Bloomberg continues to poach top-tier talent from rival news organizations, announcing that it has hired a top executive from Fortune as publisher of Bloomberg Businessweek. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

A recovery in Australian buyouts may be curtailed as private-equity firms with as much as $6.9 billion of cash to spend grapple with reluctant sellers and scarce credit, Bloomberg News reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Canadian investors are increasingly looking for deals in emerging markets as the global economy recovers, following deep-pocketed pension funds into Asia in particular, even as valuation concerns linger, Reuters reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

In Japan’s second cell-phone merger this month, Fujitsu and Toshiba said Thursday they will merge their handset operations, as manufacturers here regroup to take on Apple’s increasingly popular iPhone at home as well as giants like Nokia and Samsung overseas. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

A coalition of eight music publishers sued the file-sharing service LimeWire on Wednesday, accusing it of copyright infringement, according to the National Music Publishers’ Association, the industry group that organized the suit. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

Henderson Land Development said the sale of 20 luxury apartments in Hong Kong had collapsed, ending 2.67 billion Hong Kong dollars in deals. Read more..

By BLOOMBERG NEWS - International Herald Tribune

Macquarie Group, the Australian bank that bought Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller last year, lost U.S. equity capital markets head Jim Rossman and at least four stock-market analysts, Bloomberg News reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times

How to import and edit videos in different file formats, and what constitutes a “standard” text message price. Read more..

By J. D. BIERSDORFER - The New York Times

Technical flaws on Web sites prevented many preorders of the phones from going through. Read more..

By JENNA WORTHAM - The New York Times

After suffering sustained criticism of its role in the financial crisis, the Federal Reserve looked set on Wednesday to emerge from an overhaul of financial regulations with its jealously guarded independence intact, Reuters reported. Read more..

By DEALBOOK - The New York Times