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Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway said it has agreed to acquire additives maker Lubrizol for $135 a share in cash, or $9 billion, making it one of the largest acquisitions in its history. Eli Lilly and Co. announced that it has made an irrevocable, unconditional offer to acquire the animal health business of Belgium-based Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, a Johnson & Johnson Co.

India has supplanted China as the world’s number one arms importer, according to a report from Swedish think-tank that keeps track of global arms transactions.

A top official from the Chinese education ministry at the Going Global Conference in Hong Kong announced that the country plans to turn itself into a hub for international education and take its international student population to 500,000.

Besides aid from countries like China, US, Britain, relief pours in for Japan from big names of the tech and entertainment world including, Apple, Google, Lady Gaga and more.

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday led by gains from oil refiners after the earthquake disrupted Japan's refining capacity and equipment makers advanced on expectations for increased demand from rebuilding efforts.

Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Monday, with futures for the S&P 500 down 0.5 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0.7 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.1 percent at 0912 GMT (5:12 a.m. ET), as investors fretted about the impact of Japan's devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Earthquake in Japan. Unrest in the oil-producing Arab world. Sovereign-debt strains in Europe. Inflation in China.

The earthquake disaster in Japan looks set to dominate a Group of Eight foreign ministers meeting this week in Paris as members discuss ways to coordinate help for the only Asian country in the group.

China Everbright Bank <601818.SS> has mandated 10 banks for its planned about $6 billion Hong Kong listing, IFR reported late on Saturday.

Assistance in the form of food and equipment has started to arrive in earthquake-and tsunami-battered Japan from the U.S. Search and rescue teams are expected to reach Japan by tomorrow.

U.S. stocks ended higher on Friday led by gains from Oil refiners after the earthquake disrupted Japan's refining capacity and and equipment makers advanced on expectations for increased demand from rebuilding efforts.

Wal-Mart , the world's largest retailer, has apologized for selling duck meat past its expiry date in a store in southwest China's Chongqing region, the official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.

Home to much of the world's semiconductor factories and electronics companies, Japan's devastation will have significant effects on global electronics supplies.

With his 67th birthday just weeks away, the investor widely known as the Bond King has taken one of the biggest bets of his life -- but at least Bill Gross has got some company.

Waves generated by the huge tsunami/earthquake more than five thousand miles away in Japan have hit the coast of northern California, with two-to-five foot waves washing over local beaches, according to the National Weather Service.

Oil prices fell on Friday after a massive earthquake shook Japan, the world's third-largest oil consumer, sending a tsunami sweeping across the Pacific Ocean and pushing U.S. crude prices below $100.

Oil slid by on Friday, with U.S. crude falling below $100, after an earthquake rocked Japan, created a 10-meter tsunami and shut down dozens of plants in the world's third-largest oil consumer.

The Chinese government officially expressed support to quake-hit Japan on Friday and offered assistance in relief efforts, but the Chinese people's response to the tragedy that hit their neighbors and rivals was mixed.

Chinese inflation topped expectations in February at 4.9 percent and looks set to climb further in coming months, adding to pressure for another dose of monetary tightening.

Stocks were poised for a lower open on Friday after a massive earthquake hit Japan and accelerating inflation in China unnerved investors.

U.S. stock index futures fell on Friday after a massive earthquake hit Japan and accelerating inflation in China rattled investors.