French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Friday he would meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the coming days in Germany to discuss Greece's debt troubles, calling support for Greece a moral obligation for Europe.
Morgan Stanley won dismissal of a government pension fund lawsuit accusing it of defrauding investors in $1.2 billion of risky mortgage debt that it expected to fail.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's inspector general has concluded that Mark Cuban, the billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, was not targeted inappropriately by agency staff in its insider trading probe against him.
Stocks were on course for their worst quarter in three years on Friday as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown while Morgan Stanley plummeted on concerns about its exposure to European banks.
Although the global economy is struggling to avert a recession, we also know that central banks are working very hard to provide sufficient liquidity to ensure a smooth ride through year-end.
Peru's government was brokering wage talks on Friday to end another labor strike at Freeport-McMoRan's giant Cerro Verde mine, which churns outs 2 percent of the global copper supply.
Gold prices hovered in a $35 range Friday, virtually spending the day unchanged, as investors fleeing sinking U.S. and European stocks divided their options between the greenback and the yellow metal.
Stocks fell on Friday as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown while Morgan Stanley plummeted due fears about its exposure to European banks.
Internet companies such as Google, Twitter and Facebook are increasingly co-opted for surveillance work as the information they gather proves irresistible to law enforcement agencies, Web experts said this week.
Central banks' gold buying is lifting the price of the precious metal in a trend that analysts expect to continue even if widespread predictions of a price rise to $2,000 by year-end comes true.
Warren Buffett said on Friday he is still eager to buy companies and stocks, even as his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway launches its first-ever share buyback program.
Consumer sentiment improved in late September but worries persisted about jobs and finances which could curb household spending in the coming months, a private survey released on Friday showed.
Stocks fell on Friday, putting equities on track for their worst quarter since 2008, as economic data from China and Europe fueled fears of a global economic slowdown.
Morgan Stanley shares fell as much as 7.8 percent on Friday because of concerns about its exposure to European banks.
Ingersoll Rand Plc cut its profit forecast for the rest of the year on Friday, blaming weak demand in North America for residential heating and cooling systems and commercial security products.
The Federal Reserve will act if the economy weakens further and has the tools to do so, a top Fed official said on Friday.
Warren Buffett's conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc has begun its share buybacks, Buffett said on Friday, but the repurchases will not stop the company from also making acquisitions or spending on infrastructure for its portfolio of companies.
China will keep monetary conditions tight in its effort to rein in stubborn inflation, the country's central bank said on Friday, adding that containing domestic price pressures remains its priority.
Stocks opened lower on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and kept fears of a global economic slowdown in the forefront.
Banks keen to grow revenue want their brokerage arms to pitch more loans and credit cards to clients, a plan resented by financial advisers.
Intel Capital, the investment arm of Intel Corp , the world's biggest chipmaker, believes valuations of early-stage technology companies in India have reached a near-bubble stage, as too much capital chases too few quality opportunities.
Industrial conglomerate Ingersoll Rand Plc cut its third-quarter and full-year earnings forecast to below market estimates, due to weak demand at its key North American residential and commercial security markets.
Global miner Rio Tinto is fighting a legacy of bad publicity as it tries to persuade the Mongolian public a $10 billion copper deposit it took over from Ivanhoe Mines last year is in safe hands.
Stock index futures fell on Friday after data showing a continued contraction in China stirred fears the global economy was slowing.
Incomes fell for the first time in nearly two years in August and consumers dug into their savings to keep spending, according to a government report that showed the impact of the weak jobs market.
Masters of the universe are not always so masterful after all.
BlackBerry PlayBook feels the heat of tablet competition.
Policymakers have lost control of the economic crisis and financial markets are forcing the world into a depression, George Soros said on Friday, urging Europe to create a common Treasury, recapitalize its banks and protect vulnerable states.
Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday, putting equities on track for their fifth straight monthly decline, as China's manufacturing shrank and stirred fears the global economy was slowing.
The Singapore Exchange Ltd is tying up with London's main bourse to make a joint bid for the London Metal Exchange, a source told Reuters on Friday, as the world's largest metal market seeks a suitor in a deal that could be worth 1 billion pounds ($1.57 billion).
