UBS board meets on investment bank's fate
UBS CEO Oswald Gruebel will on Friday attempt to convince his board the Swiss bank has a future in investment banking and can bounce back from a $2.3 billion crisis around rogue trading.
Amazon web services puts snag behind it, sees more cloud
Amazon's cloud computing unit has taken steps to avoid a repeat of the outage of its cloud services platform earlier this year and customer interest has only grown since, a top company executive said.
Michele Bachmann: Social Conservatives Shouldn't Settle for Moderation
Michele Bachmann said at a forum on Thursday that social conservatives should not settle for a presidential candidate who does not share their views. But what views are those, exactly?
Exclusive: Watchdog backs down on commodities rules
The U.S. futures regulator has yielded on several contentious parts of a plan to crack down on commodity speculation, marking a modest victory for banks and traders who have lobbied to limit increased market oversight.
Texas Eliminates Last Meal for Death Row Inmates
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice decided on Thursday to eliminate the last-meal practice, in which death-row inmates were allowed to order a special meal before being taken to the execution chamber.
World Bank chief warns of spreading crisis
Protectionism and populist policies in the developing world could rise as countries face increasing head winds from a growing European sovereign debt crisis and a weakening economic recovery in the United States, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Thursday.
News of The World: Sources Say Minister's Voice Mail Hacked
Reporters with Rupert Murdoch's News of the World tabloid repeatedly hacked into the voice mail of a minister in the former Labor government, sources close to the matter say.
Suspect LulzSec hacker arrested in Sony Pictures breach
A suspected of member of the clandestine hacking group LulzSec was arrested in Arizona on Thursday on charges of taking part in an extensive computer breach of the Sony Pictures Entertainment film studio, the FBI said.
Clearwire in capacity talks with AT&T,Verizon
Clearwire Corp is in talks with wireless operators including AT&T Inc and Verizon Wireless about selling network capacity while it also eyes raising new funding through equity, debt and vendor financing, according to top company executives.
Harvard to fund triple-net lease venture: source
Harvard University's endowment is the main investor in a venture that could buy more than $1 billion of triple-net leased property, a form of investment that offers higher yields and relative stability at a time of financial market volatility, a source familiar with the deal said.
Insight: Faith in policymakers plunges, taking markets with it
Europe's debt crisis looks more intractable than ever. The Federal Reserve appears to be shooting blanks when it comes to firing up the U.S. economy.
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Market's 3 percent fall suggests deepening worry
Stocks plunged on Thursday, extending a selloff to four days, as policymakers' failure to arrest global economic stagnation sent markets spiraling downward.
Geithner certain euro zone will boost bailout fund
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Thursday he was sure Europe would boost the firepower of its bailout fund to contain the debt crisis as pressure on Europe grew to act decisively to calm markets.
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Meg Whitman to Become CEO, Hewlett-Packard Announces
Hewlett-Packard will be firing CEO Leo Apotheker and replacing him with Meg Whitman, the company announced Thursday afternoon.
McDonald's raises quarterly dividend 15 percent
McDonald's Corp said on Thursday its board of directors raised the world's biggest hamburger chain's quarterly cash dividend almost 15 percent to 70 cents per share.
NJ Transit Service Restored After Power Failure in Tunnel
New Jersey Transit service was back on track at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday after a power failure snarled the morning commute.
HP’s CEO Shake-Up: Analysts Not Sold on Meg Whitman
It has been barely a year since HP's last CEO shakeup and already the company is moving in a new direction, dismissing Léo Apotheker and bringing Meg Whitman on board as full time CEO.
Zynga profit growth fizzles out in June quarter
Zynga, the top maker of Facebook games, revealed a 90-percent plummet in profit in the June quarter on Wednesday that raised fresh questions about whether the company can sustain its growth ahead of its much-anticipated IPO.
Goldman's Tourre seeks appeal in SEC fraud case
Lawyers for the only Goldman Sachs employee charged over the Abacus subprime mortgage transaction have asked a judge for permission to appeal one of the legal claims U.S. securities regulators brought against him.
Troy Davis Execution: Family and Supporters Vow to Fight On
The day after Troy Davis was executed for the 1989 murder of a Georgia police officer, his family and supporters vowed to continue their fight against the death penalty.
HP named Whitman CEO, Apotheker out
Hewlett-Packard Co named former eBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman as its new president and CEO, replacing unpopular leader Leo Apotheker at the helm of the largest U.S. technology company.
Market's 3 percent plunge suggests deepening worry
Stocks plunged on Thursday, extending a selloff to four days, as policymakers' failure to arrest global economic stagnation sent markets spiraling downward.
Stocks, commodities dive on recession fears
World stocks fell to 13-month lows and commodities tumbled on Thursday as weak data from China crystallized investor fears of a global recession one day after a grim economic outlook from the Federal Reserve.
Q&A: Is this the end of the road for the gold rush?
Growth is stalling, the euro zone is flailing, the Fed is spent and risk markets are melting down -- yet gold, the one asset that has consistently rallied in similar circumstances over the past year, is in a tailspin.
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Meg Whitman to Become CEO of Hewlett Packard
Meg Whitman will replace Leo Apotheker as CEO of Hewlett-Packard, sources have reported.
Do Depressed People Really Have More Strokes? Docs Say Yes
New research shows that people who are depressed may be a little more likely than others to suffer from a stroke down the road.
FedEx pares 2012 outlook, shares hit 2-year low
FedEx Corp , the world's No. 2 package delivery company, cut its full-year profit outlook, citing fuel prices and weak global economic growth, sending its shares down as much as 11 percent to a two-year low.