Indian property magnate Gautam Adani just added $4.4 billion to his personal fortune.
South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun said he will appoint an independent investigator to probe bribery allegations against Samsung Group, escalating a corruption scandal that has engulfed the nation's largest industrial group.
Renault Samsung Motors Co, the South Korean unit of France's Renault SA, will double annual investment over the next three years to raise production and develop new car models.
BP Plc violated Texas's "revolving door" law in 2003 by hiring a state environmental engineer to work on the same air pollution permit he'd supervised as a regulator, lawyers suing the company claim.
Rio Tinto Ltd, the world's third- largest mining company, will boost dividends 30 percent and has identified a possible $30 billion of asset sales as it battles an unsolicited takeover approach from BHP Billiton Ltd.
Sales gained in the days after the US Thanksgiving holiday as retailers lured more customers with discounts even as individual shoppers spent less on average.
Aegon NV, the largest Dutch insurer after ING Groep NV, raised its value of new business target, a gauge of future sales, by 14 percent on higher margins and volumes in the Americas, Europe and Asia.
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