Starbucks Corp is going Blonde, expanding its coffee lineup with its lightest roast to date in a move aimed at wooing more customers and capturing a bigger share of the U.S. coffee market.
China-born researcher Kexue Huang pleads guilty to economic espionage, stealing trade secrets during employment at Dow AgroSciences, Cargill
Airplane maker Boeing predicted Tuesday that more sales cancellations were on the horizon for its Dreamliner 787 after a Chinese airline cancelled orders, however they expect large growth in the next 20 years in the Northeast Asia market.
South African group Steinhoff will swap several of its industrial units for a bigger stake in Kap International, in a $1.1 billion deal giving it control of the manufacturing firm.
The private memorial service of Steve Jobs, the visionary and creative tech genius, was held at Stanford Memorial Church on Sunday evening, moving hundreds of celebrities to tears.
Confidence among home builders is up in October, although most still rate the market as poor.
Shares of AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, are recovering in late morning trading after taking significant hits Monday and in premarket trading.
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved a pipeline safety bill on Monday that would require strength-testing of old pipes and hike fines for safety violations after a series of accidents and explosions.
Johnson & Johnson's third quarter net earnings slide 6.3 percent from the prior-year period to $3.2 billion even as sales rose 6.8 percent to total $16 billion.
Many factors are converging to create additional risk for owners of California nuclear plants during the relicensing process, according to an article published today on RatingsDirect on the Global Credit Portal. The Ground Shaking Reality For California's Nuclear Power notes that, in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, California is likely to carefully evaluate relicensing its two nuclear power plants.
Coca-Cola Q3 earnings up but miss analyst estimates
Goldman Sachs reported a third quarter loss of $393 million on Tuesday, marking only the second time the investment bank has had an unprofitable quarter since going public in 1999.
AmeriGas' acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners' propane operations for $2.9 billion will nearly double its propane customer base, add 500 million gallons to its operations
Welcome to McDonald's, would you like some TV with that?
IBM's quarterly revenue and services signings barely met Wall Street forecasts, underscoring investors' fears about slower information technology spending and depressing its stock more than 3 percent.
With the housing market still struggling from the burst of the housing bubble several years ago, rental housing has been on an upswing.
Some analysts claim the closing of more than 20 Lowe's home improvement chain stores is a positive development.
Lawrence Szabo, an 18-year veteran of MGM's Worldwide Television Group, was named Lionsgate's new executive vice president of North America television sales, the studio announced on Monday.
Consolidated Edison is seeking $1.7 million in back rent from the developer of the Muslim community center and mosque near Ground Zero, the latest setback for the controversial project, known as Park51.
At the News Corporation annual shareholder meeting Friday, those in attendance will get the chance to vote on splitting the role of Chairman and CEO.
Gannett announced a small decline in third-quarter earnings Monday, mostly due to declines in print advertising.
Jon Stein got a good education in economics at Harvard and Columbia Business School. In nearly every economics class, Stein said he was taught that for any investor who doesn't have better market information than another there's just one optimal portfolio to own: The market portfolio.
Anadys Pharmaceuticals Inc (ANDS.O) said Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) agreed to buy the U.S. company for $230 million to broaden its portfolio of hepatitis drugs.
Newsweek ranks greenest U.S. and global companies.
Apple was able to dodge concerns that its new iPhone 4S underwhelmed as anticipation leaned towards a new iPhone 5, but record sales is reassuring not only Apple, but Sony.
Kinder Morgan Inc. announced on Sunday plans to buy El Paso Corp. for $21.1 billion in cash and stocks to create the largest natural gas pipeline energy company in the U.S.
Today is officially Steve Jobs Day, thanks to the state of California. The Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO has been hailed as one of the most impactful innovators the modern world has known. Here is a handful of ways to honor and celebrate his life.
Gap Inc. -- parent of the Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic retail chains -- announced Thursday it will be closing 189 Gap locations in the United States by the end of 2013.
The Microsoft Corp. announced the closing of its $8.5 billion deal to acquire Skype Global, on Thursday. The Redmond, Wash.-based company originally disclosed its intention to do so on May 10.
NASA has booked a charter suborbital flight on Virgin Galactic -- the company owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group and Aabar Investments PJS -- which aims to become the world's first commercial spaceline.
