Japan manufacturing mood up but yen clouds outlook
Japanese manufacturing confidence improved for a fifth straight month in September but the pace of recovery slowed to a crawl, with a strong yen and faltering global growth starting to take a toll on the world's No.3 economy, a Reuters poll showed.
Investors fail to bite at Microsoft Wall Street pow-wow
A rising tide of investor agitation over Microsoft Corp's static share price and bulging cash hoard made no mark at the software company's annual meeting with Wall Street analysts and fund managers on Wednesday.
Chrysler, UAW fail to reach deal
Chrysler Group LLC and the United Auto Workers union failed to reach a deal on a new contract by the expiration of the current pact on Wednesday and Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said he was willing to extend the terms of the expiring contract for a week.
Groupon IPO Back on Track: Report
Groupon seeks to go public in October or November, people familiar with the matter told the New York Times on Wednesday, a week after the daily deals website put its IPO on hold for a few weeks as it waited to ride out global market turmoil.
New Book Makes Scandalous Claims About Sarah Palin
Joe McGinniss' book titled The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin, alleges that the former republican Vice Presidential candidate had an affair with then-University of Michigan star basketball player, Glen Rice, in the 1980s, snorted cocaine, had an affair with her husband's business partner for six months and smoked pot in college with a professor, according to a report in the National Enquirer.
What Recession? Top 10 Highest Paid CEOs
For the top of corporate America, times could not be better. A look at the top 10 highest paid CEOs in the United States.
Casey Anthony's Dad Tells Dr. Phil He Thinks Caylee Was Drugged
Casey Anthony's father believes his granddaughter, Caylee Anthony, was drugged, he said in a Dr. Phil interview that aired Wednesday.
U.S., Australia to add cyber realm to defense treaty
The United States and Australia will take the rare step on Thursday of declaring the cyber realm as part of a mutual defense treaty, meaning that a cyber attack on one could lead to a response by both nations.
Goldman asset management CIO Domotorffy retires
Katinka Domotorffy, the head of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's quantitative investment strategies group, will leave the bank at the end of the year, according to an internal memo, as one of its biggest hedge funds continues to suffer from weak performance.
China banks tackle bad service, long waits for more deposits
Tang Jianhui is a patient bank customer, though he won't stick it out if he has to wait more than an hour, as he sometimes does.
World Bank chief says world economy in danger zone
World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Wednesday the world had entered a new economic danger zone and Europe, Japan and the United States all needed to make hard decisions to avoid dragging down the global economy.
West Texas Teenager Faked Cancer to Collect $17,000 in Donations
A West Texas teenager who said she was dying of leukemia and collected $17,000 in donations may now face felony charges for theft by deception.
SAP subsidiary pleads guilty in Oracle case
An SAP AG subsidiary pleaded guilty to 12 criminal counts and will pay a $20 million fine for unauthorized downloads from software rival Oracle Corp.
Top advertising chief sees calm amid economic storm
The stubbornly bad jobs and housing markets in the United States coupled with Europe's debt crisis have created fear that the advertising market could be headed for a major pullback next year.
LightSquared says finds fix for GPS interference
U.S. broadband start-up LightSquared said it had debunked criticism that high-precision global positioning system devices cannot coexist alongside its planned cellular network.
UPS offers consumers more options as etail grows
United Parcel Service is launching a new service in time for the peak holiday shipping season that gives residential consumers -- a growing portion of its business -- more control over when and how their packages are delivered.
An IPO Bubble Burst? Facebook Pushes Back Public Debut
The initial public offering of Facebook has been pushed back to next year, according to people familiar with the situation.
Italy Parliament Gives Final Approval to Austerity Plan
The Italian parliament gave final approval on Wednesday to a much-altered austerity plan aimed at stemming a debt crisis engulfing the euro zone's third largest economy.
Third Point appeals to Yahoo founder Yang for change
Yahoo Inc shareholder Daniel Loeb appealed to the company's co-founder Jerry Yang to fire Chairman Roy Bostock and several other directors to revive the Internet media company after years of poor performance.
Toys R Us holiday mantra: In exclusives we trust
From squishy garbage-themed collectibles The Trash Pack to remote-controlled flying fish Air Swimmers, Toys R Us is carrying a larger assortment of exclusive toys to win holiday shoppers from the likes of Amazon.com and Wal-Mart Stores .
Facebook to delay IPO until late 2012
Facebook will delay its initial public offering until the end of next year so employees can focus on developing products for the No. 1 social networking website, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
Former Hollywood executive John Calley dies at 81
Hollywood executive John Calley, who held high-level positions at three studios and later produced The Da Vinci Code movie among many others, died on Tuesday at age 81, his representatives said.
Avatar, Wizard of Oz top BFCA's Blu-Ray list
The greatest Blu-Ray discs of all time, according to the Broadcast Film Critics Assn., are Apocalypse Now, Avatar, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, the Planet of the Apes box set, The Wizard of Oz and the complete Lord of the Rings set.
NBCU CEO Steve Burke sings monetization tune
Steve Burke, the longtime Comcast exec now in charge of the content side that he once tussled with about fees, sang the monetization tune on Wednesday.
Palisades Tartan acquires This is Not a Film
Just as the Iranian director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb was detained at the Tehran airport Wednesday, Palisades Tartan acquired U.S. and U.K. rights to his documentary This is Not a Film.
IIF urges withdrawal of bank capital surcharges
A global finance industry group on Wednesday urged regulators to withdraw plans for a capital surcharge on the world's largest banks, saying it would put economic recovery at risk.
MPI Media acquires rights to Yelling to the Sky
MPI Media Group said on Wednesday it has acquired Yelling to the Sky, a film drama starring two of the best young actresses working today: Gabourey Sidibe and Zoe Kravitz.
U.S. solar startup cutting 80 jobs at Calif. plant
U.S. solar company Calisolar on Wednesday said it would downsize its California solar cell factory, laying off 80 employees, as it focuses on its primary silicon production business.
Push for action in euro zone fuels gains
Stocks rose 1 percent in a third day of gains on Wednesday after European leaders displayed new urgency in efforts to contain the euro zone debt crisis.
Lehman loses bid to recoup $500 million from Barclays
A bankruptcy judge has denied Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's attempt to recover from Barclays Plc $500 million it alleges was supposed to go toward employee bonuses.