COMPANIES

While Verizon is enjoying booming profits, some groups say that the company isn't paying its fair share of taxes.

Staples Inc. saw its third-quarter earnings jump 13 percent as the company implemented effective cost-consolidating methods, but overall sales growth did not meet expectations from sluggish spots in Europe and Australia.

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. beat expectations and announced Tuesday the gaudy fourth-quarter profits that more than doubled.

In March 2010, Elliott Vanskike and his wife bought a 2,000 square-foot home in Madison, Wisconsin for $375,000, pondering the quality of life for their kids as well as the quirks that come with thousands of college kids literally on your doorstep.

A fire broke out and was quickly extinguished Monday night in a crude distillation unit at Chevron Corp's 245,271 barrel-per-day (bpd) Richmond, California, refinery, according to notices the refinery filed with state and federal pollution regulators.

Chevron Brazil officials say they have successfully plugged the well responsible for causing oil to seep through the ocean floor.

South Africa's third-biggest listed clothes retailer, Mr Price, reported a 22 percent rise in first-half profit as above-inflation wage increases and decades-low interest rates lift consumer spending in Africa's biggest economy.

Saks Inc. announced Tuesday its third-quarter net income plummeted 51 percent from the same period a year ago, but revenue increased and the company's overall performance beat Wall Street expectations.

Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) said on Tuesday first- quarter pretax profit climbed 11.3 percent year-on-year to 1.28 billion rupees on the back of loan book growth and said it would pay an interim dividend of 2.60 rupees per share.

You might have been charged an additional $1.50 for buying smaller bags of coffee beans at Starbucks and left the store without even knowing it, until recently. Starbucks Corp. stopped adding the surcharge at over 11,000 stores nationwide this month after a Massachusetts consumer-protection agency fined the company over the practice.

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier announced Monday Alabama and Louisiana may sue the oil company under general maritime law for punitive damage, negligence and product liability, but not for civil penalties under the Outer Continental Shelf Act as that is governed by federal law.

Home Depot Inc raised its fiscal-year outlook for the third time in six months as a host of efforts to improve distribution and boost customer service helped the No. 1 home improvement chain gain share from archrival Lowe's Cos Inc.

Canada-listed Sino-Forest Corp said an independent committee found no evidence of fraud at the Chinese timber firm following allegations from short-seller Muddy Waters it had exaggerated its assets, although the committee also said it had been unable to verify the company owned all of its forests.

Rodman & Renshaw has initiated coverage of Manitex International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTX) with a market outperform rating, saying that the company is the market leader for heavy lift boom trucks with shares exceeding 30 percent for equipment of capacity greater than 30 tons.

An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.

A new luxury Waldorf Astoria Hotels & Resorts will be opened in the heart of central Amsterdam, the leading global hospitality company has announced.

Maple Leaf Foods is gradually increasing the rate of production and packaging at its Winnipeg plant, where a fire caused water and smoke damage last week, the company said on Monday.

Many have criticized Kingfisher Airlines for causing inconveniences to the passengers but chairman of the airlines Vijay mallya defended the move, saying that it cannot afford to fly heavily loss-making routes.

Nothing is more exciting than to kick-start a holiday season by being the first customer at an acclaimed toy store. This is what ToysRUs is offering to its customers by throwing open its doors at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving night.

Olympus Corp's creditors are not expected to demand changes in loan terms or take other abrupt steps and risk hurting their own interests when they meet company executives on Wednesday to grill them about the firm's huge accounting scandal, sources and analysts said.

Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday reported a doubling of its loss in the fiscal second quarter on higher fuel prices and operating costs, amid investor worries about its future.

MF Global Holdings Ltd may have faced a shortfall in customer funds even as far back as October 27, four days before the U.S. futures brokerage filed for bankruptcy protection, the Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the situation.

Alex Denner, the top healthcare deputy for Carl Icahn, confirmed on Monday that he had resigned from the billionaire investor's firm.

French luxury goods conglomerate, LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton S.A. has announced that the company has acquired 100 percent shares of leading Swiss watch dial-maker, ArteCad.

A petition against a Thanksgiving night opening for Target stores nationwide Friday has amassed more than 70,000 signatures since it began two weeks ago, but will it be enough for the retail giant to alter its plans?

That water bottle you're drinking out of right now and will throw in the recycle bin later - oh, you better throw it in the recycle bin - could be put to more renewable use.

This Black Friday Guide has all the deals, sales and doorbusters frugal shoppers need to know about when looking to get a jump on holiday shopping on the cheap.

Retailers are growing again, a new study shows, as companies start to embrace strategies like e-commerce and international initiatives.

AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.