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So far this week, U.S. industrial giants have announced nearly $3 billion will be invested in new operations and research in Brazil, China and India three cornerstone members of the BRICS countries.

Historically, the CEO of a corporate sponsor of the tournament, which began Thursday in Georgia, congratulates the Masters winner. But Augusta National has been a men-only club since its 1933 founding.

The U.S. titan will provide technology services to Eike Batista's EBX Group and acquire a 20 percent stake in EBX subsidiary SIX Automacao.

Now that Canadian telecommunications powerhouse Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) has a new boss and a new outlook, the BlackBerry developer is in play. Here are some prospective buyers.

Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), the top provider of Internet gear, announced plans to invest more than $1 billion in new initiatives in Brazil and India.

Both the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 are rumored gaming consoles that are making rounds on the internet with several blogs and websites dedicated to them and their rumored specifications.

IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy announced a five-year deal for computer support for the world’s most sensitive telescope.

Friday's surge may have been a reaction to RIM's new CEO, Thorsten Heins, who said he's conducting a strategic review of the company, indicating a sale of some or all of its assets is possible.

Victor Alboini, whose Toronto-based fund firm began buying RIM shares last August and pulled in other investors such as Leon Cooperman's Omega Advisers, is doubtful the BlackBerry maker can survive much longer.

Now that new RIM CEO Thorstein Heins has shown he's taking aggressive action, here are some more ways to turn RIM around.

Research In Motion Ltd. (Nasdaq: RIMM), the BlackBerry developer, reported a net loss of $125 million, or 24 cents a share, for the fourth quarter, as revenue plunged 25 percent to only $4.19 billion.

Basho, a four-year-old startup, is challenging giants like Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) and EMC (NYSE: EMC) in the database market as well as new products for the Cloud, or Internet-based computing.

Investors wonder if Research In Motion Ltd., which reports quarterly results Thursday, can rebound from recently anemic performance due to falling sales of its BlackBerry device. RIM's turnaround is being led by Thorsten Heins, who took over as CEO in January.

Facebook (NYSE: FB), the No. 1 social network that wants to complete its initial public offering, is spending more on lawyers these days.

Shares of Yahoo were mixed Monday as it appeared a proxy fight looms for its board of directors.

When it became clear that Steve Jobs was very ill, everybody was wondering who will take the lead, and whether the successor would ever fill Jobs' huge shoes. Steve Jobs was, after all, an incredible visionary, a creative genius, and many believed that Apple would dramatically fail without him.

Amid the hoopla surrounding new product introductions by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the initial public offering of Facebook (NYSE: FB) and what’s new with “Angry Birds,” people forget to acknowledge the true “brains” of the whole business: the chip.

When Anton Marinovich turned 18, his grandmother gave him $1,000 with strict instructions to invest in the stock market. He chose Apple Inc

Facebook has acquired hundreds of patents from International Business Machines Corp as the social networking company attempts to bolster its intellectual property portfolio in the wake of a lawsuit filed by Yahoo.

IBM (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer services company, said it will deploy its powerful Watson supercomputer at New York’s Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center to fight lung, prostate and breast cancer.

IBM senior manager for global security operations Nick Bradley said threats from cyberattacks increased last year despite more awareness by computer center managers. New threats come from iPhones and BlackBerrys.

Large enterprises that see the perils of “Big Data” are planning ahead by upgrading their computer centers now, a senior VP of IBM (NYSE: IBM) said.

Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), the No. 1 computer company, said it will merge its PC with its printers unit, amid other internal changes ordered by new CEO Meg Whitman.

International Business Machines launched on Tuesday three services to help companies sift and understand so-called big data, hoping to get some of the $120 billion or more that businesses are expected to invest in data analytics by 2015.

Rumors are rife that Microsoft is hard at work on the highly anticipated next-generation Xbox 720. Reports flooding the internet have suggested that the new Xbox 720, which reared its head back in 2005, will arrive later this year.

Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook, moving swiftly after taking over from late Silicon Valley icon Steve Jobs, fulfilled a longstanding desire of investors by initiating a quarterly dividend and share buyback that will pay out $45 billion over three years.

QuestBack, a fast-growing Norwegian developer of feedback software, is making a play for the U.S. market by opening an office and beefing up local personnel.

Apple (AAPL) shares soared on Monday, breaching the 600 mark a few times before finally settling on 601, after the Cupertino, Calif.-based tech company decided to share some of its $100 billion in cash with its investors. Apple announced it would reward shareholders by launching a quarterly dividend and a stock buyback program that will pay out about $45 billion over three years, set to go into effect later this year.

Apple (AAPL) is feeling generous. After a record-breaking quarter announced in January and a record-breaking launch weekend for the new iPad, Tim Cook decided to share some of Apple's $100 billion in cash on Monday to fulfill a deep-seated desire of investors, announcing a quarterly dividend and a three-year shares buyback program to go in effect later this year.