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Coupa Software , the fastest growing provider of spend optimisation software, announced today that the leading UK-based media company, A&N Media, has selected Coupa as its e-procurement solution.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, the biggest luxury-car maker, was fined 156 million Swiss francs by competition authorities for preventing vehicle sales to Swiss customers in other European countries.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG plans to triple the number of vehicles it can make in China, risking efforts to avoid overdependence on one market.

European car deliveries dropped for a seventh consecutive month, with German growth unable to counter sales declines of 18 percent or more in the battered economies of Italy, Spain and Greece.

Angela Merkel, Germany's chancellor, center, reacts after placing the electric charging cable into a VW E-Golf automobile, produced by Volkswagen AG, as Wen Jiabao, China's premier, right, looks on.

Coupa Software is growing like mad by solving a tough problem for companies -- helping them know if they are spending too much money, and too much time, buying the supplies they need.

New investor Crosslink Capital led this E Series round, joining previous backers Battery Ventures, BlueRun Ventures, El Dorado Ventures and Mohr Davidow Ventures.

SAP bought its way into cloud computing with its $3.4 billion purchase of SuccessFactors last year.

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG , the world's largest maker of luxury vehicles, reported Thursday 19 percent rise in earnings in first quarter compared to the same period last year.

The car and motorcycle manufacturer is expanding to fend off efforts by Volkswagen AG's Audi and Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz to grab the sales lead in luxury autos by the end of the decade.

Daimler AG's Mercedes-Benz regained the U.S. luxury-vehicle sales lead for the year over Bayerische Motoren Werke AG's BMW brand with April deliveries rising 24 percent, the biggest gain of any premium brand.