Apollo is paying $2.5 billion to buy the education business of McGraw-Hill Companies.
A man, whose name has not been announced, died after a struggle with Walmart staff, who allege he stole two DVD players.
While virtually scouring the web for deals on Cyber Monday 2012, shoppers should stay alert for hackers and scams while shopping online for bargains.
Stock futures fell on Monday as investors returned to the market after a holiday-shortened trading week, focused on the meeting of euro zone finance ministers on Greece and negotiations in the U.S. over the "fiscal cliff."
At least 10 children were killed in Syria, Sunday, when the government military planes dropped cluster bombs on a play ground, the opposition groups said.
Alcatel Lucent, Knight Capital Group, Research In Motion, Intel Corp, Facebook, Dreamworks Animation, Barclays Plc and Nokia Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Monday.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Monday as investors await for the eurozone finance ministers meet later in the day for further discussions on a crucial bailout payment for Greece.
Knight Capital Group Inc. -- reportedly discussing with at least two different competitors a deal to sell its market-making unit -- would agree to such a transaction only in the event it would create value for its clients and shareholders.
U.S. online retail spending on Black Friday surpassed the $1 billion milestone for the first time, according to researcher comScore Inc.
The Powerball lottery's jackpot is poised to break records by hitting $425 million, since no winner was selected yet again in Saturday's multi-state drawing, Iowa Lottery spokeswoman Mary Neubauer told Reuters on Sunday.
Some 122 million Americans are expected to shop online on Cyber Monday, Shop.org estimates.
As the Powerball numbers announced Saturday night 22-32-37-44-50 did not find matching entries, the jackpot has soared a record $425 million for the next drawing and possibly higher, NBC News has reported.
Stock markets in Asia are expected to move along with the global markets in the coming week in the absence of significant events. Market participants are likely to turn their attention to the U.S. and developments in Europe.
Black Friday was a good-news, bad-news kind of day for U.S. retailers, based on estimates released by researcher ShopperTrak.
Mohammed Morsi's government has the hard job of rebuilding Egypt's economy, but the IMF's $4.8 billion will make it a bit easier.
Tens of thousands of Egyptians began demonstrating Friday, a day after the president issued a decree expanding his office’s powers.
A new study suggests that adults treated with stimulants for ADHD are less likely to be imprisoned than those who aren’t.
Asian stock markets reported their best weekly gains in two months this week as investor sentiment turned positive on signs of an improvement in global manufacturing, while expectations that U.S. lawmakers will soon arrive at a consensus to avoid the "fiscal cliff” also lifted market sentiment.
Driving to become the world's largest automaker by the end of this decade, Volkswagen AG said Friday it plans to make €50.2 billion ($64.7 billion) in strategic investments during the next three years.
European Union budget talks collapse as "givers" and "takers" fail to agree on spending cuts.
The recall announcement by Ranbaxy comes almost a year after the U.S. Justice Department filed a consent decree against the company.
Actress Deborah Raffin, who became well-known relatively late in her life for launching a successful audio book company, has died of leukemia. She was 59.
Despite Black Friday protests, Wal-Mart says it sold 5,000 items a second on Thanksgiving evening, before the big day began.
If you want to avoid crowds this Black Friday, check out these top online deals from stores such as Bloomindales, Neiman Marcus and more.
Alcatel Lucent, Research In Motion, ABB Ltd, Anheuser-Busch InBev, Telefonica, Deutsche Bank, Tata Motors and Sony Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Friday.
Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India’s largest drug manufacturer by sales, announced a voluntary recall of its generic version of the cholesterol-lowering drug Lipitor from the U.S. market.
Black Friday holiday shopping kicked off weekend rush to the stores as shoppers made a beeline to the shelves with a hope of winning the best bargains.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Friday as signs of an improvement in global manufacturing buoyed the sentiment.
Walmart and Bharti Enterprises have suspended the chief financial officer and other staff belonging to their joint venture in India pending the outcome of an investigation into a bribery charge.
Israeli tanks and troops rolled back from their staging grounds on Thursday. For now, the truce still stands.
