Asian shares rose Friday on hopes that economic reform and budget plans unveiled by Spain will help it manage its debt imbalances and avoid a euro zone bailout.
Microsoft’s (Nasdaq:MSFT) search engine Bing and Klout are forming a strategic partnership that will allow the tech giant to invest in the new social media company and in turn feature Klout scores within Bing search results, the companies announced Thursday.
The world's biggest passenger airplane has a new operator, as Thai Airways International gets its first double-decker giant.
The Spanish government introduced a budget Thursday with deep austerity measures, including slashing welfare by 20 percent.
The Empire State Building's owners won't run the 1 World Trade Center observatory, officials said.
In New York Thursday, Mario Monti said looming fiscal cliff and debt crisis issues in Washington might be solved by taking a page out of the Italian playbook.
Micron Technology (NYSE: MU), the sole U.S. DRAM maker, will report a loss but what about new orders?
Johnny Lewis, of "Sons of Anarchy" fame, was found dead and is the prime suspected in the murder of elderly Katherine Davis.
Tempur-Pedic International Inc. (NYSE: TPX) will buy rival Sealy Corp. (NYSE: ZZ) for $228.6 million to create a "2.7 billion global bedding provider," Tempur-Pedic said.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key publicly apologized to Kim Dotcom, the 38-year-old founder of file-sharing site Megaupload, who is wanted by the U.S. Justice Dept.
The recent riots at Foxconn factory in northern China that left 40 people injured and impacted nearly 2,000 workers reflect the sagging morale of the Chinese factory workers, who appear to be stressed out on realizing a few benefits against nurturing high expectations of better conditions and guarantees.
Unelected Italian PM Mario Monti says he would be open to staying on as prime minister after the new elections -- his clearest signal yet.
Raising hopes on further economic reforms, India’s Finance Minister P Chidambaram Thursday said that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wanted the implementation of more measures to stabilize the rupee.
Logitech International, D.R. Horton, BHP Billiton Ltd, Mellanox Technologies, Nokia Corp, Novartis AG, Perrigo Co, Hewlett-Packard and Research In Motion Ltd. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Thursday.
When Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM) reports 2Q results, nobody will be surprised about another giant loss. How much longer?
The U.S. stock index futures point to a higher open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data, the Census Bureau's durable goods orders data and Bureau of Economic Analysis’s gross domestic product report.
Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as the weak Chinese industrial profits raised hopes that the government could launch fresh measures to support growth in the world’s second largest economy.
European markets were rose Thursday as investor sentiment turned positive with expectations that Spain will soon seek help to reduce its increasing debt burden.
The top after-market NYSE gainers Wednesday were Thor Industries, Tronox Inc, Trulia Inc, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings and Elan Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were HB Fuller Co, Worthington Industries, Frontline Ltd, First Majestic Silver Corp and NorthWestern Corp.
Most of the Asian markets rose Thursday as investor confidence was lifted by hopes that China would soon announce monetary easing measures to rejuvenate the economic growth momentum.
Asian shares were capped Thursday as uncertainty over a Spanish bailout dented sentiment, while global lenders' wrangling over Greek debt restructuring highlighted Europe's trouble uniting to tackle its debt crisis.
Food prices worldwide are likely to see a shock as the shipping industry begins demanding sharp rate hikes to move refrigerated cargo.
A huge spike in September consumer confidence is not as widespread as it looks. It seems only Democrats are optimistic about the economy.
The Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivered the following speech before the UN General Assembly on Wednesday, Sept. 26.
Human rights are abused every day in Mali, a once-peaceful West African country that is now ruled by Islamist extremists associated with AQIM.
On Wednesday morning at Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., Gov. Jerry Brown joined Google co-founder Sergey Brin on stage to usher in a new era of self-driving automobiles in America’s Golden State.
The leader of France's parliament is being criticized for adding his wife to his staff as he unveils budget cuts for MPs.
Anti-austerity riots in Athens are marred by bloodshed and fire, as violent protesters appeared to get the upper hand over the police.
Seven of the top 10 Medicare plans are planning double-digit premium increases next year.
