Two industries ? retail and consumer packaged goods ? will account for the largest shares of new ad spending this year.
The founder of OpenGate Capital, Andrew Nikou, is in talks for his own reality show.
Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.
Rick Perry?s comments on the reckless printing of paper are calling into question the constitutionality of certain economic policies and actions of the Obama administration.
In a sensational bid to finance its vast economic reforms, Egypt has rekindled its interest in Islamic finance amid growing pressure to rebuild the country using internal financing.
S&P also reduced Google?s 12-month price target to $500 from $700.
Following Fitch?s affirmation of ?AAA? rating to U.S. debt, which was in sharp contrast to S&P?s downgrade, the focus now turns to whether Moody?s will retain top rating for the US.
Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash to defend its Android ecosystem. Rising IP threats to Android from Microsoft Corp. and Apple Inc. were the primary driver of the acquisition, RBC Capital Markets said.
The United Arab Emirates is enforcing a law that can slap a 10-year prison sentence on anyone it thinks is spreading rumors through social media outlets.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. (NYSE:MMI) for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. The acquisition may also benefit Google TV, Jefferies said in a note.
European stocks fell early Wednesday, resuming their slide as a meeting between German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy failed to calm worries over the euro zone debt crisis.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Tuesday are: Sunrise Senior Living, DSW, Celanese, Huntsman and Calpine Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Brookdale Senior Living, Vanceinfo Technologies, Analog Devices, Teekay Corp and Alcatel Lucent.
The euro wobbled Wednesday after French and German leaders failed to deliver a solution to the euro zone debt crisis and restore confidence after a global market rout, while Japanese shares fell, dragged down mainly by hi-tech.
Brent crude rose Wednesday, staying above $109 a barrel as a larger-than-expected drawdown in U.S. gasoline stocks and positive U.S. economic data trumped concerns over European debt
The price of gold notched a record Tuesday because three confidence-draining forces hit Wall Street simultaneously just as investors were dipping their toes back into the stock market.
In the midst of the economic slowdown, half the assets managed by the world's largest fund managers are now pension fund assets.
The excuse that Rupert Murdoch gave to Parliament that he knew nothing of the phone-hacking by his newspapers is 'increasingly hard to credit.'
Sentiments from tweets are used to predict movements in the Dow.
Google buying Motorola might be big technology news, but it?s not nearly as fun as a pair of sunglasses that can open a beer bottle.
South Africa's rand fell as much as 1.9 percent against the dollar on Tuesday, weighed down by a weak growth outlook for the country's main trading partner bloc and showing the worst performance among its emerging market peers.
Nigeria's headline inflation unexpectedly fell in July, data showed, reaching its lowest level for more than three years following an aggressive period of monetary tightening by the central bank.
An initial public offering is only one of a number of possible strategies the Glazer family is proposing.
Risk-averse real estate investors are flocking to multi-family dwellings to wait out the economic slump.
Fitch keeps the U.S. at triple-A
If only America had listened to Forbes and sent him to the Oval Office. Instead, America is now buckling under the weight of a socialist, Big Government president who is taxing us into oblivion.
Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.
Half of the assets managed by the world?s largest money managers are now pension fund assets.
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) for $40 per share in cash or about $12.5 billion. Jefferies believes Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is likely to strike back in patent war.
The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Swisher Hygiene, hiSoft Technology International, Exceed Company, Pharmaceutical Product Development, and Verisk Analytics. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: FormFactor, Fred's, Urban Outfitters, Avis Budget Group, and SodaStream International.
The top after-market NYSE gainers on Monday are: Ferro Corp, Calpine, Forest Laboratories, Saks and AOL Inc. The top after-market NYSE losers are: Exterran Holdings, Global Cash Access Holdings, Rowan Companies, Vulcan Materials and Tidewater Inc.
