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Top U.S. dairy company Dean Foods Co said it has stepped up efforts to cut expenses and may continue to raise prices as it battles higher commodity costs and weak demand at its fresh dairy products business.

Japan’s finance minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Tuesday that the shutdown of the Hamaoka Power Plant for at least two years may result in job losses and affect the country’s already fragile economy.

Iconic and enigmatic tech visionary Steve Jobs is also a ‘corporate dictator’ who hates excuses from his senior executives, doesn't take kindly to any flop whatsoever and considers failure as anathema, according to new revelations.

The succession question at Apple has always been a trillion-dollar one, and markets have been on tenterhooks every time there was a new revelation -- truth or rumor -- about CEO Steve Jobs' health status. Now, there is somewhat conclusive evidence that the company is really looking up at the prospect of life without its iconic visionary leader. A Fortune magazine article written by Adam Lashinsky, excerpts of which have been published in various newspapers, says the company is offering traini...

Rumors have been circulating about the possible launch of a redesigned, and more importantly free, MobileMe service, but no one has forgotten the uneasy days when the service was launched in 2008. The launch of the revamped MobileMe, which was essentially an upgrade of a pre-existing service called .Mac, had invited disappointing media review, promoting Jobs to sternly castigate the product executives.

An unexpectedly strong report on U.S. payrolls helped equities bounce back on Friday from four days of losses, tempering worries that stocks could suffer

Today’s release of April’s jobs data was a real game changer for investor psychology.

Economists have varying estimates as to what levels of non-farm payrolls gains it takes to heal the jobs market. Their number is usually between 100,000 and 200,000 per month.

An unexpectedly strong report on U.S. payrolls propelled stocks higher on Friday for the first time this week, but indexes retreated from highs after speculation Greece might leave the euro zone.

An unexpectedly strong report on U.S. payrolls propelled stocks higher on Friday one day after a sell-off, but investors were wary that the market's months-long rally may be near a peak.

An unexpectedly strong U.S. payrolls report propelled stocks higher on Friday one day after a selloff, but investors were wary that the market's months-long rally may be near a peak.

The U.S. private sector in April generated the most jobs since February 2006, but the jobless rate jumped back up to 9 percent from the previous month's 8.8 percent.

The White House and Republicans agreed on Friday that jobs growth is not coming quickly enough despite the latest report showing that private sector jobs growth has continued to growth for the last 14 months.

Oil prices seesawed on Friday turning positive on better than expected U.S. jobs data, which eased fears about global economic recovery that led to a 10-percent price crash the previous day.

The latest jobs report released Friday was welcome news but nowhere close to where it should be thanks to tax uncertainty and spending plans being put forward by Democrats in the White House and the Senate, House Speaker John Boehner said.

U.S. private employers added 179,000 jobs in April, coming in shy of economists' expectations, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.

Private employers added 179,000 jobs in April, while payrolls for March were revised up modestly, a report by a payrolls processor showed on Wednesday.

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited data on the services industry and labor market for insight into the health of the economic recovery.

U.S. stock index futures edged lower on Wednesday as investors awaited data on the services industry and labor market for insight into the health of the economic recovery.

Anheuser-Busch InBev , the world's largest brewer, suffered a first drop in beer sales for a year and half as price hikes, rain in Brazil and high U.S. unemployment deterred drinkers.

South Park does a satire of the Apple tracking controversy using the movie Human Centipede as a backdrop.