Stocks Advance on Earnings, Job Market

2007/08/02 03:23:09

Stocks rose Thursday on corporate results, job market, but credit concerns continue....

British Airways Fined Nearly $550M for Price Fixing

2007/08/01 12:25:58

UK's Office of Fair Trading hits British Airways with largest fine in its history for price fixing....

Pending Home Sales Rise Five Percent in June

2007/08/01 11:54:57

Pending home sales rose unexpectedly in June, but still lower than last year....

GM Switches Gears to Drive Home $891 Million Profit in 2Q

2007/07/31 09:42:05

General Motors on Tuesday said it posted a net profit in the 2nd quarter of $891 million, or $1.56 a...

Tapping Your IRA Early Can Be Tricky -- and Costly

2007/07/31 06:15:58

Attention IRA owners: know the rules AND follow them to the letter when taking early withdrawals....

ABN Withdraws Backing for Barclays Bid, Switches to Neutral

2007/07/30 12:30:32

Dutch bank ABN AMRO formally withdrew its recommendation of a takeover offer by Barclays but made cl...

Ingersoll-Rand Selling Bobcat, Two Other Units for $4.9B

2007/07/30 12:15:52

Deal represents one of the largest foreign purchases by a South Korean company....

Lundberg Survey: Gas Prices on the Fall

2007/07/30 10:42:21

Gasoline prices are down about 17 cents in the last two weeks, according to nationwide survey....

Fisher-Price Recalls 1.5M Chinese-Made Toys for Lead

2007/08/02 02:29:26

Toy-maker Fisher-Price announces recall of 1.5 million plastic preschool toys -- including the popul...

News Corp., Dow Jones Agree to $5.6 Billion Deal

2007/08/01 12:08:25

Dow Jones & Co. has entered into a definitive agreement to be purchased by News Corp., the companies...

Shoppers Take a Break in June; Core Consumer Prices Moderate

2007/07/31 10:02:17

Shoppers take a break in June, boost spending by smallest amount in 9 months, meanwhile, core prices...

Stocks to Watch, July 31: CBS, GM and MetLife

2007/07/31 06:41:30

Among the companies whose shares are seeing active trading in Tuesday's session are CBS Corp., Gener...

ADM Fiscal 4Q Profit More Than Doubles

2007/07/30 13:17:51

Agricultural processor Archer Daniels Midland Co. {ADM} said Monday its fiscal fourth-quarter profit...

Verizon Wireless to Buy Rural Cellular for $757M

2007/07/30 12:23:18

Rural Cellular shareholders to get $45 a share, a 16 percent premium, from Verizon-Vodafone ventures...

Scientist Tells FDA to Pull Avandia From Market

2007/07/30 10:47:05

The diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled off the market because the heart risks outweigh the advan...