usa and canada news

Leading drugmaker Actavis makes record acquisition

Actavis, the second largest generic drugmaker in the world, is to pay $25 billion to purchase Forest Laboratories

DisneyÔÇÖs Snow Queen adaptation contributes towards record income

Walt Disney has reported record earnings for the last three months of 2013

Galileo Resources to spread its wings

The rare earth elements (REEs) exploration and development company, Galileo Resources, is set to venture outside its focus area thanks to the purchase of a gold-copper property

MicrosoftÔÇÖs year of transition begins on a high

Microsoft has reported better-than-expected fourth quarter earnings for 2013

Volkswagen chasing its own American Dream

Volkswagen is to invest some $7 billion in North America over the next five years

Facebook a step closer to becoming a real-time social content provider

Social networking giant Facebook has made the start-up firm SportStream its latest acquisition

Mexico to open up its oil and gas deposits to foreign investment

Mexico’s Senate has approved a landmark measure that represents the biggest change to the country’s oil and gas industry for 75 years

Stage is set for megabus growth in the US

Perth-based transport firm Stagecoach has said that there is significant potential for the business to expand in the US

Destination Brazil for Jaguar Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the luxury car unit of India’s Tata Motors, is to build a car plant in Brazil capable of producing some 24,000 vehicles a year