Oneonta, US-based large format ultracapacitor manufacturer Ioxus secured $21 million in its Series C funding round to help address climate change by integrating its products into hybrid buses in China.

The biggest refiner in Asia, Sinopec would sell 30% of its shares in its retail assets said sources familiar with the matter but asked not to be named as the talks were held private, reported Bloomberg.

Tesla Motors Inc's General Manager Kingston Chang resigned prior the car maker's expansion in China, reported Bloomberg.

London, UK-based user-generated news startup Oximity bagged an undisclosed amount of seed money from angel investors Ronnie Screwvala and K Ganesh to provide direct sources of global news in 180 languages.

The Independent Journal Review reported on the costs of travels incurred by US President Barack Obama, making him the title holder of "most traveled US president" with 31 trips and 119 days spent abroad.

Menlo Park, US-based venture capital firm Lightspeed Venture Partners (LSVP) closed $950 million for its new investment fund that will back early-stage companies in the consumer and tech sectors.

Australian and Chinese authorities said that their planes have spotted possible debris from the missing flight MH370, reported The Guardian.

US First Lady Michelle Obama told Chinese students that online freedom is a right that everyone should have but stopped short of urging the Chinese government to grant more freedoms to its citizens, Reuters reported.

Twitter is now offering an alternative way of sending Tweets via SMS after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan lambasted social media for linking him to a corruption scandal and blocking the social network in the country.

First Lady Michelle Obama was set to visit China on March 19 with her mother and two daughters without allowing the press to cover the trip.