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Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.

Toshiba said that it will release by year-end a tablet computer that runs on Google's Android operating system as the company aims to compete with Apple's iPad.

Goldcorp Inc., the second-biggest Canadian gold producer by market value, agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about C$3.6 billion ($3.4 billion) in cash and stock, trumping an all-share bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.

Roche said it has launched a cost-cutting and efficiency plan in the wake of increased price pressures and a series of drug-development setbacks.

Asian stocks rose, extending the benchmark index’s biggest weekly gain in a month, as a surprisingly positive increase in pending U.S. home sales lifted confidence in the world’s largest economy. Japanese bonds dropped while the South Korean won strengthened.

U.S. officials are investigating the cause of a fire yesterday on a Mariner Energy Inc. oil and natural-gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico that initially drew parallels with the BP Plc spill disaster.

Private-equity firm TPG Inc. has sold its remaining stake in Ping An Insurance for $1.16 billion in the latest example of how the U.S. company is reaping profits from its investments in Asia.

A “bubble” in fixed-income markets is set to burst and will drive funds into stocks, according to Axa Framlington, which oversees $30 billion in global assets.

Islamic bonds lost to emerging- market debt for the fourth month in August and fund managers say returns won’t catch up until trading increases and Persian Gulf companies restructure their debt.

Baidu unveiled a platform that lets users run applications through the company's website, beating Google to the punch. Users of the service can run applications similar to those found on Facebook or Apple's App Store.

The Argentine currency’s record losing streak is dragging peso-denominated warrants tracking economic growth to the lowest in five months relative to those priced in dollars.

Japan’s public pension fund, the world’s largest, will increase asset sales by more than five times to about 4 trillion yen ($48 billion) this fiscal year as payouts rise with the nation’s population aging.

Asian stock markets were modestly higher Friday with technology plays leading markets in Tokyo and Seoul. The Nikkei rose 0.4%.

Founded by Kai-Fu Lee, former head of Google's China division, business incubator Innovation Works is funding 12 startups amid strong demand for Web technology

Samsung introduced its Galaxy Tab to rival Apple's iPad tablet. The device could help the company make up for lost ground in its smartphone business.

Deutsche Telekom will lose exclusivity for Apple's iPhone in Germany ahead of the holiday shopping season, bringing the number of providers that sell the device in the country to three.

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Burger King Holdings agreed to a $3.3 billion leveraged buyout by private-equity firm 3G Capital Management that proposes to reinvigorate the struggling hamburger chain by accelerating its international expansion.