As the Department of Justice gears up for a rare criminal trial against a publicly traded company, the Taiwanese defendant wants to argue that prosecutors just don't get Asian business culture.
Game publisher Activision is on a high as its latest installment of Call of Duty topped $1 billion in worldwide sales in just 16 days since its Nov. 8 release.
The top after-market NASDAQ gainers are: Saba Software, Urban Outfitters, Skullcandy, Cypress Semiconductor, Avanir Pharma and Atmel Corp. The top after-market NASDAQ losers are: Liquidity Services, Perceptron, Diamond Foods and BioMarin Pharma.
John Atterberry, chief of the Death Row Records, died Monday after being shot in the face by a rampaging gunman on a Hollywood street Friday morning.
With such new enhancements and improved performance, the Nook Color seems to be more like a tablet than an e-reader. Priced at $199, B&N has proved there's a market for low cost tablets that provide high content features.
Jive Software Inc priced its initial public offering at $12 per share, above its expected price range of between $8 and $10 per share, according to an underwriter.
Lexus announced Monday that it will introduce a new concept vehicle at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this January.
Chrysler and Hyundai led the way for strong automotive sales in the United States in October, as sales continue to rebound from recession slumps, according to analysis from the Great American Group released Monday.
Bank of America Corp. (BAC) announced Monday it is hiring about 160 Merrill Edge Financial Solutions Advisors across Southern California and Arizona by the end of first quarter 2012 as part of the firm's plan to enhance the solutions it offers to preferred customers -- those with investable assets of $50,000 to $250,000.
The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), regulator of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, on Monday sued the city of Chicago over its new vacant buildings ordinance.
Canadian National Railway Co and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) have reached a tentative agreement on labor contracts before the expiry of the current contract.
Verizon has apologized for sending out a text message that alarmed New Jersey residents.
Amazon will release an over-the-air update for its Kindle Fire in less than two weeks, which hopes to remedy a number of ongoing issues with its touchscreen navigation.
Shares of Pfizer (NSYE: PFE) were trading Monday after the news down 1.17 percent, or 23 cents, to $20.32 at 3 p.m. Eastern Time. The stock was among the most actively traded on the NYSE. But the market as a whole was trading down on concerns that the latest Eurozone plan won't help the continent avert financial crisis.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney called on fellow candidate Newt Gingrich on Monday to return $1.6 million in fees from consulting work for Freddie Mac.
AT&T and Deutsche Telekom, T-Mobile's parent company, asked Judge Ellen Huvelle of the U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. Monday to delay the trial with the U.S. Department of Justice over the proposed $39 billion merger, which she has granted.
The turbulent stock market may throw up obstacles in front of two initial public offerings on tap, including on-line game site Zynga as well as workplace social networking developer Jive Software.
Barclays Plc. (BCS) chief executive Bob Diamond has fired as many as 30 bankers for violating his newly imposed "no-jerk" rule and acting in a way that embarrasses the company.
Netflix shares are up strongly on speculation that Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ) might buy the company to enter the streaming video business.
Still, there's plenty of reason investors might have continued holiday cheer for GE, and the job CEO Jeff Immelt is doing. After downgrading GE in January, Bernstein Research analyst Steven Winoker listed five reasons, according to Barrons, that shares could climb to $21 -- near a 52-week high.
Self-expression is the crux of individuality, and in this city, in this day and age, when everyone's looking for a way to set themselves apart, individuality is often the root of success. Perched on the 4th floor of an East Village office building, sitting in a glass-cased conference room, looking out onto Cooper Square, I begin to understand what Justin Stefano, 32, and Philippe von Borries, 33, best friends and co-founders of Refinery 29, had discerned long before anyone else: It was early ...
As unprecedented conditions continue to buffet the U.S. equities, and investors pull tens of billions out, investment managers are increasingly counseling their clients on what could be the most basic of stock market strategies: put your cash in mature high-dividend shares of mature companies, and stop fussing.
More tests are needed to determine the size of the latest natural gas find by ConocoPhillips in the North Sea, Norwegian government officials announced Monday.
With Bluetooth 4.0, Apple's separate iOS devices could be instantaneously connected without a Wi-Fi connection. This could allow Apple to become a viable gaming or TV platform.
AT&T seeks a review of the FCC decision on the grounds that it exceeds the Commission's authority; is contrary to the Communications Act of 1934, as amended by the Telecommunications Act of 1996; and is arbitrary, capricious, an abuse of discretion, and otherwise contrary to law.
A decorated NYPD police officer was shot in the face and killed while responding to a break-in robbery at a Brooklyn apartment on Monday, according to reports.
Student loan company Sallie Mae Corp. (SLM) left the New York Stock Exchange and began trading on the NASDAQ stock market Monday under the ticker symbol SLM in what the company calls a "cost-effective" move. The firm also launched a new corporate logo.
A Virginia woman who has faked having ovarian cancer since her twenties was arrested on Thursday on two misdemeanor counts of obtaining money by false pretenses, according to a Hanover County Sheriff's Office press release.
Bayer expects to see falling profit margins in drugs and plastics as the euro debt crisis sends tremors through economy, chief executive Marijn Dekkers told a German newspaper.
Brocade Communications Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BRCD) could come in to spotlight after Blue Coat Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:BCSI) said Friday it has agreed to be acquired by an investor group led by San Francisco-based private equity investment firm Thoma Bravo, LLC, for about $1.3 billion.
