Porsche said Thursday it swung to a $6.6 billion pretax loss in fiscal 2009 related to its options in Volkswagen.

Aegon swung to a third-quarter net profit on lower U.S. write-downs, improved life insurance sales and cost-cutting measures.

Nippon Yusen said it will raise up to 142.49 billion yen ($1.59 billion) through its first equity financing in four decades.

H-P will acquire networking-equipment maker 3Com in a $2.7 billion deal as the computer giant looks to boost its offering of servers, storage and networking services.

Exxon, making a big bet on China, started up a $4.5 billion refining and petrochemical complex in Fujian Province on Wednesday and by the end of the year will have opened its first gas station on the mainland.