COMPANIES

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch declared on Twitter that “any shareholders with complaint should take profits and sell!”

Greece’s largest company, Coca-Cola Hellenic is pulling out of the country - a huge blow to Athens' stock market.

Spain's Telefonica (TEF) has reached an agreement with investment firm Bain Capital to sell Atento Call Center for 1 billion euro ($ 1.3 billion) as part of plan to sell assets and cut debt.

Animal rights groups are zeroing in on some of the nation’s biggest fast food companies after an undercover video surfaced earlier this week that recorded Idaho dairy workers stomping on and dragging live cattle

Deal would give troubled U.S. telecom momentum in deploying its next-gen network.

IT spending in India is estimated to touch $71.5 billion in 2013, a 7.7 percent increase from the $66.4 billion forecast for 2012, according to a report by IT research firm Gartner.

Westgate Resorts CEO David Siegel vowed to fire his employees if Obama wins the election in a company email.

For weapons-maker BAE, a merger with EADS would have helped to offset future U.S. defense spending cuts.

Alcoa (NYSE: AA) CEO Klaus Kleinfeld sees big China declines in manufacturing.

America's leading warehouse club grows for third consecutive quarter. EPS for its fiscal year: $3.89.

Private equity firm Bain Capital agreed on Wednesday to buy Apex Tool Group, the maker of Craftsman products, from Danaher Corp. and Cooper Industries, for about $1.6 billion.

Merger talks were cancelled hours before a deadline requiring European governments to agree to the deal's terms.

EADS and BAE Systems called off the world's largest defense and aviation merger on Wednesday, and sources close to the talks blamed Germany for wrecking the $45 billion deal.

In a letter to shareholders Tuesday, Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer has officially stated that Microsoft is a devices and services company.

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) opened the earnings season Tuesday by posting a $143 million loss and cutting its outlook for global aluminum demand.

Talks to merge two European aerospace giants still lack Germany's approval, and a BAE shareholder has expressed reservations.

Japanese car sales plunged in China in September, and the slump threatens to stall their momentum in the No. 1 auto market.

ING Groep N.V. (NYSE:ING) will sell its $26.5 billion UK operations to Barclays PLC (LON: BARC) at a discount.

Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) will open what is expected to be a disappointing earnings season when it reports Q3 results Tuesday. But does it really matter?

Marathon Petroleum Corp (MPC.N) struck a deal to buy BP Plc's (BP.L) Texas City refinery and related infrastructure for up to $2.5 billion, a purchase that will make Marathon the fourth-largest U.S. refiner and give it a bigger potential slice of the market for refined product exports.

Wal-Mart and American Express offer prepaid debit card as consumer rights advocates call for stronger rules for this third form of plastic.

Japanese auto giants like Toyota plan to halve China production after sales slumped. Non-Japanese brands stand to gain.

The largest health insurer in the U.S. announces 90 percent purchase of Amil Participações SA in Latin America's largest insurance market.

Amazon.com Inc announced Friday that it will buy its Seattle corporate headquarters for over $1 billion from Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen's investment firm, Vulcan Inc. This is highlighted to be the biggest commercial real estate deal for a single property this year.

Yum Brands Inc. (NYSE: YUM) -- owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell brands -- will likely report a nearly 17 percent profit gain in the third quarter.

Best Buy director buys stock after more details emerged regarding former CEO's takeover bid.

Renault is said to be planning to reduce national production of its popular Clio subcompact to less than 30%.

The U.S. brokerage unit and a European unit of the former Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. said they settled a dispute over $38 billion in claims over client and creditor assets, a major step toward allowing customers and creditors to recover money.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is seeking the legal opinion on cancelling the license of the crisis-laden private Indian air carrier, Kingfisher Airlines.