO Bob Dudley and Chairman Mukesh Ambani respectively, jointly promised fresh investments worth up to USD10 billion in oil and gas.
Caesars Entertainment pulls out of casino partnership with Suffolk Downs
Caesars Entertainment would no longer be partnering with Suffolk Downs to bid for a casino gambling license in the Boston area.
Alibaba knows big data crucial to expanding e-commerce biz
China-based Alibaba said it understood the importance of big data in driving its e-commerce business.
Dubai Land to launch website
Dubai Land Department's managing director announced the launch of its e-Market website during the GITEX Information and Technology Exhibition.
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Voxeljet, whose technology was used to design Aston Martin cars for the James Bond film "Skyfall", traded as high as USD29.06 from its initial USD13 per share price after its debut on the German stock exchange.
An impending economic crisis could have happened to Americans should US Congress and the government had not arrived at a debt ceiling agreement.
Grupo Ser Educacional SA had 30 days to comply with Brazilian regulator CVM in order to life the suspension of its planned initial public offering.
Global ratings agency Fitch ratings was confident that the US government would be able to fulfill its debt payments even if no agreement would be passed after October 17.
NBC had cancelled "Welcome to the Family" and "Ironside" after only three episodes.
US retailer Walmart fired and then gave an employee his job back after he helped woman who was assaulted in a company store parking lot.
Small business IT administrators were not pleased with manually updating each Windows 8 device to Windows 8.1.
For PCMag's Matthew Murray, Windows 8.1 won't be worth the upgrade for desktop fans. Matthew Murray, in an article in PCMag, said the recently-released upgrade to Windows 8 doesn't do much for traditional desktop users.
JPMorgan is nearing settlement of a suit filed by FHFA for mortgage related securities fraud. JPMorgan Chase & Co had reached a tentative agreement for the settlement of USD4 billion with the Federal Housing Finance Agency.
