The Nasdaq was the star on the day, leaping ahead of the other major...

Delta Air Lines has decided to upgrade the seats on its Boeing 747s to coincide with next summer’s...

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Beirut has become the most expensive city in the Middle East this...

This week’s BD25 million issues of Government Treasury Bills, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain, were oversubscribed by...

President Obama is to call for business investment tax...

The management team at the Kia automobile headquarters in South Korea has undergone a change following recalls of popular makes of...

George Soros has given a fair chunk of his money to a human rights...

French strikers have gone to war with the government over plans to extend the retirement...

UK people believe retirement as it has been known is generally...

The Australian Cricketers Association has urged players to refuse to sign Cricket Australia contracts next year as a row has erupted over an attempt to take 10 per cent of their earnings from the Indian Premier...

Hewlett Packard sued its former boss Mark Hurd Tuesday for breach of confidentiality agreements a day after the highly-regarded executive was hired as president of rival Oracle, The Wall Street Journal...

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. stepped on its Internet search accelerator Wednesday by adding a feature that displays results as soon as people begin typing their requests. The change, called...

NEW YORK - Canadian methanol producer Methanex Corp. on Wednesday said that it plans to restart an Alberta planted idled since 2001 in April. The company said it has started to purchase natural gas...

Stronger demand is helping Smithfield Foods emerge from a long period of weak prices with historically high ingredient costs. The company said stronger demand, coupled with $125 million in annual...

BORROWING COMES CHEAP: The Treasury Department auctioned 10-year notes at a low 2.67 percent rate. NEVER MIND THE DEBT: Expectations for sluggish economic growth keeps buyers bidding up Treasury...

Juriba to give companies a fast and easy way to assess their readiness to upgrade their Windows PCs to the latest Microsoft software. ConverterTechnology, the world leading expert in Microsoft...

SEH ), a leading producer of plastic sheet, compounds, and packaging products, today announced that Victoria M. Holt has been appointed President and Chief Executive effective September 8, 2010....

Twinings is closing its factory in North Shields – with the added indignity that sacked workers have been asked to train their overseas replacements. It's the latest example of how dancing to the...

launched a blistering defence. The document was a model of its kind. There was the independent expert's opinion that Dana is worth up to £24.65; lots of pretty graphs to illustrate the company's...

Even if BP's finding of 'multiple causes' of the Gulf of Mexico disaster is accepted, it is still unclear whether the company will be found grossly...

Kinect, the new motion-sensing device for the Microsoft Xbox 360, will be available as a stand-alone peripheral. But gamers can also opt for an Xbox 360 bundle deal, Microsoft reps confirmed...

(Bloomberg) — Even the chief of staff to the first U.S. president from Chicago could face challenges in trying to win the top job in a city where someone named Daley has ruled for 42 of the...

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- 7-Eleven Inc., operator of the eponymous convenience-store chain, is in talks to buy Casey’s General Stores Inc., thwarting Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.’s purchase...

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- New York City’s biggest Fashion Week ever will generate more than $385 million for the most populous U.S. city’s economy, according to Mayor Michael...

Coca-Cola Co. still sees "tremendous opportunity" in the U.S. market although its growth is being outpaced by emerging markets such as India and...

HNI ) is in for some taxing times. Under the existing law, the threshold level to kick in the wealth tax provisions is Rs 30 lakh. However, in the existing provision, items like watches, paintings...

Superior Court of California in Santa Clara against Hurd. The suit accused Hurd of violating his severance agreement to protect HP's confidential information by taking a job as co-president of...

Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in favour of Sun Pharma, paving the way for the domestic pharma major to eventually gain 65% control (with voting rights) and 48% equity stake...

Bangalore , Deshpande said the US would make a mistake if it became protectionist, instead of becoming innovative. As co-chairman of Obama's innovation and entrepreneurship council, what are you...

Gold prices scaled to a new peak of 19,470 per ten grams in the national capital today on brisk buying by jewelle rs to meet festival and marriage season demand amid a firm global...

dollar today amid renewed dollar selling by banks and exporte rs as the American currency fell to a 15-year low against the Japanese yen. Forex dealers said sustained capital inflows also helped the...

National Stock Exchange index Nifty ended with a gain of 3.85 points at 5,607.85. While Infosys Technologies, the second heaviest in the 30-stock Sensex pack, gained Rs 16.50 at Rs...

NEW DELHI: The majority of employers in the country anticipate the creation of new jobs in the coming months of this year, according to a survey released on Tuesday. Painting a robust hiring scenario...

NEW DELHI: The number of mobile subscribers in the country crossed the 652.42 million mark in July, with the addition of 16.92 million connections, official data show. According to...

C Balakrishnan , principal advisor to the plan panel Pronab Sen told the ministry to lay down clear guidelines to ensure transparency. "The ministry should have a transparent policy for use of...

Etisalat, the UAE's biggest phone company, said it's considering investing in Idea Cellular to tap the world's second-largest wireless market. However, the company specified that it is not looking at...

India , said on Tuesday that his company was looking at ways to synergise operations with the German auto behemoth after it bought a 19.9% stake in Suzuki earlier this year. "The vehicles would be...

tourist destination is scaling new heights. Globetrotters and tourists from around the world are warming up to the country's people and hospitality by voting India as the seventh-best destination in...

HP one month ago, after an investigation by the board into a personal relationship with a contractor turned up questionable expense reports. Ellison, a personal friend of Hurd's, criticized HP's...

Instamedia Network, the web's leading content network and creator of Software as a Service (SaaS) based content platform, Instapress, announced on Wednesday it has secured $4 million in Series A...

Foster's Group , Australia's largest brewer, knocked back an offer worth up to $2.5 billion for its wine business as too cheap, but the approach could flush out offers for the entire group. The bid,...

LONDON — Goldman Sachs is facing a massive fine from the UK's City watchdog following an investigation into the U.S. investment bank's international business, the Financial Times said on its...

Starbucks has decided to declutter its drive-through menus — by getting rid of its smaller, 12-ounce drink size. The coffee giant said Wednesday that its drive-through menus now generally only...

NEW YORK — Stubbornly high unemployment and signs of persistent weakness in the housing market have prompted economists to further cut their outlook for U.S. growth in the second half of the...

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Hewlett-Packard Co. and American Express Co. lead companies marketing at least $16.6 billion of U.S. corporate bonds today, capping what may be the busiest two- day period for...

US stocks closed higher today after a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased worries about Europe's financial...

Hedge-fund manager John Paulson's Advantage Plus Fund dropped by 4.3% in August, as it continues to suffer for betting too soon on an economic recovery, a person familiar with the situation said...