Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Japan's central bank signaled it remains concerned about the strength of a recovery even after raising its assessment of the nation's economy.
Oracle's (ORCL) Sept. 16 report of weaker-than-expected fiscal first-quarter sales signals that companies aren't rushing to spend on technology, even as the US begins to emerge from the recession.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 16 (Reuters) - The founders of Skype have sued owner eBay Inc (EBAY.O) and an investor group that has agreed to buy the Webphone service, accusing them of copyright violation and potentially disrupting the $1.9 ...
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
SINGAPORE (Dow Jones)--Crude oil futures Thursday stayed above $72 a barrel on support from lower US crude stocks, stronger equities and a weak US dollar.
MiamiHerald.com - Jim Wyss - 3 hours ago
Local consumers saw price declines on the back of lower transportation and apparel costs. National data suggests inflation is in check.
Northrop Grumman hairman and chief executive Ronald D. Sugar will retire in June 2010, the company said Wednesday. "At some point you have to say it's time to pass the baton," Sugar said in an interview.
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
By Julia Mengewein ZURICH (Dow Jones)--US biotech company Genentech Inc. (DNA), a unit of Swiss drug maker Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX), said Thursday its cancer and rheumatoid arthritis drug Rituxan, marketed as MabThera in the European Union, ...
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- The US Securities and Exchange Commission will consider banning flash trading and imposing new rules on credit-rating companies that drew fire for misreading the risks of investing in toxic mortgage securities ...
Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- An extension of the $8000 US homebuyer tax credit is gaining support in the Senate as bill sponsor John Isakson said he is rallying lawmakers to continue a program that helped boost home sales by more than 1 ...
When the US Army drafted a rough-hewn young man from New York City and sent him to Fort Benjamin Harrison, who could have known the profound effect he would have on Indianapolis?
A government program aimed at helping solvent banks get rid of bad loans is being used to help federal officials deal with an increasingly bloated portfolio of assets from seized banks.
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- “The bank is trying to kill me,” President Andrew Jackson declared. “But I will kill it!” And throttle it he did, thwarting a bid by the second Bank of the United States to extend its charter beyond 1836.
The federal panel probing the origins of the crisis skews Democratic. Leaders Phil Angelides and Bill Thomas are known as aggressive partisans.
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Builders in the US probably broke ground in August on the most houses in nine months, another sign the industry that precipitated the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression is stabilizing, ...
Prudential Financial Inc. said Wednesday in the US after the market close that Nippon Life Insurance Co. has signed an agreement to purchase a $500 million 10-year exchangeable surplus note.
WASHINGTON - Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Wednesday announced he was ending a disputed program that allows energy companies to use oil and natural gas - instead of cash - to pay the government ...
CNNMoney.com - 10 hours ago
Economic optimism helps Wall Street extend gains, with the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P hitting the highest points since fall '08. By Alexandra Twin, CNNMoney.
MarketWatch - 13 hours ago
By MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The Brazilians are coming and they are buying, securing a firm foothold in weakened corners of US agriculture.
Ford Escapes roll off the line. The country's industrial production rose 0.8 percent last month, following a 1 percent rise in July, the Federal Reserve reports.
Sept. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Gold advanced, erasing an earlier decline, as signs of a recovering global economy spurred demand for precious metals as a hedge against rising inflation.
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