Pakistani investigators were following important leads to identify who was behind the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Wednesday.
The Obama administration on Wednesday launched a $75 billion foreclosure relief plan, as new data showed one in five U.S. homeowners with mortgages owe more than their house is worth.
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - The Obama administration on Wednesday launched a $75 billion foreclosure relief plan, as new data showed one in five U.S. homeowners with mortgages owe more than their house is worth.
Stocks rallied on Wednesday, ending a five-day losing streak, as another Chinese stimulus package boosted commodity prices and encouraged investors to jump into energy and natural resource shares.
General Electric Co shares fell as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, touching their lowest point since 1991, as investors worried about a possible downgrade of GE's credit rating and how its finance arm would get through the recession.
Stocks rallied on Wednesday, ending a five-day losing streak, as another Chinese stimulus package boosted commodity prices and encouraged investors to jump into energy and natural resource shares.
Ford Motor Co detailed debt restructuring initiatives on Wednesday, including conversion of debt to equity and two cash tender offers, that could retire up to $10.4 billion of the automaker's debt.
The immediate outlook for U.S. growth is grim but forceful policy action will help end the country's year-long recession, top officials for the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
Stocks rallied on Wednesday, ending a five-day losing streak, as another Chinese stimulus package boosted commodity prices and encouraged investors to jump into energy and natural resource shares.
U.S. private companies hemorrhaged nearly 700,000 jobs in February and the service sector slump deepened as the year-old recession showed little sign of abating, according to data released on Wednesday.
TORONTO - Biovail Corp and its founder were so worried in 2003 that the drug company's quarterly results would not meet targets that they fabricated the effects of a fatal truck crash that destroyed a shipment of drugs, Canada's main securities regulator said on Wednesday.
Oil settled nearly 9 percent higher on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected drop in U.S. crude stocks and an increase in gasoline demand.
General Electric Co shares fell as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, touching their lowest point since 1991, as anxiety over a possible downgrade for GE and its finance unit was compounded by an investor lawsuit over a recent dividend cut.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday she wanted to put on a serious track talks with Russia on a missile defense shield to counter nuclear threats from Iran.
BOSTON/CHICAGO - General Electric Co shares fell as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, touching their lowest point since 1991, as anxiety over a possible downgrade for GE and its finance unit was compounded by an investor lawsuit over a recent dividend cut.
Microsoft Corp will favor neither American nor foreign workers as it cuts thousands of jobs, the company said on Tuesday in response to a senator's call that the jobs of U.S. employees be preserved.
General Electric Co shares fell as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, touching their lowest point since 1991, as anxiety over a possible downgrade for GE and its finance unit was compounded by two investor lawsuits over a recent dividend cut.
Oil rose over 7 percent on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected drop in U.S. crude stocks and an increase in gasoline demand.
Oil rose over 6 percent on Wednesday after data showed an unexpected drop in U.S. crude stocks and an increase in gasoline demand.
A surge in Chinese manufacturing plus hopes for additional stimulus there injected a rare dose of optimism into the global economic picture on Wednesday, even though Europe's services sector fell to new lows and the United States suffered more job losses.
General Electric Co's shares fell as much as 16 percent on Wednesday, touching their lowest point since 1991, as anxiety over a possible downgrade for the firm and its beleaguered finance unit was compounded by an investor lawsuit over a recent dividend cut.
U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, snapping a five-day sell-off as a jump in the price of oil and other commodities spurred energy and natural resource stocks.