U.S. stocks closed mostly lower on Friday, with a slide in consumer confidence and surging crude oil prices fueling worries about the...

US citizens believe the country is in...

The annual Brussels Economic Forum conference has been looking at ways to meet the economic challenges facing the...

US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke has said banks and securities firms will need to keep raising capital to improve their balance sheet following credit...

Wildly fluctuating prices have closed Malawi's tobacco commodity auction...

Australia's Reserve Bank has said the country's economy will only grow at a slower pace in the next couple of...

United Airlines and Continental Airlines in the US have been in talks for a possible...

Impoverished borrowers in Africa and Asia will soon be able to receive so-called “tiny loans” from the World Bank and British-based bank Standard...

There was a lower turnover in Singapore restaurants after the Lunar New Year celebration, dropping the country’s catering figures to US$289.2 million....

German fashion label, Hugo Boss has a new...

Germany's President Horst Koehler has described the world’s banking system as “a monster that must be tamed”....

Faced with the threat of losing future earnings in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Australia's contingent from the Rajasthan Royals franchise were coaxed back to Jaipur despite their fears following Tuesday's deadly terrorist attack in the capital city of...

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project will install Windows XP on its low-cost laptops for students in developing countries, according to a joint announcement...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 21:00 CDT By Patricia Anstett, Detroit Free Press May 16--The Henry Ford Health System made money last year, but less than the year before as its cost of providing...

"Transparency, standards, and interoperability are key," Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, told thousands of developers and customers at the company's MIX conference in March. It was a...

NEW YORK – News that Saudi Arabia had boosted its oil output by 300,000 barrels a day was greeted as a non-event on oil markets – the move wasn't anywhere near the kind of production...

WASHINGTON – By relaxing down-payment requirements for borrowers in markets where home prices are falling, Fannie Mae aims to both resuscitate the flagging housing market and respond to...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – General Electric Co. plans to sell or spin off the business that for a century has put appliances in American homes, a decision that could presage further asset sales,...

BERKELEY – Robert Mondavi, the pioneering vintner who helped put California wine country on the map, died at his Napa Valley home Friday. He was...

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WASHINGTON – Slot auctions designed to reduce delays nationwide and increase competition are coming to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York and Newark Liberty International Airport...

SAN FRANCISCO – Yahoo Inc. is seeking to conceal large portions of a shareholder lawsuit alleging the Internet company's board improperly thwarted Micrsoft Corp.'s $47.5 billion takeover offer,...

NEW YORK – U.S. consumer confidence tumbled to a 28-year low this month as rising prices strained household finances, while another drop in single-family housing starts underscored problems...

LANSING, Mich. – The president of a United Auto Workers local at a key General Motors Corp. factory said Friday he's optimistic workers will approve a local contract and end a monthlong strike....

NEW YORK -- Wall Street is clawing its way back from a dismal start to the year as confidence grows about the prospects of a US economic recovery without a calamitous downturn. The past week saw...

LIMA: European and Latin American leaders called for action to tackle surging food prices and global warming at a summit in Peru on Friday, despite differences over biofuels and free trade. ...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 21:00 CDT By Elise Ackerman, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. May 15--Billionaire investor Carl Icahn reportedly plans to launch a battle for control of Yahoo's board,...

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 18:00 CDT BRISBANE, Calif., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- InterMune, Inc. today announced that John Hodgman, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks finished little changed on Friday as surging oil prices lifted energy shares and offset data that showed consumer confidence sank to its lowest in 28...

WVVI produced its highest earnings to date despite significant constraints on inventory. Revenues increased 12% to $16,710,927, net earnings by 31% to $1,686,661 and diluted earnings per share to...

All PR Newswire news CALGARY, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Birch Mountain Resources Ltd. ("Birch Mountain" or the "Company") (BMD: TSX and AMEX) today reported financial results for the first...

William Neukom, the Microsoft lawyer best-known for his role in the landmark antitrust case against the software giant, is now set to take on a bunch of Pirates (and Dodgers and Cubs). Neukom,...

gets crazy-big PR. Mission accomplished -- and in plenty of time for the April 13 cross-country rollout of the film. Of course, the Cartoon Network's marketing campaign wound up being pretty pricey:...

By Kathy Shwiff Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- After technology deals helped send the major indexes higher this week, investors will turn their attention next week to reports on...

The Transportation Department plan for Newark airport in New Jersey and New York's John F. Kennedy airport -- and a similar one announced recently for the region's other big airport, LaGuardia -- is...

Powerset . Powerset is a semantic or contextual search provider, offering a departure from the generalized keyword search strategies espoused by so many search vendors these days. The consensus is...

After a sluggish winter, employment in San Diego County rebounded last month, fueled by strong hiring in hotels, restaurants and government work, according to data released by the California...

Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES SAN FRANCISCO -(Dow Jones)- General Motors Corp. (GM) says it's considering whether to upgrade its computer system to Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Vista operating system or to...

All PR Newswire news NEW YORK, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- DVL, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: DVLN) announced its operating results for the three month period ended March 31, 2008. DVL's income...

All PR Newswire news WOOD RIVER, Ill., May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- YTB International, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: YTBLA) ("YTB" or the "Company"), a provider of Internet-based travel booking...

Debbie Agostino doesn't figure there's much she can do to fight the rising cost of food. "Most of our expenses are for things we need," said Agostino, a Centereach mother of four and a part-time...

UK news section. It was last updated at 00:05 on May 17 2008. The Guardian yesterday made a formal offer of amends to the supermarket chain Tesco over reports which had claimed that the company had...

DETROIT (Reuters) - Auto parts supplier Delphi Corp DPHIQ.PK filed a legal complaint on Friday against an investor group led by Appaloosa Management LP in an attempt to win a court order requiring...

May 16, 2008 - 5:55 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Key barometers in the Treasury market late Friday compared with late Thursday. The price changes in the 10-year note and 30-year bond are per $1,000...

All PR Newswire news SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, May 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Santander BanCorp (NYSE: SBP; LATIBEX: XSBP) ("the Corporation") reported a net income of $17.7 million for the...

ABPA (the "Bank"), reported operating results for the quarter ended March 31, 2008. Gregg Wagner, President and Chief Executive Officer, noted the achievements of the organization: -- We...

NHLD , reported financial results for the Company's second quarter ended March 31, 2008. "Like many firms on Wall Street, we experienced a difficult quarter. Recent market volatility strained...

Redmond: This is a different sort of Maps to the Stars. Microsoft has taken the wraps off an astonishingly vast visual guide to the universe that is powered by some of the world's best telescopes....

May 16, 2008 - 5:03 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Clear Channel Communications Inc. kicked off the week's biggest stories, following news that the radio and media company's stalled buyout was back...

Joe Bel Bruno May 16, 2008 - 5:04 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - After nine months of turmoil that started with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, Wall Street appears to be at a turning point...