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 ...
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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 ...
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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
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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, ...
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. ...
Dow Closes Above 10,000 for First Time in Year
The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures Wednesday seven months after ...
Gap to Resume TV Ads, Expand into China
The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus,
House Banking Panel Votes to Regulate Derivatives
A House panel voted Thursday to regulate for the first time privately traded derivatives, the kind of exotic financial instruments that helped bring down Lehman ...
Goldman Earnings Top $3 Bil. on Trading Profits
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the company's trading operations offset a ...
VisionChina Media to Buy Subway Advertising Leader
VisionChina Media Inc., which operates digital advertising screens on mass transportation systems in China, said Thursday it will buy subway advertising company Digital Media Group ...
Asian Markets Extend Rally on U.S. Profits Data
Asian stocks extended their rise Thursday after better-than-expected earnings reports from U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average pass the 10,000 mark for ...
S&P Downgrades Southwest Airlines
Standard & Poor's downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. one notch on Wednesday, citing lower demand for travel and weak pricing that have cut into the company's ...
JPMorgan Earned $3.6 Bil. Despite High Loan Losses
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday as its thriving investment banking business more than offset rising loan losses that the bank warned ...
Online Subs Put WSJ Ahead of USA Today
The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing ...
Oracle Turns Up Rhetoric As Server Sales Go to IBM
Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Recession Offers Rare Investment Opportunities
The Great Recession has turned into the best of times for young investor Daniel Lee. Early this year, the 30-year-old salesman in Scottsdale, Ariz., shelved ...
New Apps Turn Cell Phones into Localized Guides
You're walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on ...
Coach Sues Target for Alleged Copies of Handbags
Coach Inc. is suing low-price retailer Target Corp. over bags the luxury handbag maker says too closely resemble its own designs. Coach wants Target to ...
Olympics Urged to Plug into YouTube Generation
The Olympic movement needs to learn from the likes of YouTube or risk losing young viewers for life, IOC members were told Monday. Communications guru ...
Vonage Apps Allow Free Foreign Calls for iPhone, BB
Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of ...
Mazda to Raise $1.1 Bil. for R&D
Japanese automaker Mazda now expects about half the red ink it previously forecast for the fiscal year, crediting a rise in demand from "green" car ...
Consumer Spending Now Driven by Amazing Bargains
There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. The Great Recession has caused massive job losses and hardship ...
China Tycoon Floats $8 Bil.-Plan for U.S. Green Cars
Yang Rong was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded the first Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street. Then, seven years ...
Manhattan Apartment Sales Soared in Q3
Blink. What housing downturn? Sales of apartments and co-op units in Manhattan soared between 46 and 69 percent from the second to the third quarter, ...
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 Recall Addresses Potential Floor-Mat Problem
Toyota Motor Corp. officially recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States on Monday to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas ...
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 ...
Comcast Mulls Controlling Stake in NBC Universal
Comcast Corp. might spend billions for a stake in NBC Universal, a deal that would transform the nation's largest cable TV provider into one of ...
Consumer Spending Jumped in August
Consumer spending, propelled by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers auto sales program, shot up in August by the largest amount in nearly eight years ...
New Jobless Claims Show Surprising Rise
First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And ...
GM Kills Off Saturn
For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed ...
Economy Shows Many Recovery Signs
Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery. The key question is whether ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
Dow Closes Above 10,000 for First Time in Year
The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year. The Dow crossed five figures Wednesday seven months after ...
Gap to Resume TV Ads, Expand into China
The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus,
House Banking Panel Votes to Regulate Derivatives
A House panel voted Thursday to regulate for the first time privately traded derivatives, the kind of exotic financial instruments that helped bring down Lehman ...
Goldman Earnings Top $3 Bil. on Trading Profits
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the company's trading operations offset a ...
VisionChina Media to Buy Subway Advertising Leader
VisionChina Media Inc., which operates digital advertising screens on mass transportation systems in China, said Thursday it will buy subway advertising company Digital Media Group ...
Asian Markets Extend Rally on U.S. Profits Data
Asian stocks extended their rise Thursday after better-than-expected earnings reports from U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average pass the 10,000 mark for ...
S&P Downgrades Southwest Airlines
Standard & Poor's downgraded Southwest Airlines Co. one notch on Wednesday, citing lower demand for travel and weak pricing that have cut into the company's ...
JPMorgan Earned $3.6 Bil. Despite High Loan Losses
JPMorgan Chase & Co. reported strong third-quarter earnings Wednesday as its thriving investment banking business more than offset rising loan losses that the bank warned ...
Online Subs Put WSJ Ahead of USA Today
The Wall Street Journal has surpassed USA Today as the top-selling daily newspaper in the United States. The Audit Bureau of Circulations won't be releasing ...
Oracle Turns Up Rhetoric As Server Sales Go to IBM
Larry Ellison ratcheted up his rhetoric against IBM Corp. on Wednesday, challenging Oracle Corp.'s longtime partner and rival to "make our day" in a battle ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Recession Offers Rare Investment Opportunities
The Great Recession has turned into the best of times for young investor Daniel Lee. Early this year, the 30-year-old salesman in Scottsdale, Ariz., shelved ...
New Apps Turn Cell Phones into Localized Guides
You're walking down the street, looking for a good place to eat. You hold up your cell phone and use it like the viewfinder on ...
Coach Sues Target for Alleged Copies of Handbags
Coach Inc. is suing low-price retailer Target Corp. over bags the luxury handbag maker says too closely resemble its own designs. Coach wants Target to ...
Olympics Urged to Plug into YouTube Generation
The Olympic movement needs to learn from the likes of YouTube or risk losing young viewers for life, IOC members were told Monday. Communications guru ...
Vonage Apps Allow Free Foreign Calls for iPhone, BB
Vonage Holdings Corp., a pioneer in Internet-based home phone service, is launching applications for the iPhone and BlackBerry that undercut the international calling rates of ...
Mazda to Raise $1.1 Bil. for R&D
Japanese automaker Mazda now expects about half the red ink it previously forecast for the fiscal year, crediting a rise in demand from "green" car ...
Consumer Spending Now Driven by Amazing Bargains
There has never been a better time to be a consumer. America is on sale. The Great Recession has caused massive job losses and hardship ...
China Tycoon Floats $8 Bil.-Plan for U.S. Green Cars
Yang Rong was once celebrated as a pioneering automobile entrepreneur who founded the first Chinese company to be listed on Wall Street. Then, seven years ...
Manhattan Apartment Sales Soared in Q3
Blink. What housing downturn? Sales of apartments and co-op units in Manhattan soared between 46 and 69 percent from the second to the third quarter, ...
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 Recall Addresses Potential Floor-Mat Problem
Toyota Motor Corp. officially recalled 3.8 million vehicles in the United States on Monday to address problems with floor mats that could cause the gas ...
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 ...
Comcast Mulls Controlling Stake in NBC Universal
Comcast Corp. might spend billions for a stake in NBC Universal, a deal that would transform the nation's largest cable TV provider into one of ...
Consumer Spending Jumped in August
Consumer spending, propelled by the wildly popular Cash for Clunkers auto sales program, shot up in August by the largest amount in nearly eight years ...
New Jobless Claims Show Surprising Rise
First-time claims for jobless benefits increased more than expected last week, a sign employers are reluctant to hire and the job market remains weak. And ...
GM Kills Off Saturn
For those who expected General Motors' once-funky Saturn brand to live on with a new owner, there has been a sad twist. Saturn, once billed ...
Economy Shows Many Recovery Signs
Consumer spending, the bulwark of economic growth, is showing signs of life as the economy transitions from recession to recovery. The key question is whether ...
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