In the latest deal in the rapidly consolidating semiconductor industry, ON Semiconductor Corp said it would buy Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc in a $2.4 billion deal. The news brought down

Alleging that the process of production of genetically modified salmon eggs would risk a “huge live experiment” with the genetic makeup of all wild Atlantic salmon, a number of environmental

Australia’s oil and gas regulator has rejected the proposal by Oil and Gas giant BP to drill in the Great Australian Bight. British Petroleum had wanted permission from the Australian

Wal-Mart shares went up by 2% as investors were pleased with the better than expected results for the third quarter of the current fiscal and posted more profits than anticipated

Mylan NV’s $26 billion hostile bid was rejected by Perrigo Co Plc’s shareholders that ended the Netherlands-based generic drug maker’s seven-month pursuit of its smaller rival. This incident ensured a

An unusual glimpse into the burgeoning industry of criminal hackers for hire emerged as U.S. prosecutors this week charged two Israelis and an American fugitive with raking in hundreds of

Rockwell Automation Inc. of Milwaukee and Seattle software developer Microsoft Corp are together developing a new technology that would allow workers and managers to communicate seamlessly, whether on the factory

A $42 Billion takeover offer by state-owned China National Chemical Corp has reportedly been rejected by the world’s largest agrichemicals company, Syngenta AG. This news has raised the shares of

Apple Inc. is striving to get in to the niche market of person-to-person transfer of money through their phones. According to people familiar with the matter, Apple is in discussions

Taking help of tracking stocks and spinoffs, media mogul John Malone, known for striking complex deals and running companies with intricate structures, is restructuring two companies he controls. Spin-off of

Helped by the company’s cost-cutting drive helped to offset a slowdown in Chinese spending, a surprise increase in first half profits was reported by Burberry. In the six months to

Aibaba broke its earlier record of of $9.3 billion worth of transactions in a single day sale set last year by itself, as the company touched $10 billion on Wednesday

1000 more jobs would be added by computer giant Apple at Cork as the company intends to expand its campus there. The new jobs would be added by the middle

A tax bill amounting up to $9 billion would probably derailed Dell Inc’s $67 billion offer to buy data storage company EMC Corp. Citing sources familiar with the matter, technology

Despite the UK government the event of Black Friday introduced two years ago, UK retailer Asda has confirmed it will “step away” from taking part in the event. Analysts say

After Alibaba founder Jack Ma was quoted in a magazine as saying he would rather lose the case than settle, luxury brands suing Chinese e-commerce behemoth Alibaba Group Holding Ltd

French engineering company Alstom will supply 800 electric locomotives and set up a local manufacturing plant worth a total of $3 billion (200 billion rupees). This decision was taken at

In an effort to setting up what would be the industry’s first big shake-up in at least a decade, some of the world’s largest agricultural companies are in talks to

Acting on allegations that Exxon Mobil had lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how such risks might hurt the oil business, the

Toyota Motor recorded a profit of ¥14.09 trillion, an increase of 8.9 percent during the six-month period ended September 30, 2015. The company sales dropped by 198,515 units compared to

The much hyped Keystone project is probably going to be rejected by US President Barack Obama and his administration following the formal denial by the US of the a request

One million dollars has been reportedly paid to an un-named team of researchers for their method to “jailbreak” the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, iOS 9.1 says computer

Alleging that the antitrust case that was going on against it by the EU as of unusual nature and as it had wanted to settle the case with concessions last

In one of the cash-management industry’s largest deals ever the Bank of America Corp, the No. 2 U.S. bank, has agreed to sell its $87 billion money-market fund business to

With the aim to cut costs over the long term and raise fees in the second-biggest card market, Visa Inc that it would buy former subsidiary Visa Europe Ltd for