Cisco's John Chambers will relinquish the CEO job before a self-imposed retirement deadline in 2016
The Europe's largest bank posts 4% increase in profit
Fiorina, who never has held elected office, served as an executive at AT&T and Lucent before assuming the leadership role at HP, then America's largest computer maker, in 1999
Kerry is the first US secretary of state to visit Sri Lanka in a decade
AGL Energy's suitcase-sized battery will use lithium-ion cells and come with extended warranties and finance plans to make it affordable
Optimism that a deal to unlock financial aid for Greece is near put the country's assets among the region's best performers in April
Low fuel costs and labour market progress are expected to keep households upbeat
'Risk-takers are respected in the US. This is something Japanese businesspeople need'
US court does not hear pleas of employees of American embassies hit by bombs in Africa in 1998
ECB's euro 1.1-trn QE programme gives cause to avoid the region's government bonds
The improvement helps ECB President Mario Draghi's case that large-scale asset purchases have already shown success in averting deflation in the 19-nation economy
Thirty five per cent of those surveyed in the Bloomberg Markets Global Poll said the euro zone would be among the one or two markets offering investors the best opportunities over the next 12 months