Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ:SBUX) has been aggressively pursuing global expansion. Coffee-hungry Scandinavia is its next target.
News Corp. is reversing its decision to block Google from indexing content from its paywalled UK newspaper, The Times.
The Empire State Building's owners won't run the 1 World Trade Center observatory, officials said.
In New York Thursday, Mario Monti said looming fiscal cliff and debt crisis issues in Washington might be solved by taking a page out of the Italian playbook.
The winning ticket for the $202 million Powerball jackpot Wednesday was sold in Iowa.
Johnny Lewis, of "Sons of Anarchy" fame, was found dead and is the prime suspected in the murder of elderly Katherine Davis.
Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) will buy rival Sealy Corp. (NYSE: ZZ) for $228.6 million to create a "2.7 billion global bedding provider," Tempur-Pedic said.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key publicly apologized to Kim Dotcom, the 38-year-old founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, who is wanted by the U.S. Justice Dept.
The recent riots at Foxconn factory in northern China that left 40 people injured and impacted nearly 2,000 workers reflect the sagging morale of the Chinese factory workers, who appear to be stressed out on realizing a few benefits against nurturing high expectations of better conditions and guarantees.
Unelected Italian PM Mario Monti says he would be open to staying on as prime minister after the new elections -- his clearest signal yet.
The European Union asked the World Trade Organization on Thursday for the right to impose annual trade sanctions worth up to $12 billion on the United States in retaliation for illegal subsidies to plane maker Boeing (NYSE: BA.N).
Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for new jobless benefits last week. However U.S. 2Q GDP rose less than initially estimated.
Raising hopes on further economic reforms, India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted the implementation of more measures to stabilize the rupee.
Logitech International, D.R. Horton, BHP Billiton Ltd, Mellanox Technologies, Nokia Corp, Novartis AG, Perrigo Co, Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion Ltd. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.
Climate change caused by global warming is contributing to nearly 400,000 deaths a year and reducing global GDP by 1.6% annually.
Following the approval of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the multi-brand retail sector in India, retail giant Walmart (WMT) has announced plans to launch its first store within 12 to 18 months through its joint venture with Bharti Enterprises, but the high cost of real estate may pose a big challenge for the low-price retailer.
Walgreen Company (NYSE:WAG) will post weaker fourth-quarter profits as a payment dispute with Express Scripts cuts revenue.
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data, the Census Bureau's durable goods orders data and Bureau of Economic Analysis’s gross domestic product report.
Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as the weak Chinese industrial profits raised hopes that the government could launch fresh measures to support growth in the world’s second largest economy.
European markets were rose Thursday as investor sentiment turned positive with expectations that Spain will soon seek help to reduce its increasing debt burden.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Thor Industries, Tronox Inc, Trulia Inc, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and Elan Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were HB Fuller Co, Worthington Industries, Frontline Ltd, First Majestic Silver Corp and NorthWestern Corp.
Most of the Asian markets rose Thursday as investor confidence was lifted by hopes that China would soon announce monetary easing measures to rejuvenate the economic growth momentum.
Asian shares were capped Thursday as uncertainty over a Spanish bailout dented sentiment, while global lenders' wrangling over Greek debt restructuring highlighted Europe's trouble uniting to tackle its debt crisis.
Sudan and South Sudan have reached a deal on border security and oil production that will let oil exports from South Sudan through Sudan to resume, spokesmen for both sides said
Food prices worldwide are likely to see a shock as the shipping industry begins demanding sharp rate hikes to move refrigerated cargo.
A huge spike in September consumer confidence is not as widespread as it looks. It seems only Democrats are optimistic about the economy.
Hong Kong tycoon Cecil Chao Sze-tsung is offering a $65 million marriage bounty to marry his lesbian daughter, Gigi Chao.
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered the following speech before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
On Wednesday morning at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown joined Google co-founder Sergey Brin on stage to usher in a new era of self-driving automobiles in America’s Golden State.
The leader of France's parliament is being criticized for adding his wife to his staff as he unveils budget cuts for MPs.
