The German government is putting pressure on airlines, including Dubai-based Emirates, to raise business class prices on some routes so they don't undercut European carriers.

China National Petroleum Corp., the country's biggest oil and gas producer, said Friday it has signed agreements with Sudan to expand a refinery and swap oil production assets.

Hong Kong's personal bankruptcy filings fell in October to a one-year low as the city emerges from its worst slump since the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis.

Suzuki Motor Corp. will end production of vehicles in Taiwan, the company said.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. is beefing up its European investment bank by buying the half of Cazenove it does not already own in a deal valuing the revered 190-year old UK stockbroker at 2 billion pounds (US$3.4 billion).

eBay has completed its sale of Skype for about US$2 billion to an investor group that included the founders of the Internet phone service.

Donald Trump is putting his name on a vitamin and health products business whose salespeople make money by recruiting more salespeople.

U.S. newspapers' advertising woes persisted through the summer, increasing the likelihood that publishers will finish this year with their lowest ad sales since the 1980s.

International Business Machines Corp., the world's largest computer-services provider, will use banks more often as advisers on deals, its head of mergers and acquisitions said Thursday.

Volkswagen, Europe's biggest carmaker, said on Friday that its supervisory board had cleared the way for its planned takeover of sports car maker Porsche.