Merger and acquisition activity in the mining sector is likely to pick up pace in 2010 as producers shift their focus from cutting costs to driving growth in a recovering global economy, according to a report released on Thursday.
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U.S. investor Warren Buffett has become the biggest single shareholder in the world's largest reinsurer Munich Re and could soon hold 7 percent of the company.
Wall Street was poised to open lower on Friday after China surprised global markets by increasing banks' reserve requirements, raising worries about the impact of eventual monetary tightening on global growth.
Surveys indicate that calls to abandon the bills, the product of six months of tough compromise among Obama's ruling Democrats, could boost support for Republicans as they look toward November's congressional elections.
European stock indices are losing steam before the opening of the U.S. session as member nations reported less than stellar Gross Domestic Product (GDP) numbers and news of China tightening shook world markets.
At next week's mobile trade show in Barcelona you can find a program that measures how high you can throw a Nokia smartphone, an apt metaphor for Nokia's efforts to raise its game.
Stock index futures fell on Friday after China surprised global markets by increasing banks' reserve requirements, raising worries about the impact of eventual monetary tightening on global growth.
China raised the level of reserves banks must hold for the second time this year on Friday, spooking financial markets on the eve of its New Year holiday by showing it was intent to curb lending and inflation.
Europe's post-recession recovery hit a roadblock on Friday as German economic growth unexpectedly halted and Italy went into reverse in the final quarter of 2009, knocking total euro zone GDP growth almost flat.
Stock index futures fell on Friday after China surprised global markets by increasing banks' reserve requirements, raising worries about the impact of eventual monetary tightening on global growth.
Stock index futures pointed to a mostly lower open for U.S. shares on Friday, following strong gains in the previous session, as a pledge by European leaders to support Greece eased worries about a crisis in the euro zone.
The brother and sons of imprisoned swindler Bernard Madoff are the subject of criminal tax-fraud cases by federal prosecutors in Manhattan, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
A former Goldman Sachs Group programer was indicted on charges he stole computer code for the investment bank's high-frequency trading platform, federal prosecutors said on Thursday.
Toyota Motor said on Friday its embattled head is planning a U.S. trip early next month but would not confirm whether he would attend congressional hearings probing the automaker's safety recalls.
Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam, facing criminal and civil charges in a multimillion dollar insider-trading probe, won an emergency order relieving him from having to immediately turn over wiretap recordings in the civil case.
Google Inc argued in a staunch and sometimes eloquent brief that an agreement reached with the Authors Guild to digitize millions of books was legal and a contribution to human knowledge.
A federal judge weighing a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission $150 million settlement with Bank of America Corp has demanded more details on why bank shareholders were left in the dark about problems at Merrill Lynch & Co before approving that company's takeover.
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America Corp to answer questions about their proposed $150 million settlement to resolve the regulator's two lawsuits over the Merrill Lynch & Co takeover.
Eye care products maker Alcon Inc , which is being acquired by Swiss drugmaker Novartis AG , reported higher fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by double-digit sales increases in the U.S. and emerging markets.
Yahoo Inc executives defended the company's commitment to Internet search on Wednesday, vowing to reverse the erosion of the company's market share and to fix the misconception that the company has given up on the business it helped create.
Palm Inc is suspending production of its smartphones for the Chinese New Year, as all of them are made in China, but it will resume operations by the end of the month, a source told Reuters on Thursday.
