By Parvathy Ullatil & Claire Zhang HONG KONG, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Hong Kong shares weaved in and out of negative territory on Wednesday as investors exercised caution ahead of key earnings announcements, including those from Chinese lenders and top ...

NEW YORK -- A string of better-than-expected quarterly reports from retailers, including Home Depot and Target, and an American Express-led bounce-back for financials helped stocks close higher.

SAN FRANCISCO - Hewlett-Packard Co.'s 19 percent drop in quarterly profit shows that the company still relies heavily on printer ink and the troubled personal computer market, despite the aggressive transformation it's undertaking to branch out and ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei average was flat on Wednesday, with investors wary after disappointing US housing figures increased uncertainty about an economic recovery and as Chinese shares eased slightly.

General Motors Co. said it has signed an agreement to sell its unit Saab Automotive to Sweden's Koenigsegg Group, although government officials warn that more capital is needed before the deal can be closed.

Citing misconduct by prosecutors, a federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the former chief executive of Brocade Communications Systems on charges related to the illegal backdating of stock options.

Drug rings' operations in the state and federal forests are becoming more sophisticated, officials say. By Catherine Saillant Reporting from Santa Barbara - Narcotics agents said Tuesday they had little doubt that the nearly 90000-acre La Brea fire was ...

Computer vendors can only wish they made their customers as happy as Detroit's car-manufacturing dinosaurs. That's my takeaway from the latest results of the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, a project of the University of Michigan's business ...

SEATTLE, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has confidently described its planned search advertising deal with Yahoo Inc (YHOO.

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Sheryl Weinstein and Bernard Madoff nurtured a tender relationship that turned sexual five years after Hadassah, the Zionist women's organization where she was chief financial officer, ...

By BLOOMBERG NEWS Qwest Communications International, the local phone carrier in 14 states, said on Tuesday that it would end its mobile phone service in October to focus on its landline business and a partnership with Verizon Wireless.

Ford Motor Co. is launching an in-vehicle technology to let its customers recharge electric cars when energy rates are low. The "smart" charging concept announced Tuesday is key for all auto makers that are pursuing electric vehicles ...

DETROIT - Guess who is adding shifts and running on overtime to build more cars. General Motors. Just a month after emerging from bankruptcy reorganization, GM is running low on cars.

By marketwatch LOS ANGELES (marketwatch) -- US authorities are building criminal cases against more than 150 US nationals who held accounts with Swiss banking group UBS AG, according to reports Wednesday, citing a court filing.

Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Exxon Mobil Corp.'s $41 billion deal to supply PetroChina Co. with liquefied natural gas is likely to get Australian government approval, Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said.

Pulte Homes Inc. succeeded in its quest to become the largest home builder in the US by acquiring Centex Corp., but it already faces a challenge: Can it use brand marketing to win over home buyers?

By Bloomberg News Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- China's stocks fell, led by metal producers, after Maanshan Iron & Steel Co. posted a second straight half-year loss and copper slumped in Shanghai.

Aug 18 (Reuters) - Eli Lilly and Co (LLY.N) said it would discontinue trials of its experimental osteoporosis drug and not seek US approval of the product, due to side effects and its failure to achieve secondary goals in one large study.

SINGAPORE - Oil prices rose to near $70 a barrel Wednesday in Asia, rallying for a second day after US crude inventories unexpectedly fell last week.