Last year, BlackBerry made a healthcare-related investment that according to many was a great opportunity for the company to grow its user base. Unfortunately, BBRY was slow in action and IBM has been aggressive in the space.

Ryanair Ltd., an Irish low-cost airline, on Thursday announced that it made a mistake in announcing that its board had agreed on the plans to expand to North America.

The mistaken announcement by the airlines doesn't end there as while making that apparently erroneous statement on Monday, Ryanair went quite far saying that it might sell its cheapest seats on those routes for £10.

AT&T and Verizon Wireless claimed a victory in the country's most lucrative spectrum auction ever. This feat holds significance for the companies as it serves the means of maintaining the infrastructure advantages they have over smaller competitors.

It has been reported that Sony is all set to re-launch its streaming music for PlayStation Network. The Japanese multinational conglomerate said this streaming music service will be backed by its new partner Spotify, which has ample expertise in streaming music services.

Frankfurt headquartered Deutsche Bank posted pre-tax profit in the fourth quarter of 2014. According to the German global banking and financial services company, it made profit of 253 million euros. Drop in litigation costs and increase in trading revenues are supposed to be reasons behind the surprise pre-tax profit.

On Thursday morning, Macy's Inc. announced that it will close 14 retail stores as it is investing more in technology.

It is expected that the 14 stores will close by early spring. These stores had annual sales totaling $130 million and the company hopes that some of those sales will be retained in nearby stores or through online/ mobile sales.

German retailer Metro AG witnessed a slow start to the Christmas season in its home market. But Metro affirmed that it is expecting 'satisfactory' Christmas trading as its operating profit was more than the expectations.

With the American economy in its bounce back mode, the consumers are becoming confident and increasingly ready to invest through the conventional Black Friday shopping deals.

Wallethub has come up with a list of the list of best and worst deals offered by stores for shoppers for the shopping season this year.