U.S. power company Duke Energy Corp. (DUK.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported a 48 percent rise in quarterly profit, helped by a gain on the sale of its Australian assets. The...
U.S. stocks slipped early Wednesday as new geopolitical concerns and continued uncertainty about interest rates trumped some solid earnings. After 10 minutes of trading, the Dow Jones industrial...
Amvescap, the fund management group, was yesterday forced to publish a secret boardroom memo showing that it was falling short of internal financial targets, after it was accidentally emailed out...
Japanese conglomerates NEC Corp and Hitachi Ltd unveiled upbeat earnings outlooks on Wednesday, with Hitachi boosted by a recovery in its disk drive operations and NEC by strong demand for chips and...
DuPont Co.'s (DD.N: Quote, Profile, Research) quarterly profit rose on higher sales of farm chemicals and seeds, the No. 2 U.S. chemicals maker said on Tuesday. The Wilmington, Delaware, company...
Canon Inc., Sony Corp. and Sharp Corp. led Japanese consumer electronics companies forecasting higher annual earnings on rising demand for DVD recorders, flat- screen televisions and digital cameras...
Rumblings about higher OPEC oil price targets and new readings on consumer confidence and existing home sales will keep investors focused on the economy in Tuesday's U.S. stock trading. Early...
A proposed $64 billion merger in the drug sector and a reading of the housing market will kick off the week on Wall Street Monday. Early Monday, futures pointed to a mixed open for the major...
General Motors, the world's top car maker, posted a near-70 percent leap in first-quarter vehicle sales in China, revving past a market that grew about 45 percent in the same period, the company said...
Microsoft earnings could send U.S. stocks sharply higher when trading begins Friday. Microsoft's better-than-expected earnings could be the focal point of a U.S. stock market rally when trading...