Anglo-Dutch consumer goods company Unilever agrees to sell the brands Ragú and Bertolli to Japanese sauce producer Mizkan for $2.15 billion. (Bloomberg)
Nest Labs announces plans to recall 440,000 smoke alarms to fix a problem that could cause the alarms to not go off immediately after detecting smoke. (AP via ABC)
Negotiations between Iran and Russia regarding the building of two additional nuclear reactors at Iran's Bushehr power plant take place. (Reuters)
Law and crime
A massive law enforcement operation in New York City, United States, and the surrounding areas leads to 71 arrests for child pornography offenses. (Al Jazeera)
The Dominican senate unanimously approves a bill which will set up a system to grant citizenship to Dominican-born children of immigrants. (BBC)