World Business News

Tiny online meeting company SalesCrunch -- with just 10,000 users and 15 employees -- has made an offer to mighty Cisco Systems for its world-leading collaboration platform WebEx.

BERLIN: Audi AG is in talks to buy Ducati Motor Holding SpA, the maker of luxury motorbikes ridden by celebrities such as Brad Pitt, from owner Investindustrial SpA, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Chevron Corp aims to grow output by a fifth by 2017, driven by big Australian projects moving gas to energy-hungry Asian markets, while it also tries to squeeze another $150 million in cost savings out of its refining arm.

MUMBAI: A 34% rise in the stock price of United Breweries in just two trading sessions has left market traders flummoxed, even as the company, in a filing with the NSE on Tuesday, said that it was not aware of the reasons for the rise in trading volumes.