Oil fell to around $70 a barrel on Tuesday, pressured by a stronger U.S. dollar and falling equities after weak U.S. consumer confidence data.
General Motors Corp is heading to bankruptcy court on Tuesday to seek approval to sell its assets to a New GM in a plan to reinvigorate the automaker under U.S. government ownership.
U.S. consumer confidence fell in June after two straight months of gains.
Prices of U.S. single-family homes fell in April from March but the pace of the decline moderated, suggesting stability is emerging in some regions, according to Standard & Poor's/Case Shiller home price indexes released on Tuesday.
General Motors Corp is heading to bankruptcy court on Tuesday to seek approval to sell its assets to a New GM in a plan to reinvigorate the automaker under U.S. government ownership.
U.S. stock futures were modestly higher on Tuesday ahead of a new round of data that may give investors insight into the state of the recession-hit economy on the last day of the second quarter.
Efforts to save two leading European carmakers took a twist on Tuesday that could change the ownership of both crisis-hit General Motors Corp's Opel and German sportscar maker Porsche .
U.S. stock futures were flat on Tuesday ahead of a batch of new data that may give investors insight into the state of the recession-hit economy on the last day of the second quarter.
British authorities have frozen $100 million linked to Texas billionaire and alleged swindler Allen Stanford following a request from the United States Department of Justice.
Oil prices gave away early gains on Tuesday, easing toward $71 a barrel ahead of U.S. inventory data expected to show a rise in oil product stocks.
Stock futures pointed to a higher start on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P up 0.4 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.2 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.1 percent at 5 a.m. EDT.
The MSCI world equity index looked set on Tuesday for its best quarterly gain since its 1988 launch and oil was on course for its strongest quarter since 1990, as recovery talk fired up markets in the past three months.
Oil prices rose above $72 a barrel on Tuesday, paring gains after earlier jumping more than 2 percent on unprecedented Asian trading volumes.
Asian stocks rose on Tuesday, the last day of a torrid quarter, as investors added to trades based on a rebound in economic activity, while funds slashed bets against a fall in oil prices to keep crude on track for its biggest quarterly gain in 19 years.
Asian stocks and the Australian dollar rose on the last day of the second quarter, as investors kept adding to bets global economic activity is rebounding, having driven Chinese shares to the highest in a year.
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE) is no longer the highest certification offered by Cisco as it announced today the Cisco Certified Architect (CCA) Certifications as the new highest level of accreditation achievable within Cisco Career Certifications.
Bernard Madoff was sentenced on Monday to 150 years in prison -- the maximum penalty the judge could give him for extraordinarily evil crimes in Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud.
NetGear on Monday introduced its new first line of Gigabit Smart Switches that delivers high performance, easy management and scalability, according to the company.
Msnbc.com on Monday introduced a new iPhone and iPod Touch application on the Zumobi Network, offering access to breaking news, videos, photos, and more related content.
American International Group Inc , the insurer rescued by a series of federal bailouts, is set to pad out its shrinking board on Tuesday when a new slate of directors stands for election at its annual meeting.
Sun Microsystems on Monday said its new open source development environment, Netbeans 6.7, focuses on Maven and Kenai integration for development teams and scripting languages.
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Stocks rose on Monday as higher oil prices lifted shares of energy companies and investors bought shares to improve their holdings on the day before the second quarter draws to a close.
The economic crisis is turning more Asian women into CFOs, or chief family officers, according to a new survey, juggling work and childcare as they try to boost the family income.
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment allowed for what the judge called extraordinarily evil crimes.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty, apparently unconvinced that Madoff h...
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud, the maximum punishment for what the judge called an extraordinarily evil crime.Cheers and applause came from the courtroom -- filled with his fleeced investors -- as the judge handed down the penalty.Madoff, 71, stood passively with his hands c...
A statement released by Ruth Madoff, wife of Bernie Maddoff who was given a 150-year sentence on Monday.
Unprecedented attempts to stimulate economic growth may fail to bring a sustained recovery, yet withdrawing them too late could be even more risky, leading central bankers said on Monday.Regional currencies would gain in importance, they also said after two days of talks. But the U.S. dollar still had no serious rival in playing a lead role in foreign reserves and trade settlement, according to th...
Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison on Monday for perpetrating the biggest and most brazen investment fraud in Wall Street history.The courtroom erupted in cheers and applause as U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin imposed the maximum possible prison sentence on the 71-year-old defendant.Madoff stood facing the judge with his hands clasped in front of him as he...
