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According to reports, Target is also working on a similar deal with MasterCard after a proposed $19 million settlement between Target and MasterCard Inc was rejected.

The M.P. Birla group's flagship company Birla Corporation will infuse Rs.2,400 crore over the next few years to fund its expansion plans in cement and clinker.

Mergers and acquisitions dominated market news Monday as a series of major deals, including two major sales in the health care sector, pumped up stock values.

Factors from the strong recent earnings report to the potential resolution of the protracted Greek crisis helped shares of major oil and gas companies to push higher today. Midcap options were largely ignored as mammoth mergers threaten to impact their strategies.

Earnings from regional banks disappointed this week and while profits were improving, residual challenges from the financial crisis seem to be negatively impacting the bottom of lines of Comerica and M&T.

A string of aggressive growth initiatives from Chinese energy companies like Sinopec and CNOOC shows that the world's second largest economy is very thirsty for oil.

Strong gains were recorded across the board for healthcare stocks on better-than-expected earnings reports in the sector.

The latest manufacturing data fell short of expectations and negatively impacted shares of industrial metals miners. Ongoing worry over the Greek banking crisis also struck the sector.

Strong quarterly reports showed a positive market outlookand helped drive stocks in producers of renewable energy sources and biofuels higher on the day.

Stock in biotech company Medivation more than doubled in value after reports that their phase III study of a new drug to treat prostate cancer has showed major success.

With the upcoming IPO of Groupon, here are of some other internet IPOs from earlier this year that might give some insight into what to expect on Friday.