A new Swedish study has reaffirmed the super fruit status of chocolate that could reduce incidence of stroke in women. But it warns that because Swedish chocolate contains higher concentrations of cocoa compared to U.S. chocolate, the study results might not translate the healthy benefits of chocolate in women in the U.S.
Three years after the collapse of Lehman Brothers touched off a tidal wave of bankruptcy filings, corporate failures may be about to pick up again, with some big-name companies among those struggling for survival.
European shares fell in early trading Tuesday, snapping a four-day rally, in cautious trading ahead of a vote in Slovakia to extend the region's rescue fund.
Apple. Inc launched its new world phone on Oct. 4 and has received more than a million pre-orders for the iPhone 4S.
Regulators Tuesday are set to give nervous insurance companies, mutual funds and other big players in financial markets a better idea of whether they will be tapped for the same type of additional government scrutiny facing large U.S. banks.
Chaz Bono scored a personal best on Dancing With the Stars Monday night as his mother Cher cheered on from the audience.
President Barack Obama could create millions of jobs by attracting more foreign capital to the United States, helping entrepreneurs and being more aggressive in energy, business leaders said on Monday
Hana Financial Group <086790.KS> is willing to renegotiate its agreed takeover deal of Korea Exchange Bank <004940.KS> from Lone Star , should the U.S. fund decide not to appeal a court verdict against it, Hana's chairman said on Tuesday.
Congress should not endorse another big tax break for overseas corporate profits because the last one in 2004-2005 was a costly failure, said U.S. congressional investigators in a report released on Monday.
Apple has received more than a million preorders for the iPhone 4S in a single day, toppling the previous record of 600,000 set by the iPhone 4 last year, the company says.
Hana Financial Group is willing to renegotiate its agreed $4.1 billion deal to buy Korea Exchange Bank from Lone Star , should the U.S. fund decide not to appeal a court verdict against it, Hana's chairman said on Tuesday.
Hana Financial Group <086790.KS> is willing to renegotiate its agreed $4.1 billion deal to buy Korea Exchange Bank <004940.KS> from Lone Star , should the U.S. fund decide not to appeal a court verdict against it, Hana's chairman said on Tuesday.
The Occupy Wall Street protest earned more prominent celebrity support Monday, as Kanye West and Russell Simmons showed up in Zuccotti Park.
Only in the bitter partisanship of our moment could Texas Governor Rick Perry be denounced because he expressed compassion. In the most recent Republican presidential debate, Perry was hammered for supporting a Texas law that allows illegal immigrants to receive in-state tuition discounts at public universities. Now he has apologized for saying those who oppose helping illegals attend college “have no heart.”
U.S. solar startup Abound Solar said its chief executive will step down from that post for family reasons and become chairman.
Thomas H. Lee Partners and a consortium that includes Blackstone Group and Carlyle Group are finalists to acquire Regions Financial Corp's Morgan Keegan brokerage and investment banking unit, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
American Airlines, a unit of AMR Corp
, said fourth-quarter mainline capacity will dip 3 percent due to an adjustment in its schedules and that it will retire up to 11 Boeing 757 aircraft in 2012 in response to high fuel costs and an uncertain economy.Rupert Murdoch and his sons James and Lachlan should be kicked off the News Corp board along with 10 other directors when shareholders vote at this year's annual general meeting, a corporate governance watchdog said on Monday.
As if 'DWTS' wasn't star-studded enough, Cher is expected to be in the crowd to cheer on her son Chaz Bono during week four of Dancing with the Stars, which airs tonight.
Joe the Plumber has filed paperwork to run for Congress as a Republican in Ohio's Ninth District -- home to two of the most liberal Democrats in Congress.
Country singer Hank Williams Jr., whose theme song was pulled from Monday Night Football after he compared President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler, lashed out at the media on Monday with a topical song called Keep the Change.
After getting hammered in August and September, U.S. stocks have staged an impressive rally since the afternoon of Oct. 4.
