Philip Morris International Inc. agreed to acquire the remaining 20% stake in its Mexican tobacco business from billionaire Carlos Slim’s Grupo Carso SAB for about US$700 million (RM2.1 billion)

Home Depot Inc reported higher-than-expected quarterly results and raised its sales and profit outlook for the year as the world's largest home improvement chain benefited from a nascent recovery in the U.S. housing market

Marks & Spencer Group Plc, the UK’s largest clothing retailer, said it will spend less on bringing the business up to speed with competitors as it moves beyond recovery and places greater emphasis on rewarding shareholders. Capital spending this year …

Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the U.S. Senate said the company paid little or nothing on billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries

Vodafone Group Plc reported a smaller-than-projected decline in fourth-quarter wireless service revenue and forecast operating profit may rise as much 6.9% this year as it eliminates jobs in Europe and its US mobile venture Verizon Wireless grows. Service sales fell …