Starbucks joins hands with Microsoft, Walmart and others to create 100,000 jobs for US youth
Companies in 100,000 Opportunities Initiative include JPMorgan Chase and Taco Bell.
US consumer goods major Jarden close to acquiring Waddington Group in $1.35bn deal
Jarden has agreed on terms with Olympus Partners, private equity owner of Waddington.
Over 200 apartments in Canary Wharf residential tower sold in less than 5 hours
Flats attracted record price per square foot of £1,200, generating £140m for developers.
Greece tour becomes cheap as holidaymakers grow wary of crisis-hit country
Hotels and airlines slash rates as debt crisis hits Greek tourism.
170,000 birds culled in Lancaster poultry farm on avian flu suspicion
Defra imposes 'temporary control zone' within farm in Goosnargh, Preston, as precautionary measure.
Business Secretary wants foreign students to leave UK once they complete studies
Ministers plan to tighten rules for non-EU students who may be forced to leave after studies and apply for a separate visa to work in the UK.
Libor rigging scandal: US probing former Deutsche Bank traders
US Justice Department is preparing cases against them and could bring charges before end of 2015.
Bottom of oil market 'may still be ahead', says IEA
Demand would decline in 2016 while supply from Opec producers projected to remain at high levels.
Alibaba top executive Patrick Liu Chunning arrested on graft charges during tenure at Tencent
Alibaba confirms Liu Chunning's arrest on its Weibo account.
South Korean pension fund's vote crucial to decide Samsung merger
South Korea's National Pension Service is largest shareholder in Samsung C&T with 11.2% stake.
Cisco to invest $1bn in UK technology sector
Cisco CEO John Chambers makes announcement at meeting with PM David Cameron.
Former Kremlin banker Sergei Pugachev flees UK for France claiming murder attempts
Pugachev has been accused of stealing more than £655m from Russia's Mezhprombank.
Apple shares drop on China slowdown fears
Analysts say iPhone sales could take a hit in China.
Facebook reportedly preparing to launch music-streaming service
Company's plans to monetise music videos emerged as important stepping stone towards on-demand audio service, reports Music Ally.
ExxonMobil funded naysayers for decades despite knowing about climate change
ExxonMobil knew about impact of oil and gas exploration on climate as early as 1981, but paid no attention to the fact, says email.
Russia's Rosneft to buy 49% of Essar's refinery in India
Rosneft also signed a deal to supply 10 million tonnes of oil per year to the Indian refinery over 10 years.
Reddit moderators shut down website in anger
Brian Lynch and Courtnie Swearingen say they were angered by abrupt termination of their coordinator, Victoria Taylor.
Apple to produce record number of next iPhones despite minimal change in specs
Company has ordered as many as 90 million units to be manufactured, WSJ reports.
Heineken now owns controlling stake in Vijay Mallya's United Breweries
Heineken has acquired a 3.21% stake in UB from United Spirits, which has exited the group, for Rs 8.72bn.
Symantec in talks to sell Veritas data storage business to Carlyle Group
Symantec trying to sell Veritas, which it bought in 2005 for more than $13bn, due to low revenue growth.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg joins SurveyMonkey board
Sandberg's late husband David Goldberg had been serving as SurveyMonkey CEO.
Viagra, erectile dysfunction prescriptions rise in UK as generic versions slash prices
In 2014, there were 1.7 million prescriptions for sildenafil as prices plunged 86%.
UK online spending more than triples over last 5 years
More than one pound in every four spent on Visa card is now spent online, says Visa Europe.
More than 200 Chinese companies halt trading as market sell-off continues
Securities Times reports that 760 major companies on Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges had suspended trading in past week.
Samsung C&T wins another court ruling to proceed with $8bn Cheil Industries deal
US hedge fund Elliott Associates fails to block Samsung C&T from selling treasury shares to KCC.
Apple and Google vying for car connectivity revenues projected at €180bn by 2020
Technology companies and automotive giants are working on transforming cars into full-service mobile devices.
German media majors ProSiebenSat.1 and Axel Springer in merger talks
Combined entity is expected to have market capitalisation of about €14.4bn.
Shares plunge after Rolls-Royce cuts profit forecast again
Engineering major blamed deterioration in the offshore marine business for its revised outlook.
Thousands of holidaymakers in misery as easyJet braces for first strike action in airline's history
EasyJet is facing strike by its cabin crew as negotiations over pay fall apart.
Osborne to slash benefit cap and remove housing subsidies as part of £12bn welfare cuts
Welfare cuts are part of Chancellor's strategy to balance budget.
