Asia Markets at New Highs for Year
Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world's largest economy is growing ...
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Google to Turn Digital Library into Paperbacks
Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a deal announced Thursday, ...
Manufacturers Lead Growth With Broad-Based Gains
Signaling that manufacturers are leading the economy into a recovery, output from the nation's factories, mines and utilities posted widespread gains in August. In a ...
World Markets Surge on End to U.S. Recession
World stock markets rallied Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. recession was likely over, a view largely supported by recent economic ...
Financial Reform Push Gives Way to Inertia, Complacency
The rule book for Wall Street may not change that much after all. Tougher financial rules that seemed inevitable after last year's crisis have been ...
Cablevision Debuts Interactive Ads on TV
Cablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive banner ads to television, allowing viewers to order samples and brochures and even purchase products by clicking the remote ...
Retail, Jobs Data Boost Wall Street
Stocks are resuming their climb as investors get positive readings on two of the best gauges of the economy's health: consumer spending and corporate profits. ...
Japan Suspends U.S. Beef Shipments Again for Violation
Japan has suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacking plant after finding cattle parts banned under an agreement to prevent the spread of mad cow ...
Hummer Now Owned by China's Sichuan Tengzhong
Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. General Motors ...
USA Today Posts 17% Circulation Drop
USA Today expects to report the largest decline in circulation in its 27-year history, threatening its No. 1 position among U.S. dailies as the growth ...
Shanghai Leads Global Stock Rally on Rising Dollar
Chinese stocks rallied Friday as traders returned to their desks following a weeklong holiday, when the rest of the world's major markets shot higher amid ...
Audi Sales Decline Eased by Strong Asia Growth
German carmaker Audi AG said Friday it delivered 6.8 percent fewer cars in September than a year earlier as the global downturn continued to affect ...
AP, News Corp Want Search Engines to Pay for News
The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it is time for search engines and others who use news content ...
Infosys Raises Outlook Despite Profit Dip
Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight decrease in quarterly profit Friday but raised its revenue and earnings forecasts — a signal the worst may be ...
Frank Advances Bill to Limit Credit-Card Rate Hikes
Rep. Barney Frank, the tough-talking liberal ushering through a major rewrite of rules governing Wall Street, sounded a warning shot on Thursday to big banks: ...
Another Asset Bubble May Be Forming Already
The next financial bubble could come sooner than you think. A year after the collapse of home values triggered the financial crisis and Great Recession, ...
Comcast to Send Popups to PCs with Virus Infection
Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers — the armies of infected personal computers, known ...
GM to Sell Hummer to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy
General Motors Co. is poised to sign a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer as early as Thursday afternoon, ...
New Jobless Claims Lowest Since January
The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs ease a bit ...
GM Names New Sales Chief As U.S. Market Share Erodes
Less than a week after reporting a sharp drop in September sales, GM said its U.S. sales chief is leaving as the automaker struggles to ...
Marriott Posts Q3 Loss on Timeshare Slump
Marriott International says it lost $466 million in its third quarter on hefty impairment charges, mostly related to its timeshare business. The hotel operator lost ...
Nissan Land Glider Electric As Agile As a Motorcycle
Nissan's Land Glider electric vehicle tilts from side to side, sashaying into curves by up to a 17-degree angle, as though showing off in a ...
Worldwide Prescription Drug Sales Growth Slows
Growth of prescription drug revenue worldwide will likely dip to between 4 percent and 6 percent next year — the lowest rate in at least ...
Dell to Make Android Phones for AT&T
Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday. The ...
Consumer Stinginess Shows Up in Corporate Profits
People aren't just shopping more at Family Dollar. They're buying the cheapest stuff on its racks. Even Pizza Hut's sales are slowing as consumers seek ...
Ciena to Buy Nortel Assets for $521 Mil.
Ciena Corp. says it has agreed to by the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business for roughly $521 ...
India Auto Sales Jump 17.1% in September
India's auto sales rose 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 212,975 vehicles, as holiday buying, easier credit and rising consumer confidence fueled ...
PC Shipments Rise in Q3, Bodes Well for Holidays
Worldwide shipments of personal computers edged back up in the third quarter, according to researchers, a promising sign for the industry as it heads into ...
Non-Auto Retail Sales Better Than Expected in Sept.
Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers ...
China Export Slump Eases, Lending Surges
China's export slump eased in September as global demand showed signs of recovery and banks stepped up lending to help fuel a turnaround in the ...
Dollar Hits 14-Month Low Against Euro
The dollar slid to a 14-month low against the euro Wednesday as investor appetite for risk increased following upbeat comments from Intel Corp.
Intel Boosts Wall Street Despite Profits Drop
Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped ...
Kindle eBooks Get Mixed Reviews on College Campuses
It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this ...
Bloomberg to Buy BusinessWeek for Pittance
Bloomberg LP is buying BusinessWeek magazine in a deal that brings together a financial news service specializing in rapid-fire updates with a print publication struggling ...
China Widens Auto Sales Lead with 78% September Jump
China has widened its lead over the U.S. as the world's top auto market, with September sales vaulting 78 percent, spurred by tax cuts and ...
2 IPOs to Test U.S. Appetite for China Stocks
Two Chinese IPOs expected to start trading this week are going to be a gauge for Americans' taste for Beijing's offerings, some of which have ...
Costco Beats Street Despite Profit Slip
Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percent, partly on the stronger dollar and increased employee benefit costs, but results ...
Natural Gas Shale May Be Next Big Boom or Bubble
The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the ...
Comcast Deal Lets GE Unwind Stake in NBC Universal
A proposed deal to acquire media giant NBC Universal would give current owner General Electric Co. the ability to unwind its stake over several years, ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Solid Growth Data
Most Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, with Japanese and Hong Kong benchmarks gaining 1 percent or more, amid signs of economic improvement in Asia and ...
China Hainan Airlines to Begin Service to Hawaii
China's Hainan Airlines has received approval to begin service from Beijing to Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the flights, which initially will be ...
Sidekick Phones Lose All Personal, Contacts Data
Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers ...
Carly Simon Sues Starbucks for Poor Promotion
Singer Carly Simon is suing Starbucks Corp., saying the coffee company's now-defunct music venture didn't adequately promote her 2008 album, dooming the record before it ...
Singapore Economy Surges for 2nd Straight Quarter
Singapore's economy surged for a second straight quarter, and the government boosted its 2009 growth forecast, as manufacturing cemented the city-state's emergence from recession.
Phillips Q3 Profits Treble
Royal Philips Electronics NV reported net profit of €174 million ($256 million) for the third quarter on Monday, three times the depressed levels of a ...
Russian Economy Sank More than Forecast Says Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Russia's economy was hit harder than expected by the global financial crisis, but Kremlin measures helped the country ...
TV Nets Weave More Ads into Series Plotlines
In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with ...
Japan Consumer Spending Rose 2.6% in August
Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August — a double dose of good news for the world's No. 2 economy though it ...
Toyota Warns Against Wrong-Size Floor Mats
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's ...
IBM Undercuts Google with Corporate Email Service
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market. The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to ...
Asia Markets at New Highs for Year
Asian stock markets climbed to new highs for the year Thursday after strong U.S. industrial production data boosted confidence the world's largest economy is growing ...
Google to Turn Digital Library into Paperbacks
Google Inc. is giving 2 million books in its digital library a chance to be reincarnated as paperbacks. As part of a deal announced Thursday, ...
Manufacturers Lead Growth With Broad-Based Gains
Signaling that manufacturers are leading the economy into a recovery, output from the nation's factories, mines and utilities posted widespread gains in August. In a ...
World Markets Surge on End to U.S. Recession
World stock markets rallied Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. recession was likely over, a view largely supported by recent economic ...
Financial Reform Push Gives Way to Inertia, Complacency
The rule book for Wall Street may not change that much after all. Tougher financial rules that seemed inevitable after last year's crisis have been ...
Cablevision Debuts Interactive Ads on TV
Cablevision Systems Corp. is bringing interactive banner ads to television, allowing viewers to order samples and brochures and even purchase products by clicking the remote ...
Retail, Jobs Data Boost Wall Street
Stocks are resuming their climb as investors get positive readings on two of the best gauges of the economy's health: consumer spending and corporate profits. ...
Japan Suspends U.S. Beef Shipments Again for Violation
Japan has suspended beef shipments from an American meatpacking plant after finding cattle parts banned under an agreement to prevent the spread of mad cow ...
Hummer Now Owned by China's Sichuan Tengzhong
Hummer, the off-road vehicle that once epitomized America's love for hulking trucks, is now in the hands of a Chinese heavy equipment maker. General Motors ...
USA Today Posts 17% Circulation Drop
USA Today expects to report the largest decline in circulation in its 27-year history, threatening its No. 1 position among U.S. dailies as the growth ...
Shanghai Leads Global Stock Rally on Rising Dollar
Chinese stocks rallied Friday as traders returned to their desks following a weeklong holiday, when the rest of the world's major markets shot higher amid ...
Audi Sales Decline Eased by Strong Asia Growth
German carmaker Audi AG said Friday it delivered 6.8 percent fewer cars in September than a year earlier as the global downturn continued to affect ...
AP, News Corp Want Search Engines to Pay for News
The leaders of two of the world's major news organizations said Friday that it is time for search engines and others who use news content ...
Infosys Raises Outlook Despite Profit Dip
Infosys Technologies Ltd. reported a slight decrease in quarterly profit Friday but raised its revenue and earnings forecasts — a signal the worst may be ...
Frank Advances Bill to Limit Credit-Card Rate Hikes
Rep. Barney Frank, the tough-talking liberal ushering through a major rewrite of rules governing Wall Street, sounded a warning shot on Thursday to big banks: ...
Another Asset Bubble May Be Forming Already
The next financial bubble could come sooner than you think. A year after the collapse of home values triggered the financial crisis and Great Recession, ...
Comcast to Send Popups to PCs with Virus Infection
Comcast Corp. wants to enlist its customers in a fight against a huge problem for Internet providers — the armies of infected personal computers, known ...
GM to Sell Hummer to Sichuan Tengzhong Heavy
General Motors Co. is poised to sign a deal to sell its Hummer brand to a Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer as early as Thursday afternoon, ...
New Jobless Claims Lowest Since January
The number of newly laid-off workers filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell to the lowest level since early January, as layoffs ease a bit ...
GM Names New Sales Chief As U.S. Market Share Erodes
Less than a week after reporting a sharp drop in September sales, GM said its U.S. sales chief is leaving as the automaker struggles to ...
Marriott Posts Q3 Loss on Timeshare Slump
Marriott International says it lost $466 million in its third quarter on hefty impairment charges, mostly related to its timeshare business. The hotel operator lost ...
Nissan Land Glider Electric As Agile As a Motorcycle
Nissan's Land Glider electric vehicle tilts from side to side, sashaying into curves by up to a 17-degree angle, as though showing off in a ...
Worldwide Prescription Drug Sales Growth Slows
Growth of prescription drug revenue worldwide will likely dip to between 4 percent and 6 percent next year — the lowest rate in at least ...
Dell to Make Android Phones for AT&T
Dell Inc. is working on a "smart" phone for AT&T that runs Google Inc.'s Android phone operating system, according to a newspaper report Wednesday. The ...
Consumer Stinginess Shows Up in Corporate Profits
People aren't just shopping more at Family Dollar. They're buying the cheapest stuff on its racks. Even Pizza Hut's sales are slowing as consumers seek ...
Ciena to Buy Nortel Assets for $521 Mil.
Ciena Corp. says it has agreed to by the optical networking and carrier Ethernet assets of Nortel Networks' Metro Ethernet Networks business for roughly $521 ...
India Auto Sales Jump 17.1% in September
India's auto sales rose 17.1 percent in September from a year earlier to 212,975 vehicles, as holiday buying, easier credit and rising consumer confidence fueled ...
PC Shipments Rise in Q3, Bodes Well for Holidays
Worldwide shipments of personal computers edged back up in the third quarter, according to researchers, a promising sign for the industry as it heads into ...
Non-Auto Retail Sales Better Than Expected in Sept.
Retail sales declined in September by the largest amount this year as car sales plummeted following the end of the government's popular Cash for Clunkers ...
China Export Slump Eases, Lending Surges
China's export slump eased in September as global demand showed signs of recovery and banks stepped up lending to help fuel a turnaround in the ...
Dollar Hits 14-Month Low Against Euro
The dollar slid to a 14-month low against the euro Wednesday as investor appetite for risk increased following upbeat comments from Intel Corp.
Intel Boosts Wall Street Despite Profits Drop
Intel Corp. has been asserting for months that the personal computer business is rebounding from its deepest slump in nearly a decade. Its stock jumped ...
Kindle eBooks Get Mixed Reviews on College Campuses
It's an experiment that has made back-to-school a little easier on the back: Amazon.com gave more than 200 college students its Kindle e-reading device this ...
Bloomberg to Buy BusinessWeek for Pittance
Bloomberg LP is buying BusinessWeek magazine in a deal that brings together a financial news service specializing in rapid-fire updates with a print publication struggling ...
China Widens Auto Sales Lead with 78% September Jump
China has widened its lead over the U.S. as the world's top auto market, with September sales vaulting 78 percent, spurred by tax cuts and ...
2 IPOs to Test U.S. Appetite for China Stocks
Two Chinese IPOs expected to start trading this week are going to be a gauge for Americans' taste for Beijing's offerings, some of which have ...
Costco Beats Street Despite Profit Slip
Costco Wholesale Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal fourth-quarter profit fell 6 percent, partly on the stronger dollar and increased employee benefit costs, but results ...
Natural Gas Shale May Be Next Big Boom or Bubble
The promise of enough natural gas to last the United States more than 100 years based on discoveries of vast shale formations could be the ...
Comcast Deal Lets GE Unwind Stake in NBC Universal
A proposed deal to acquire media giant NBC Universal would give current owner General Electric Co. the ability to unwind its stake over several years, ...
Asian Stocks Rise on Solid Growth Data
Most Asian stock markets advanced Tuesday, with Japanese and Hong Kong benchmarks gaining 1 percent or more, amid signs of economic improvement in Asia and ...
China Hainan Airlines to Begin Service to Hawaii
China's Hainan Airlines has received approval to begin service from Beijing to Hawaii. The U.S. Department of Transportation approved the flights, which initially will be ...
Sidekick Phones Lose All Personal, Contacts Data
Owners of Sidekick phones may have lost all the personal information they put on the device, including contact numbers, because of a failure of servers ...
Carly Simon Sues Starbucks for Poor Promotion
Singer Carly Simon is suing Starbucks Corp., saying the coffee company's now-defunct music venture didn't adequately promote her 2008 album, dooming the record before it ...
Singapore Economy Surges for 2nd Straight Quarter
Singapore's economy surged for a second straight quarter, and the government boosted its 2009 growth forecast, as manufacturing cemented the city-state's emergence from recession.
Phillips Q3 Profits Treble
Royal Philips Electronics NV reported net profit of €174 million ($256 million) for the third quarter on Monday, three times the depressed levels of a ...
Russian Economy Sank More than Forecast Says Medvedev
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Sunday that Russia's economy was hit harder than expected by the global financial crisis, but Kremlin measures helped the country ...
TV Nets Weave More Ads into Series Plotlines
In television's latest quest to discourage viewers from skipping ads, actors from NBC and ABC shows are appearing in character in commercials to interact with ...
Japan Consumer Spending Rose 2.6% in August
Japan's jobless rate fell and household spending climbed in August — a double dose of good news for the world's No. 2 economy though it ...
Toyota Warns Against Wrong-Size Floor Mats
Toyota's president said it was "extremely regrettable" an American family died in a crash in which a floor mat in one of the Japanese automaker's ...
IBM Undercuts Google with Corporate Email Service
IBM Corp. is trying to stymie Google Inc.'s expansion into the business software market. The weapon: a bare-bones e-mail service that IBM is selling to ...
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