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After weeks of rumors of a possible deal, Fidelity National Information Services Inc. announced Wednesday morning that it agreed to buy SunGard for $9.1 billion.

The change is expected to take effect on October 31, after which advertisers will no longer be able to post the Product Ads that are proving to be very lucrative for small businesses that are selling their products on their own websites outside of Amazon. Such pay-per-click ads...

In a deal that extends a spate of tie-ups in the fertilizer sector, CHS will invest $2.8 billion in a CF subsidiary in return for the right to buy a slice of its production capacity at market prices. Cooperative members will also benefit from greater efficiency and economics...

Lenovo booked net profit of $105 million for its fiscal first quarter ended June, less than half the $214 million profit in the year-earlier quarter, but higher than analysts’ expectations of $86.7 million. Cutting employees isn’t the only way Lenovo will be looking...

Recently, it has suffered the most challenging losses since 1999.

A massive explosion shook the northern Chinese city of Tianjin late Wednesday, killing 13 and injuring almost 260 people, according to officials and state media.

The People’s Bank of China surprised markets on Tuesday by devaluing the yuan by nearly 2 percent, and vowing to refer to more market based valuations in setting the daily trading band for the closely-managed currency.

China’s central bank cut its reference rate by 1.9 percent, triggering the yuan’s steepest one-day loss since the nation unified official and market exchange rates in 1994.

Pichai, 43, was named CEO of a newly organised Google, becoming only the third chief executive of the company after Schmidt and cofounder Larry Page.

The NFLPA filed a lawsuit against the NFL on July 30 seeking to have a judge overturn the four-game suspension administered to Brady as part of his alleged involvement in the Deflategate scandal.

“I’d say the fundamentals in Canada relative to U.S. suggests the Canadian dollar should stay at current levels or lower”, he said.

IIT-Kharagpur on Tuesday morning opened a Facebook page to congratulate its 1989-batch student Sundar Pichai, who was on Monday elevated to the post of the CEO at Google.

Ignoring warning signs his campaign may be running into trouble, the brash celebrity billionaire held a wide-ranging news conference before a speech in Michigan and lashed out on several subjects but declined to provide policy details. He’s just not ready yet.

Overall, corn production is forecast at 13.7 billion bushels, down 4 percent from last year’s record, on 81.1 million acres. Soybean production is projected up 1.1 million tons with higher crops for the United States and Ukraine.

The value of the Chinese yuan has been gradually rising for 10 years. They had unrealistic expectations: The market has since slammed into reverse, falling by a third in less than a month and wiping away $4 trillion in wealth….