U.S. stocks were only modestly higher Thursday despite leaders in Greece ratifying reforms that will pave the way for a deal between the debt-laden country, the European Union and the International...

BEIJING China's inflation rose to 4.5 per cent in January with soaring food prices contributing significantly to the reversal of a five month trend of easing prices.

Inflation in December was...

LONDON - Oil and gas major BG Group plans to capitalise on strong global demand for liquefied natural gas to boost investments and growth prospects, the company said Thursday announcing $8.209...

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has failed to garner support from his coalition partners for new austerity measures, necessary for a crucial 130 billion euros European Union bailout...

NEW YORK - Profits of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation have risen sharply by 65 per cent in the quarter ending December, despite an ongoing investigations into the closure of the 'News of the World'...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and its creditors are suing several units of Citigroup Inc. to recover $2.5 billion the failed investment bank transferred to a backup account at Citi...

Delta Air Lines is considering moving as many as 150 jobs from the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to Atlanta as part of a plan to consolidate its warehouse operations. In a Jan. 24 memo...

Michael Graves put the cachet in Chez Tarzhay. The architect's 13-year partnership with Target Corp. ends this year, but his impact will continue to reverberate at the Minneapolis-based...

UnitedHealth Group Inc., the Minnetonka-based health insurer, will pay doctors based on the quality of their care in a cost-cutting effort that also benefits the company's consulting business. ...

A long-awaited mining project that promises economic renewal for Minnesota's Iron Range has been delayed repeatedly in the past year because federal regulators are insisting the company conduct...

Fastenal pays bonuses quarterly and Oberton's bonus is based on pretax net earnings. The company surpassed the incentive targets in each quarter last year. The company reported pretax earnings...

This settlement is a case of too little, too late. But the silver lining might be the lifting of the uncertainty that's been hanging over mortgage lenders. A lot of lending activity has been...

Talks have been held between Alcoa management and the Victorian government to try to save the company's Geelong smelter but neither state nor federal government funds have been...

appears to be the first who will write about it.The salsa-dancing standout player, who is repped by IMG for non-play-related activities, is said to be closing in on a book...

Some advice for homeowners hurt by the housing bust: be patient. While New Yorkers stand to get $790 million under the $26 billion settlement, the deal is complex and it’s unclear exactly how...

Gannett, the nation’s largest newspaper chain and owner of USA Today, said yesterday it was going to offer voluntary buyouts to 665 employees at its 81 small and mid-sized newspapers...

Social game network developer Zynga is teaming with Hasbro to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based on Zynga’s most popular Facebook games and characters, All Things Digital...

A pre-IPO rally in Facebook shares has pushed the value of the social-networking giant past $100 billion.Some 150,000 Facebook shares sold for $44 apiece in the latest auction on SharesPost, a...

Fred Wilpon, the owner of the cash-strapped Mets, is hoping the Supreme Court will turn him from a winner into a loser. Wilpon’s Sterling Equities, which owns the Mets, filed a petition with...

Hard-charging New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman scored roughly $790 million in payments for hobbled homeowners in the Empire State. About 6,400 homeowners in the state may be eligible for...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The merger announcement from Glencore International PLC and Xstrata PLC this week turned heads because the combination of a commodities trading powerhouse and a major...

waste .Brand new labelling on food products being rolled out in all Sainsbury's stores from Friday will instead advise customers to freeze food as soon as possible up to the product's...

"Flash Occupation" was staged here at several Wall Street bank branches Thursday in an attempt to escalate pressure on them to pay a fair share and stop foreclosures. More than 200 people...

See Search Box lower down this column for searches of Finfacts news pages. Where there may be the odd special character missing from an older page, it's a problem that developed when...

European markets were called down Friday morning, despite the Greek government finally agreeing a deal for its second bailout, after euro zone finance ministers withheld approval for the...

CNBC's Hampton Pearson has the story on the late Steve Jobs discussion with the FBI after being considered in 1991 for a H.W. Bush political...

China's trade shrank in January from a year earlier, with a factory shutdowns for Lunar New Year holidays exacerbating a slowdown in external demand that has set Beijing on a pro-growth policy...

] owns in Alibaba Group, the sources said. Alibaba.com shares were halted from trading on Thursday pending an announcement regarding its parent. Yahoo's stake in Alibaba Group has an estimated...

] has taken the wraps off of its first SUV, The Model X. Unveiling it Thursday night at the company's design studio in southern California, Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the Model X will...

"The signs of optimism that we've been seeing in the economy are really being reflected in the attendance at the trade show," he said on "Fast Money." Howard said attendance...

and Foster Friess, a wealthy donor to conservative causes, were walking out of an event together a few months ago when Mr. Friess broke the news: After backing Mr. Romney for president four years...

] and Ally Financial will reduce loans for nearly 1 million households that owe more than their homes are worth. Although the terms of the settlement are somewhat complex, RBC analyst Gerard Cassidy...

In an industry known for extravagance, simpler designs with a ladylike twist will blanket the Lincoln Center runway at Fashion Week for the Fall 2012 season, industry experts...

The income was on sales of NT$15.98 billion, up 29 percent from 2010. It was the second year in a row Largan had consolidated revenue of over NT$10 billion. As for this year, analysts said sales...

Feb. 9 (Bloomberg) -- Container shipping lines will seek to raise rates by at least $500 per 40-foot box for Asia-U.S. West Coast cargos in upcoming annual contracts after price wars and higher fuel...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Procter & Gamble Co. has decided it will seek to terminate its sale of the Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods Inc., said three people with knowledge of the situation,...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will face a shortfall of 22,000 workers with higher education by 2018 as the city’s population ages, the government said in its first forecast for a shortfall...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Greek Finance Minister Evangelos Venizelos said his country must decide if it will remain in the euro or not, and the decision must be made before a meeting of euro-area...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Rio Tinto Group lost a bid to keep using non-unionized workers in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, a decision a lawyer for the world’s third-biggest mining...

Feb. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks fell the most in eight weeks and South Korea’s won weakened as earnings in the region disappointed investors and European leaders held back a rescue package...

Geelong 3220 Treasurer Wayne Swan says the Government will not be issuing any blank cheques to prop up Australia's aluminium industry.Victorian Premier Ted Baillieu held talks with Alcoa...

The iconic photography brand Kodak has announced it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames in the first half of 2012 in a bid to cut costs. Eastman Kodak,...

Talks aimed at reaching a closure agreement for 470 locked out Electro-Motive workers have been stressful, CAW president Ken Lewenza said Thursday. ';At this particular time, we’re not...

The bank, which employs around 56,000 staff in the UK, is expected to report pre-tax profits of 6.1billion for 2011, flat on the previous year. The results come after weeks of conflict over...

Greek leaders reached a last-minute deal including three-billion euros worth of cuts - but Brussels says it is not enough. The country now has less than a week to meet three conditions in return...

(Credit: Kodak) "There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home," Olsen told a meeting of the World Future Society in Boston in 1977. Though Olsen would later...