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Repsol agrees to $5 billion deal with Argentina on YPF stake

Argentina will issue as much as $6 billion in bonds that the Spanish oil company can sell or hold until maturity, according to a Repsol filing on Wednesday to regulators

Airbus predicts profit gain

Earnings before interest, tax and one-time items rose to euro 3.6 billion ($5 billion), exceeding a company target of euro 3.5 billion

BlackBerry CEO might consider BBM sale, spinoff in future

BlackBerry CEO John S Chen says nobody has a secure messaging infrastructure and we're the only ones who have it

WhatsApp worth more than $19 bn paid: Zuckerberg

Zuckerberg said almost half-a-billion people love using WhatsApp for messaging and it's the most engaging app we've ever seen

Ukraine seeks $35 bn as warrant against Yanukovich is issued

G-20 agrees on automatic tax data sharing: OECD

Volkswagen bids $9.2 bn for Scania to lift trucks savings

Volkswagen said on Friday that by more closely integrating its truck operations, it can eventually achieve annual operating profit synergies of euro 650 mn

Verizon sale cuts Vodafone's value by half to $100 bn

After pulling off the $130 billion sale, Vodafone will drop from the world's second-biggest phone company to the fourth

Hewlett-Packard revenue tops estimates

WhatsApp shows how phone carriers lost out on $33 bn

As more customers have switched to smartphones with better Internet access, people are relying more on applications such as WhatsApp to communicate

Chat major's Asian rivals drop after buyout

WeChat owner Tencent Holdings dips 3% in Hong Kong while Naver Corp slumps 8% in Seoul

Ukraine police may have shaped WhatsApp's privacy

Co-founder Jan Kuom's childhood in Ukraine made him value communication that wasn't monitored

Ambani said to give top oil executive telco duties

Ambani is banking on new businesses to boost profit as earnings from producing oil and natural gas has slowed in the past three years

Italy president tests Renzi's clout

More snow for northeast US as 14,000 flights grounded

Sony's PlayStation 4 retakes lead over Microsoft's Xbox One

The PS4 and Xbox One, both released in November, compete with Nintendo Co's Wii U for more than a year

Lehman reaches $767-mn settlement of Freddie Mac claim

Toyota to recall 1.9 mn Prius cars to update software

The recall involves about 1.9 mn vehicles produced globally since March 2009

Swiss brace for sour EU relations after immigration vote

Forbes sale nears as Spice Group, Fosun said to plan bids

The sale follows years of dwindling profits as the rise of digital media ate into advertising at the magazine