Global Expansion

LONDON (Reuters) - Manchester United are expanding their marketing activities in the United States to cash in on interest generated by a new deal for NBC to screen English Premier League football, the U.S.-listed club's chief executive said on Tuesday....

* Company adding 36 new greenhouses * Will add space to house approx 2,000 workers April 23 (Reuters) - Flush with cash, global seed developer Monsanto Co. said Tuesday that it will spend $400 million to expand a research center focused on development of...

April 23 (Reuters) - The following financial services industry appointments were announced on Tuesday. To inform us of other job changes, email to moves@thomsonreuters.com. U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION The U.S. Securities and Exchange...

By Se Young Lee SEOUL, April 24 (Reuters) - Burdened with high debt and facing uncertain prospects, South Korean consumers are tightening their purse strings, dampening hopes that they will lift the economy as exports - the country's traditional growth...

By Jennifer Saba April 22 (Reuters) - Twitter has struck one of its biggest advertising deals to date with media agency Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), the companies said, in the social media site's latest effort to boost revenue. The multi-year...

By Shankar Ramakrishnan NEW YORK, April 22 (IFR) - Those expecting a rush of deals to kick off an estimated USD20bn volume week were surely disappointed on Monday with just USD3.9bn priced off two transactions. With the underlying tone still looking...

By Keith Weir LONDON, April 22 (Reuters) - Manchester United have been signing off new sponsorship deals in the boardroom almost as regularly as they have been winning matches on the field on their way to a record 20th English soccer title. Although...

Apr 22 (TheWrap.com) - Abbe Raven has been promoted to chairman of A&E Networks, while Nancy Dubuc has been upped to president and CEO of the company, the network said Monday. Dubuc, who was formerly president, entertainment and media, A&E Networks, is...

* Ministers urge rich nations to prevent prolonged slump * Central banks exit from easy monetary policy poses risk * IMF's Sayeh optimistic about Africa's growth prospects * IMF sees Africa expanding 6.1 percent next year By Lesley Wroughton...

* Consumers to gain slowly but surely from commodity rout * Disinflation gives even more leeway to central banks * Exchange rates, premium pricing models limit pass through * India, China among gainers; Australia's luck may run out By Alan Wheatley,...

Even the most oblivious of moviegoers will be well aware of "Oblivion" this weekend, as the Tom Cruise flick is set to claim No. 1 at the box office. The "Mission: Impossible" actor's latest film, the only picture debuting nationwide this weekend, is...

In one of the stranger plot twists in Hollywood, BitTorrent Inc., the technology company whose name was once synonymous in the creative community with Internet piracy, is now doing business with the film industry. The San Francisco company is partnering...