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Fortune 500 2012 - Exxon Mobil

Fortune 500 2012 - Exxon Mobil | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Exxon Mobil , which is ranked on the 2012 Fortune 500, a list of America's largest companies.
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Richest 400 Americans' net worth jumps 13 percent to $1.7 trillion

Richest 400 Americans' net worth jumps 13 percent to $1.7 trillion | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it

The net worth of the richest Americans grew by 13 percent in the past year to $1.7 trillion, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday, and a familiar cast of characters once again populated the top of the magazine's annual list of the...

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Apple wants $3B in damages from Samsung, says report

Apple wants $3B in damages from Samsung, says report | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
The iPhone maker is looking to triple the $1 billion in damages awarded to it in the recent patent-infringement case against Samsung, says the Korea Times.
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Deloitte revenues reach $31.3 billion on Asia growth

Deloitte revenues reach $31.3 billion on Asia growth | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
LONDON (Reuters) - Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd, one of the world's "Big Four" accounting firms, said a strong performance in Asia helped push annual global revenues to $31.3 billion, their sharpest rise since the height of the financial crisis in...
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EU heavyweights call for radical foreign and defence policy overhaul

EU heavyweights call for radical foreign and defence policy overhaul | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Five of six biggest EU countries back plans which include pan-European foreign ministry and majority voting to bypass UK veto...
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New Internet Explorer Security Bug Could Affect Millions

Microsoft said it was investigating a new zero-day vulnerability in Internet Explorer that could affect millions of users, running the latest versions of Internet Explorer on Microsoft’s most popular operating systems.
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Fat and getting fatter: U.S. obesity rates to soar by 2030

Fat and getting fatter: U.S. obesity rates to soar by 2030 | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
NEW YORK (Reuters) - If Americans stick to their eating and exercise habits, future historians will look back on the early 21st century as a golden age of svelte.
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Middle East Business News Review – 18 September

Middle East Business News Review – 18 September | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Today’s top business news from the Middle East and North Africa...
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INDIA: FDI in retail sector to create 10 million jobs in 10 years: Report

INDIA: FDI in retail sector to create 10 million jobs in 10 years: Report | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it

FDI in retail sector to create 10 million jobs in 10 years: According to ISF, FDI in retail will have a much wider impact on organized employment than IT did and it shall open doors for less skilled people as well.

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Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy

Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
We brought together the greatest assembly of givers in history to reveal their successes and cautionary lessons.
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iPhone 5 launches to record sales - FT.com

iPhone 5 launches to record sales - FT.com | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Apple’s iPhone 5 has smashed records before hitting the shelves with more than 2m people pre-ordering the coveted smartphone in its first 24 hours, double last year’s figures.
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Russia launches $5 billion Sberbank stake sale

Russia launches $5 billion Sberbank stake sale | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia attracted strong investor interest in the sale of a $5 billion stake in Sberbank on Monday, reducing its control in Europe's third-largest bank by equity value and reviving its stalled privatization program.
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Google buys Instagram rival Nik Software

Google buys Instagram rival Nik Software | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
(Reuters) - Google Inc said it bought Instagram rival Nik Software, which makes award-winning photo editing application Snapseed, for an undisclosed amount.
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Nike approves new $8 billion share repurchase program

Nike approves new $8 billion share repurchase program | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it

"Nike Inc , the world's largest sportswear maker, said it has approved a new $8 billion program to repurchase shares of its Class B common stock.The new four-year share repurchase."

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Groupon launches credit card payment business

Groupon launches credit card payment business | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it

Groupon launches credit card payment business on Wednesday, entering a crowded field to compete with eBay Inc's PayPal and start-up Square Inc.

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Rosneft seeks $15bln to buy TNK-BP shares

Rosneft seeks $15bln to buy TNK-BP shares | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Russia’s largest oil company Rosneft is seeking about $15 billion in loans from foreign banks to acquire BP’s half of the Russian-British joint venture TNK-BP.Read Full Article at RT.com...
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Microsoft warns of new zero-day flaw targeting Internet Explorer

Microsoft warns of new zero-day flaw targeting Internet Explorer | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Hackers have already targeted flaw that affects IE versions 7, 8 and 9, and could be exploited on XP, Vista and Windows 7.
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ET Awards 2012: Meet the eight samurais of India Inc

ET Awards 2012: Meet the eight samurais of India Inc | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it

"A week after the government unveiled a set of bold economic reforms, the jury assembled to decide the winners of The Economic Times Awards for Corporate Excellence 2012 was in a similarly decisive mood. "

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Uganda confirms new oil deposits

Uganda confirms new oil deposits | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
Uganda increases the estimates of the country's oil resources by 40%, or one billion barrels, thanks to new discoveries.
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Yahoo closes $7.6 billion deal with Alibaba Group

Yahoo closes $7.6 billion deal with Alibaba Group | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
The Alibaba Group said on Tuesday that it has closed on the repurchase of a 20 percent stake in itself from Yahoo, taking the first major step toward a long-held goal of regaining full control of its destiny.
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BofA Merrill sees gold at $2,400 per ounce by 2014 end

BofA Merrill sees gold at $2,400 per ounce by 2014 end | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
(Reuters) - Bank of America Merrill Lynch said gold prices could climb as high as $2,400 per ounce by end of 2014 citing aggressive policy easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve and European Central Bank.
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McKinsey sees Indonesia GDP may overtake germany by 2030

The size of the economy likely to exceed 1 8 trillion in 2030...
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One day in - Moscow

One day in - Moscow | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
In a city where anything is possible, we meet an artist who spent 20 years underground and get an exclusive peak behind the scenes of the Bolshoi ballet.
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India's 7,730 super rich collectively own $925 Billion

India is home to as many as 7,730 ultra high net worth (UHNW) individuals whose combined wealth amounts to a whopping $925 billion, says a study.
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Hamleys sold to French toy group

Hamleys sold to French toy group | Business News - Worldwide | Scoop.it
The 250-year old toy chain Hamleys has been taken over by a French toy retailer for a reported £60m.
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