 Sexual harassment claims lead to big settlement in USA $5.8 million sexual harassment settlement will be paid by a building maintenance firm in the... | |
 Large-sized Mini to hit the streetsThe Mini family is about to get a new member with the upsized Countryman... |
 Accident claim ends with Ford paying restitutionA Mississippi court has heard that the Ford Motor Co will pay $130 million over an accident that occurred in a Ford... |
 Wall Street in cautious advanceU.S. stocks were in the black Thursday but gains were... |
 Royal Mail introduces electronic stampBritain’s royal Mail has sold its first "intelligent"... |
 Jewish survivors say French Railway should lose US bidHolocaust survivors and the families in the US have objected strongly to a French Railway bid for high-Speed tracks in Florida, which will eventually connect Tampa and... |
 Cold winter was good for GazpromThe cold winter in the first three months of the year has boosted the profits of Russia’s... |
 Galaxy becomes competitor to iPadSamsung has unveiled its likely competitor to the Apple... |
 iPod nano has multi-touch interfaceApple has come up with a new iPod nano with a multi-touch... |
 Burger King may be selling outTalks with potential buyers have reportedly been held by Burger King, the American fast food... |
 American and British Airways to coordinate frequent flyer American Airlines, British Airways and Iberia have been discussing how they will work together now that European regulators have allowed them to... |
| 5 Key Lessons in August's Jobs Report 5 Strategies for Surviving the ‘New Normal’ Job Market August's jobs report is shining a little light on the ploddingly dreary labor market. Private employers added more jobs than economists... |
| Summary Box: Campbell Soup sees profit up but sales down a bit in fiscal 4th-qtr SALES DOWN, PROFIT UP: The Campbell Soup Co. said Friday that its adjusted fourth-quarter profit was up 7 percent, even though its sales were down 1 percent. LOWER SALES OUTLOOK: The company said... |
| Jobs Report Eases Some Fears About Double Dip September 3, 2010 Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate... |
| Futures Movers: Oil retreats, set for weekly loss of 2% SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Better-than-expected news on the all-important job front was not enough to lift crude-oil futures on Friday. Crude for October delivery lost $1.46, or 1.9%, to... |
| Market Snapshot: Stocks trim early gains after weak service data NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- U.S. stocks rose Friday as a moderation in the pace of job losses encouraged investors, putting the market on track to snap a three-week losing streak. The Dow Jones... |
| Take-Two shares jump as profitability returns SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. jumped Friday morning after the video game publisher reported surprise earnings for the July quarter and predicted its... |
| Earnings Watch: Updates, advisories and surprises +9.38% ) reported surprise earnings for the third fiscal quarter and raised its forecast for the current period, citing strong sales of "Red Dead Redemption." The company now predicts it will earn... |
| Tech Stocks: Take-Two gains highlight tech sector's advance SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks took to the high ground Friday, rising along with the broad market as investors were in a positive mood following a better-than-expected nonfarm payrolls... |
| Financial Stocks: Financials rally on relief over August jobs report BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The U.S. financial sector was set to end its solid week on a high note Friday as better-than-expected data fueled hopes the economic recovery isn't being derailed. The... |
| Retail Stocks: Retail stocks cheered by jobs numbers; Ulta jumps NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks rose on Friday as investors reacted bullishly to data showing the U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than expected in August while private-sector payrolls expanded... |
| Blair's memoirs can wait, Mullin's diary has me enthralled MP Chris Mullin's diaries contain somewhat disturbing anecdotes about the former prime minister, Gordon Brown. Photograph: Stefan Wermuth/AFP/Getty... |
| Toy-maker Tandem jumps on bright outlook and bikes demand , the London-listed toys and bikes company, had been bracing for a potentially damaging Toy Story market flood, but today it has reassured investors that its own wares are still selling well and that... |
| US labour market: what the economists say There was some good news today for those fearing the worst for the US economy. The monthly Department of Labor report showed far fewer jobs being shed in August than had been predicted. Most... |
| Irish Services: Activity increased at weaker pace in August but new business growth accelerated 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... |
| Companies in U.S. Added 67,000 Jobs in August Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August, easing concern the world’s largest economy is sliding back into a... |
| Gene-Altered Salmon Safe for Eating and Environment, FDA Says Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Aqua Bounty Technologies Inc.’s genetically engineered salmon are safe to eat and unlikely harm the environment, said U.S. regulators weighing whether to approve the... |
| Petrobras Plans to Raise $32 Billion From Investors Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Latin America’s largest company by market value, plans to sell as much as 55 billion reais ($32 billion) of new stock to minority shareholders as... |
| Peso GDP Warrants Reach Cheapest in 5 Months: Argentina Credit Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Argentine currency’s record losing streak is dragging peso-denominated warrants tracking economic growth to the lowest in five months relative to those priced in... |
| Turkey’s Record Stocks Signal Erdogan Referendum Win Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Investors are betting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will strengthen his hold on power at a nationwide referendum next week as stocks soar to a record... |
| Warburg Invests $125 Million in Broker-Dealer Startup Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Warburg Pincus LLC is investing $125 million in a new broker-dealer as private-equity firms seek to profit from shifts in the financial... |
| Stock Picks: Novellus Systems, Sirius XM, Take-Two Interactive SIRI ) on Sept. 3, with a short-term price target of $1.25 and a long-term target of $1.45. In a note, Joyce said he was lowering estimates on Sirius, the only U.S. satellite radio broadcaster, to... |
| Yatra.com launches maiden charter flight from Mumbai to Andaman Mumbai to Andaman, Yatra.com is offering an exclusive 8 days and 7 nights travel package inclusive of return airfare, airport transfers, hotel accommodation and all applicable hotel taxes, a press... |
| Is global economy out of the woods? global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the US looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt... |
| Stocks surge after jobs report offers hope Traders work the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Wall Street surged Friday after a relatively encouraging report on the jobs market lifted hopes about the pace of economic... |
| Life Inc.: Government cuts weigh on job market By John Schoen, Senior Producer It's not clear just how many jobs the government has created or saved with a massive stimulus effort. But government itself is now a source of job losses. Since the... |
| Flirting your way to the corner office To critics of office flirting, author Nicole Williams says "It's empowering. Flirting is one of many assets that you can work to get... |
| Great Recession was emotional ‘roller coaster’ WASHINGTON — More than a quarter of employed U.S. workers suffered a bout of unemployment during the Great Recession that took many of them on an emotional roller coaster ride, a Pew Research... |
| Service sector grows for eighth straight month NEW YORK — The U.S. service sector, the nation's predominant job generator, expanded for the eighth straight month in August although the pace of growth slowed, according to a trade group... |
| Stocks pop after jobs report NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks pared earlier gains in a pre-holiday session Friday as investors welcomed a better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.The Dow Jones industrial average... |
| Petrobras Swap Favors BG Over Repsol, Citigroup Says Sept. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Petroleo Brasileiro SA’s planned $42.5 billion share swap with the Brazilian government makes BG Group Plc’s assets in the South American country more attractive... |
| US Economy Sheds Another 54,000 Jobs The unemployment rate rose to 9.6%,from 9.5% in July, despite the creation of 67,000 jobs in the private sector, the Labor Department said. Many analysts had forecast a much larger rise in the... |
| Shopping Site 'Thefind' Finds Its Facebook Way, Carefully The increasingly popular online shopping site Thefind has finally found a way to connect with Facebook — without being creepy. It’s not a technical breakthrough — plenty of sites... |
| Financials rally nearly 2% after jobs report +1.39% ) rose nearly 2% Friday morning after the August nonfarm payrolls report came in much better than economists had expected. The financial-sector ETF is on track for a gain of more than 5% for... |
| Take-Two shares jump on earnings report SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Take-Two Interactive Software jumped more than 13% to $10 in early trades Friday. Late Thursday, the video game... |
| Energy stocks rise on jobs report NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Energy stocks rose with the broad market on Friday, after a better-than-expected monthly jobs report. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas... |
| Treasurys fall after Aug. jobs report poetsoul,To personify and understand "the market," think of her as someone who just needs an excuse to spend her cash. Down towards the end of August, she was fearful. Suddenly, her greed... |
