The chairman of India’s Tata Group has confirmed his company’s interest in acquiring the Jaguar and Land Rover units of Ford.

Stocks gained for a fifth straight session and the Dow Jones industrials achieved their third straight record close today after the Labour Department said falling gas prices helped push inflation lower last month.

Vodafone Group Plc has announced that its 66.7% indirectly owned subsidiary Japan Telecom Holdings Co, Ltd. has agreed to the leveraged acquisition of its 100% owned fixed line business, Japan Telecom Co, Ltd., by an affiliate of RHJ Industrial Partners, a Ripplewood Holdings LLC fund dedicated to making investments in Japan.