Sony Corp said on Tuesday it will launch its Blu-ray high-definition optical disc recorders in Japan in December, in time for......
US investment bank Morgan Stanley announced yestoday it has acquired the Zhuhai Nantong Bank owned by Macau branch of Bank of China.
A U.S. court on Monday denied a Qualcomm Inc. request for a preliminary injunction in a legal dispute with rival chip maker Broadcom Corp., Broadcom said.
The Walt Disney Co. will spend about $30 million to shut down its Mobile ESPN wireless telephone services, but remains excited about its family-oriented Disney Mobile phone service, Disney Chief Financial Officer Tom Staggs said on Monday.
U.S automakers face a widening gap in profitability per vehicle compared to their major Japanese rivals because of missed design opportunities, heavy discounting and high labor costs, a study released on Monday said.
Gilead Sciences Inc., the world's third-biggest biotechnology company, said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Myogen Inc. for $2.5 billion in a surprise transaction that gives Gilead access to Myogen's experimental hypertension drugs.
U.S. manufacturing growth eased in September to its slowest in more than a year, but home sales and construction figures suggested a less abrupt decline in the housing sector than many experts had foreseen. A weakening industrial sector could spell bad news for the economy as a whole.
Barclays said on Monday it had agreed to sell part of its vendor finance businesses in Britain and Germany to U.S. commercial finance firm CIT for an undisclosed price.
Scottish Power said on Monday all its operations were performing well and that current year trading was expected to be ahead of expectations, boosting its shares.
There is no sign and not even a visible street address outside the Miami office of money manager Thomas Herzfeld.
Imagination Technologies Group said on Monday that it had sold a 3 percent stake in the company to U.S. giant Intel Corp, sending its shares up 10 percent.
Not too many years ago, the main thoroughfare of Edgewater, New Jersey, had the feel of a back road meandering through landfills and old factories.
Morgan Stanley said on Monday it has acquired China's Nan Tung Bank, a deal that would give the Wall Street giant a coveted onshore commercial banking license in China ahead of U.S. investment bank rivals. The deal allows Morgan Stanley to apply immediately to offer yuan-denominated products.
The FTSE 100 index was flat on Monday with utilities leading the way but online gambling firms plummeting after the U.S. Congress passed legislation to ban online gaming there.
Online gambling firms faced their biggest-ever crisis on Monday after U.S. Congress passed legislation to end Internet gaming there, threatening jobs and wiping 3.5 billion pounds ($6.5 billion) off company values.
As more and more people turn to the Internet to pay bills and shop for goods and services, Dutch financial services group ING has carved out a lead in what was once considered the most elusive of online services: banking.
Top women executives do slightly better at U.S.-based healthcare and pharmaceutical companies than in other industries, but 35 percent of big drug companies do not have a single female director, according to a new survey.
Changes could be coming for retailers like Gap Inc. and Pier 1 Imports Inc. that have struggled with falling same-store sales, while other retailers, like jeweler Zale Corp. will be watched to see if they can rebound from missteps during last year's holidays.
India has surged ahead in the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 2006 index of world's most competitive economies, leaving behind nations like China, Russia, Brazil, South Africa and Kuwait.
This week, Dell introduced free recycling program for its U.S customers, offering a way for users to easily and safely get rid of their older Dell systems.
Imagine your car warning you of an icy road ahead, reading aloud the text messages arriving on your phone and sending you an e-mail that your fuel pump needs replacing soon.
A lawsuit brought by victims of suicide bombings in Israel, alleging that British bank NatWest knowingly provided services to a charity linked to militant Islamic group Hamas
