Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Inc. may take over UFJ Holdings Inc., a tie-up that would unseat Citigroup Inc. as the world's biggest bank by assets and accelerate Japan's attempts to reduce bad...
Investors are worried that Intel's 2Q earnings and 3Q guidance will disappoint. Are fears overdone? Can Intel be the cure for the market's summertime blues? The world's largest chipmaker is set to...
Software giant Microsoft Corp. received a warning from Japan's anti-trust regulators about unfair business practices on Tuesday, but the decision did not carry the heavy fines the U.S. firm was given...
Oil demand will rise by 2.2 percent next year, slowing from 2004's record growth, as higher interest rates restrain U.S. and European economies and the Chinese government reins in use, the...
Nasdaq sharply weaker as Merrill Lynch downgrade of chip sector weighs. Broader market murky. The Nasdaq tumbled Monday morning and the broader market was slightly weaker, led by declines in...
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday said it still expects a 2 percent to 4 percent increase in July sales at U.S. stores open at least a year, and said high gasoline...
U.S. stocks appeared set for a positive open Friday as an oil price rise stalled and investors awaited General Electric's quarterly results. Early Friday, Nasdaq and S&P futures were up...
US cable TV millionaire John Rigas and his son Timothy have been found guilty of 18 counts of fraud and conspiracy. The elder Mr Rigas co-founded Adelphia Communications in 1952 and grew it into...
Former Enron Corp. (ENRNQ.PK: Quote, Profile, Research) chairman and founder Kenneth Lay pleaded not guilty on Thursday to criminal charges accusing him of taking part in a "top-echelon" conspiracy...
Yahoo!, Alcoa results leave investors unhappy; futures point to sharply lower open. Disappointment with the results from Yahoo! and Alcoa threatened to send U.S. stocks sharply lower when trading...