Technology giant Yahoo has reported profits of $6.8bn (£4.2bn) for the three months to September, buoyed by earnings from the firm's stake in Alibaba.

 Rupert Murdoch has said that he is "resolute" in his decision to drop a $80bn (£47bn) bid for Time Warner.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Viet Nam's Information Technology (IT) sector earned US$37 billion in revenues in 2013, up 48 per cent year on year, the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has estimated.

 What if you didn’t have to wait until you were in your mid-sixties to retire? What about 50, or even just as you hit your 40th birthday? Don’t laugh — with enough dedication, you could say goodbye to your full-time job years sooner than you think.

The official statistics by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs showed that the managers of state owned enterprises (SOEs) earn tens of millions of dong a month. However, analysts believe that the actual figures are much higher.