Panasonic’s Q3 profit slides as material costs rise and appliance sales fall

Japan’s Panasonic Corp (6752.T) on Wednesday posted a larger-than-expected 44% slide in third-quarter operating profit, hit hard by rising costs for raw materials, component shortages and a drop in domestic sales for appliances.
Explainer: How Amazon’s battle with Reliance for India retail supremacy became a legal jungle

For more than a year, Amazon.com Inc and India’s Future Group have been locked in a complex legal stand-off that has stalled Future’s $3.4 billion sale of assets to the U.S. firm’s rival Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) – with no end in sight.
Apple’s $3 trillion market value follows 5,800% gain since iPhone debut

Apple (AAPL.O) on Monday became the first publicly traded company with a stock market value of over $3 trillion, marking the latest milestone in the Silicon Valley heavyweight’s spectacular stock surge since introducing the iPhone in 2007.