COMPANIES

Honda has raised its profit and sales forecast. The company is on a speedy path to recovery.

Google is trying to navigate a "mess" in the technology industry's patent infringement lawsuit game by bolstering its own patent holdings. The company has purchased more than 1,000 patents from IBM.

The dollar rallied against the yen and the Swiss franc on Monday as investors unwound safe-haven plays on expectations U.S. lawmakers would pass a deal to raise the country's borrowing limit, averting the risk of an immediate default.

Brent crude futures hit a 6-week high on Monday, topping $120 a barrel, due to a relief rally after Washington reached a last-minute deal to escape default.

Gold fell more than 1 percent on Monday after President Barack Obama said lawmakers had reached a deal to cut the country's deficit, which, if approved, would remove the threat of a default on debt that has driven bullion to a record high.

It's no secret that Apple iPads and iPad 2s outsell rival tablet makers, but a new survey indicates that iPad users are the most satisfied among tablet users, a trait that poises to perpetuate Apple's lead.

In January we saw Aussie home values fall by 1.2% which was the weakest monthly result on record. Over the March quarter home values were down 1.8%. Since that time we have seen the rate of decline slow along with an improvement in our leading indicators, like vendor discounting and time-on-market.

St. George head of intermediary distribution Steven Heavey has announced his resignation, only days after his involvement in the launch of Westpac's rebadged Bank of Melbourne brand in Victoria.

Logitech cut the price of its hyped Logitech Revue set-top box by over half, the latest sign that the Google TV initiative is failing to gain muster in the competitive consumer marketplace.

Space Exploration Technologies, or simply SpaceX, and other private sector companies are vying to fill the void for transport to space after the U.S. government put the breaks on its own shuttle program.

I wasn't one of those people who lost a bunch of money when dot-com stocks blew up in 2000, but to be honest, that's because I didn't make a lot of money in the bubblicious run up, either.

HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) should unveil a half-year profit of near $11 billion on Monday, flat from a year earlier as weak investment bank trading and wobbly U.S. and European economies offset growth in Asia.

?This agreement on fuel standards represents the single most important step we?ve ever taken as a nation to reduce our dependence on foreign oil,? Obama said.

Technology giant Apple Inc currently has $76 billion in cash while United States Treasury's cash balance fell to $74 billion this week.

AT&T announced on Friday that the company will start to throttle the data speeds for the top five percent of data users from Oct 1, pulling the carpet on those who uses unusually large amounts of data.

Several major auto makers on Friday embraced the Obama administration's proposal to push the industry further away from once-dominant gas guzzlers to more lean and efficient vehicles.

Anemic U.S. growth is not enough to prompt Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke to call for a new round of monetary stimulus.

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Solar investors should brace themselves for some downright dreadful second-quarter earnings reports in the coming weeks, though the rest of the year may provide some relief to battered solar stocks as panel prices stabilize and profit margins recover.

Looking for a new summer house? Have $20 million dollars you just can?t find a use for? Buy an island!

Expedia's stock increased more than 10 percent after the company reported strong second-quarter profits.

FBI testimony relating to a 2008 prompted the polygamous leader to speak up

Competitive Power Ventures Inc (CPV), GE Energy Financial Services and Diamond Generating Corp (DGC) began construction at their co-owned, 800-megawatt gas-fired CPV Sentinel Energy Center in Riverside County, California, the companies said in a release on Thursday.

McDonald's is adding French-style baguette bread to menus in France to give restaurants more local flavor.

Borders is liquidating, but America's second-largest bookstore says potential buyers are interested in its Web site, brand name, and customer information data. The company has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for permission to auction those assets.

More than a dozen traders have quit Goldman Sachs Group Inc's (GS.N) North American government bonds and derivatives trading desk in New York in recent months as the bank takes fewer risks and big bonuses for ambitious traders dry up.

Daredevils in red jumpsuits can teeter around the outside edge of Canada's tallest structure next month as the CN Tower opens a new attraction for thrill-seekers and those wanting to overcome fear.

Polygamous sect leader refuses to speak at his trial

Dunkin' Donuts and Starbucks have been in the news this week, with Dunkin's successful IPO and Starbucks' stellar profits. Here's a scorecard comparing the two competitors.