Shares of Japan Airlines Corp fell as much as 11 percent and revisited a record low on Tuesday as investor worries mounted the carrier will be restructured in bankruptcy court.
U.S. employers expect to hire more new workers in 2010 than they did in 2009, a sign the U.S. recession may be easing its grip, research showed on Tuesday.
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Tuesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.16 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.1 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.15 percent at 4.10 a.m. ET.
China is a vital market for Microsoft's Web search business, as it chases leaders Baidu Inc and Google in the world's biggest Internet market, the world's largest software maker said.
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Australian shares rose on Tuesday, helped by gains in oil and metals and by merger activity, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia lagged as year-end activity dwindled and the dollar's rally ran out of steam.
Two companies filed for initial public offerings on Monday, betting that investors would see opportunity in the battered financial sector and the nascent green technology industry.
American International Group Inc is preparing to pay its departing general counsel several million dollars in severance after she resigned over federal pay curbs, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.
Gold futures on Monday traded relatively higher in the global markets. UK markets were shut due to low liquidity. COMEX Gold futures for February delivery are trading up $6.4 at $ 1110.5 per ounce, while MCX February gold futures hit a high of Rs 16910 trading up over Rs 50 at Rs 16878 per 10 grams.
A rare U.S. nickel that was owned over the years by an infamous Egyptian King and a Los Angeles sports team owner, and was the centerpiece in an episode of a popular television series, is expected to sell for $3 million or more in an auction in Orlando, Florida on January 6, 2010. The little coin with the big value is a 1913-dated Liberty Head nickel, one of only five known of that specific date and design.
JPMorgan Chase & Co has sued a former private banking executive arrested last year in Argentina on criminal charges, accusing him of stealing $2.8 million from a customer's account.
U.S. chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride Corp said on Monday it has emerged from bankruptcy protection, just over a year after beginning the process.
Gold prices rose slightly on Monday, but trade was quiet as many investors stayed on the sidelines with European and other major metals markets closed since late last week for Christmas.
Fannie Mae's gross mortgage portfolio shrank sharply in November while the delinquency rate on single-family loans it guarantees leaped in October, the government-controlled U.S. home funding company said on Monday.
AT&T has resumed placing orders from iPhone orders on its website, the company said on Monday according to media reports
Frequent flyers grudgingly remove their shoes and keep liquids in tiny bottles to appease airport security, but measures imposed after a foiled Christmas Day terror plot could tempt frustrated travelers to find alternatives to commercial airlines, experts say.
A wing of al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound passenger plane and President Barack Obama vowed to bring every element of U.S. power against those who threaten Americans' safety.
U.S. stocks edged higher for a sixth straight day on Monday as data indicating improved consumer spending lifted shares of retailers, offsetting a drop in airline shares amid security worries.
U.S. healthcare industry executives are expected to be the most sought-after in the new year, according to a monthly survey of executive search professionals released on Monday.
The Australian Dollar opens above 88 cents this morning as a continued lack of liquidity during the holiday period continues to keep the market subdued.
U.S. stocks rose on Monday, sending indexes to fresh closing highs for 2009, as optimism about the economic recovery lifted shares of technology, energy and industrial companies, offsetting a drop in airline shares amid security worries.
JPMorgan Chase & Co said it has sued a former private banking executive arrested last year in Argentina on criminal charges, accusing him of stealing $2.8 million from a customer's account.
