Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) released new video, where robots are being deployed at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in order to measure radiation levels and other conditions after the recent earthquake in Japan.
The U.S. dollar slid to a 3-year low against a basket of major currencies and Asian stocks jumped to a 3-year high on Thursday, as investors scrambled to get in front of upward momentum in higher-yielding assets, particularly in emerging markets.
A patent trial between tech giants Oracle and Google should be held before November, a U.S. judge said at a hearing.
The U.S. dollar slid to a 2-1/2-year low against a basket of major currencies and Asian stocks were poised to hit a 3-year high on Thursday, as investors scrambled to get in front of upward momentum in higher-yielding assets, particularly in emerging markets.
Luxury automaker Rolls-Royce Motor Cars should more than double sales in the second quarter, in large part because of its Ghost model, David Archibald, president of Rolls-Royce in North America, said on Wednesday.
There is a risk that Nissan Motor Co's <7201.T> U.S. market share, which has been on the rise, may fall due to a lack of auto parts from Japan, North American Chairman Carlos Tavares said on Wednesday.
A probe has been launched into the handling of insurer Prudential's
failed $35.5 billion bid for AIA <1299.HK>, the Financial Times said on Thursday.American Express Co's
first-quarter profit rose 33 percent from a year ago, beating expectations, but its expenses soared 19 percent, and shares in the credit card lender and processing network fell 1.8 percent.Yum Brands Inc , the parent of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, reported higher-than-expected quarterly sales, boosted by growth in China, helping to send its shares up 4.9 percent in after-hours
Gold rallied above $1,500 an ounce for the first time on Wednesday, extending this week's record run as investors hedged growing inflation risks and bought into a broad commodities rally as the dollar slumped.
The resumption of the global risk-on rally late Tuesday illustrates how trends work in the financial markets.
The board of Citigroup Inc was sued by an individual shareholder for the damage done to the bank by years of shoddy mortgage and foreclosure practices, which recently led to a costly fix agreed with regulators.
Raj Rajaratnam wanted to conquer the stock market at the expense of the law, a prosecutor said in closing arguments of the hedge fund manager's insider trading trial on Wednesday.
Verizon Wireless is still evaluating whether or not it will distribute the PlayBook tablet computer from Research In Motion, the biggest U.S. mobile operator said on Wednesday.
Most U.S. adults favor a mix of federal spending cuts and higher taxes on wealthier taxpayers to reduce the nation's budget deficits, a new poll finds.
A U.S. appeals court upheld on Wednesday a finding that EchoStar Corp was in contempt of a patent infringement injunction involving TiVo Inc technology, raising hopes the long legal battle could end with a TiVo victory.
Big earnings surprises gave a positive turn to investor sentiment on Wednesday, propelling U.S. stocks to their best day in a month and lifting the Dow industrials to their highest in almost three years.
Gold rose above $1,500 an ounce on Wednesday for the first time ever as the dollar wilted, oil rose, worries over the U.S. economic outlook boosted demand for the metal as a haven and rising inflation lifted Asian demand.
Boeing Co said it would fight a National Labor Relations Board complaint originally lodged by one of its labor unions that challenges the aircraft maker's 2009 decision to establish a second assembly line in South Carolina for the 787 Dreamliner.
Wells Fargo & Co , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, posted higher quarterly profit, but its results were shaped by the same trends as most of its rivals, which is unusual for a bank known for outsmarting competitors.
Oil prices rallied 3 percent on Wednesday as U.S. crude oil inventories fell for the first time in seven weeks and the dollar weakened further, fueling investor appetite for riskier assets.
American International Group Inc
will transfer its troublesome asbestos risk to Berkshire Hathaway Inc , relieving it of a book of business that has cost it billions of dollars, the bailed-out insurer said on Wednesday. 
