India's much-awaited "second wave" of reforms is likely to be delayed due to the dilly-dallying monsoon. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who doubles as the finance minister, is expected to hold the crucial policy decisions on allowing the FDI in retail sector and hike in diesel prices until at least the second week of September, Reuters has reported quoting official sources.
Apple is world's leading original equipment manufacturer (OEM) in terms of semiconductor purchasing in 2012, according to a latest report by the research firm iSuppli. The Cupertino tech giant has not only been ranked first in the list of top 10 OEM semiconductor buyers, but has also increased its buying at a faster rate than other top firms, solidifying its dominance over the chip market, the report said.
Whole Foods Market, Unilever, Zynga Inc, Alcatel Lucent, Siemens AG, Telefonica S.A, Facebook and Groupon Inc. are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Thursday.
Maruti Suzuki, India's largest car maker faces supply woes as the stocks of its two most popular car brands Swift and DZire have dried out, following the shutdown at its Manesar plant in the state of Haryana.
The more data market-watchers have seen on the U.S. economy, the less they like what they've seen. Specifically, predictions on what the government might report as the rate of GDP growth in the second-quarter of 2012 have plummeted in the past few weeks, as economists adjust their models to one disappointing data release after another.
Some of local governments are turning to a new tool to fix the problem, known as underwater mortgages: seizing the loans through eminent domain and enacting principal reductions, a move that is attracting praise and controversy.
U.S. stock index futures point to a lower opening Thursday ahead of the Department of Labor's weekly jobless claims data and the Census Bureau's the durable goods orders data.
Asian stock markets advanced for the first time in five days on Thursday as disappointing U.S. housing data boosted hopes for further monetary stimulus from the Federal Reserve.
India’s foreign policy helps in the acceleration of its growth, preserve its strategic autonomy, and protect its people says Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha).
Biocon, India's major biotechnology company has reported a lower-than-expected 12 percent increase in its net profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year, sending its shares down in Indian stock markets.
Mountain Lion upgrades on Apple's Macs take anywhere from 13 minutes to an hour say reports. Upgrades occur faster in SSD-equipped Mac Laptops in comparison to HD-equipped Macs.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Terex Corp, Trinity Industries, Skechers U.S.A, Thompson Creek Metals Company and Inphi Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were Ferro Corp, Ruby Tuesday, Las Vegas Sands, Renren Inc and Newcastle Investment Corp.
South Korea's economic growth slowed down to 0.4 percent in the second quarter compared to previous three months, weighed down by the faltering global economy and the intensifying debt crisis in the euro zone, data released by the Bank of Korea Thursday showed.
Asian markets rose Thursday amid hopes that central banks all over the world would soon announce stimulus measures to tackle the weakening global economy.
Global economic uncertainty and the dreaded fiscal cliff have taken a toll on American consumer demand, affecting second-quarter revenues and urging companies to dim their forecasts. DuPont and Co, Texas Instruments, Inc. and United Parcel Service, Inc. are the latest to do so.
New York University's proposal to add four new buildings to Greenwich Village was approved Wednesday by the New York City Council, capping a fierce five-year battle that pitted one of the country's largest colleges against local residents and preservationists.
Nintendo reported another loss Wednesday, saying its revenue has decreased nearly 10 percent year over year. But upcoming releases including the Wii U and the handheld 3DS XL could jump start the troubled company this fall.
IAC/InterActiveCorp. (Nasdaq: IACI) and AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) both reported profitable second quarters on Wednesday, and both New York-based companies discussed the futures of their respective troubled media properties.
While the Senate advanced the Democratic-sponsored bill, it is unlikely to have traction in the House of Representatives.
It hasn't been a good couple of weeks for Chick-Fil-A's PR. Bad enough that the restaurant chain may have taken to using fake sock puppet Facebook accounts to defend itself over the internet.
Apple beat its own conservative quarterly estimate, reporting a strong jump in earnings and even sold a record number of iPads in Q3, but across the board, Apple did a rare thing: It missed analysts' estimates. Apple can rebound in Q4 if it decides to release its next iPhone, which many are already calling "iPhone 5," as long as the much-rumored "iPad Mini."
Social media is now a $16.9 billion business, according to 2012 estimates by Gartner.
Based on analyst estimates, Merck & Co. will report earnings of $1.01 a share on sales of about $12.16 billion -- an increase of 0.1 percent from the year-earlier quarter. The company posts its second-quarter earnings on Friday, before the opening bell.
The Bush tax cuts are only one part of the problem.
The alleged gunman behind the Aurora massacre sent a package to a Colorado psychiatrist that depicted stick figures shooting other stick figures and other illustrations of the massacre, according to Fox News.
The short answer: Many companies lie about their earnings results.
Most Apple fans couldn't wait to download OS X Mountain Lion, the eighth iteration of the OS X software line for Mac, and as a result, the Mac App Store was flooded early Wednesday morning with download requests for the $19.99 upgrade. Most early adopters of Mountain Lion love the beast, but most major software upgrades are not without their fair share of bugs, issues, errors and omissions. Would OS X Mountain Lion suffer the same fate?
Investors in Facebook stock are bracing themselves for something wild. The market is bracing for big swings in Facebook Inc (FB.O) shares after the social media company reports earnings for the first time as a public company.
80 new prisoners enter the country’s prison system every day. Under Iran’s penal code, more than 1600 separate offenses are punishable by imprisonment.
The EU is looking into the possibility of making Libor and Euribor rate-rigging -- the deliberate manipulation of interest rates that set the benchmark for over $500 trillion in financial contracts - a criminal offense.
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