IBT Staff Reporter

Commerzbank is bracing itself for a higher-than-predicted loss from investments related to risky U.S. mortgages that is set to knock a hole in profits, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Sep 18, 2007

Accredited Home Lenders Holding Co, a struggling subprime mortgage lender, on Tuesday posted a $260.2 million quarterly loss and said it remained unsure it would survive the fallout from a slumping U.S. housing market.

Sep 18, 2007

OPEC will probably hold consultations about a further output increase if the price of oil stays above $80 a barrel for more than 15-20 days, an OPEC source said on Tuesday.

Sep 18, 2007

U.S. crude oil hit a record high of $81.24 a barrel on Tuesday, the fifth consecutive trading session that prices have reached an all-time peak.

Sep 18, 2007

U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday after forecast-topping earnings from Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc calmed investors' fears about the recent credit turmoil as investors anticipated an interest rate cut.

Sep 18, 2007

Gold slipped in late business on Tuesday as investors took profits from 16-month highs, but sentiment stayed bullish ahead of an expected rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Sep 18, 2007

Embattled British bank Northern Rock said a majority of customer calls it had received on Tuesday were to reinvest money in accounts, and queues for cash withdrawal were considerably down from past days.

Sep 18, 2007

Negotiators for the United Auto Workers union and General Motors Corp were scheduled to resume discussions later on Tuesday as GM factory employees went to work as usual on the fourth day without a new contact.

Sep 18, 2007

Criticism of Greenspan's policies rose as his memoir was released but observers say he will endure as one of the best central bankers.

Sep 18, 2007

A U.S. federal judge tossed out a lawsuit by California's attorney general on Monday seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from six automakers for damaging the state with climate-changing greenhouse gases.

Sep 18, 2007

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. posted a 3.2 percent decline in quarterly earnings on Tuesday as the U.S. investment bank wrote down mortgage and leveraged loan assets, but the results beat expectations and its shares rose. The results soothed investors concerned that the widening U.S. subprime mortgage crisis would wallop investment bank earnings.

Sep 18, 2007

The New York Times Co said on Monday it will end its paid TimesSelect Web service and make most of its Web site available for free in the hopes of attracting more readers and higher advertising revenue.

Sep 18, 2007

Ford Motor Co may accelerate cost cutting if a slowing U.S. economy puts the auto maker at risk of missing key financial goals in 2008 and 2009, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition on Tuesday, citing an interview with an executive.

Sep 18, 2007

The dollar steadied above last week's record lows versus the euro on Tuesday as investors chose to hold fire ahead of a widely-expected Federal Reserve interest rate cut.

Sep 18, 2007

The Federal Reserve is expected to chart a new course on Tuesday and cut benchmark interest rates for the first time since mid-2003 to protect the economy from a housing downturn and jittery credit markets.

Sep 18, 2007

The review of all security companies in the country comes after a shooting incident involving guards from the U.S. firm Blackwater.

Sep 18, 2007

Oil struck an all-time high above $81 a barrel on Tuesday, fuelled by concerns of a winter supply squeeze in top consumer the United States, where an anticipated interest rate cut was calming recession fears. Supply risks and fund flows into energy from poorly performing equity markets have driven up the price of crude to record highs for the past five trading sessions.

Sep 18, 2007

Internet search company Powerset moved a step closer to launching its natural language search engine on Monday as it opened its search technology to outside users for the first time.

Sep 18, 2007

A European Union court upheld an anti-trust ruling from 2004 against Microsoft on Monday, rejecting the software giant's appeal.

Sep 17, 2007

A Royal Bank of Scotland-led consortium will be given Dutch Finance Ministry approval later on Monday for its bid to take over Dutch bank ABN AMRO, a source close to the deal said.

Sep 17, 2007

Argentina's 2008 budget bill, presented to Congress on Friday, sees annual inflation of 7.3 percent and calculates gross domestic product growth at 4 percent.

Sep 17, 2007

Britain will guarantee all existing deposits at embattled mortgage bank Northern Rock, finance minister Alistair Darling said on Monday.

Sep 17, 2007

Major handset vendors have much more to gain than to lose from the buzz Apple Inc's coveted iPhone will create when it arrives in European stores for the key shopping season ahead of Christmas.

Sep 17, 2007

Top U.S .phone company AT&T Inc said on Monday that it was ordered to pay $156 million after losing a jury verdict in a patent infringement case brought by TGIP Inc.

Sep 17, 2007

It could be due the climate, the large number of students or the ethnic mix of the people who live there, but whatever the reason London and Toronto have the highest number of Facebook users.

Sep 17, 2007

Oil soared to a record above $80 a barrel on Monday on worries that global energy supplies could shrink to critical levels this winter heating season due to strong demand growth.

Sep 17, 2007

Hartford Financial Services Group Chief Financial Officer David Johnson said on Monday the insurer will generate $140 million of surplus in the second half of 2007, giving it a total of $640 million available.

Sep 17, 2007

Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, whose first attempt at a health care overhaul fell flat 13 years ago, unveiled a broad proposal on Monday to require health insurance for all Americans and make it more affordable.

Sep 17, 2007

Risks of a recession have increased, but the Federal Reserve must be cautious in supporting the economy because global forces that have kept inflation in check are receding, former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Monday.

Sep 17, 2007