Britain's largest drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline announced on Thursday plans to invest £500 million ($792 million) in local manufacturing operations, opening a facility in Scotland that is expected to create 1,000 jobs over the coming years.
ConAgra Foods Inc. (NYSE: CAG), a major U.S. packaged food giant, reported higher third-quarter earnings as it raised the prices of its products, even as volume softened.
According to the Daily Mail, the game has already been downloaded around 700 million times and fetched nearly $7 billion in the two years since its launch in 2010.
Gold hit its lowest level since mid-January on Thursday, influenced by dollar strength, with the market having unwound all of the premium built up on expectations for further U.S. quantitative easing.
High oil prices affect politics, schools, jobs, public budgets and almost every industry. But current pressures could be augmented if war breaks out between Israel or the United States and Iran, with the result being a costly disruption in global supply.
The monthly activity data released this week confirmed that Russia’s economy remains in a decent shape, helped by the recent rise in the oil price according to Capital Economics.
A Malaysian shoe boutique has developed a novel approach to dating for shoe enthusiasts everywhere: pair women who love shoes with men who would love to buy it for them.
The Samsung Galaxy S3 has had so many rumored release dates there is no real way of knowing when the phone will actually come out, but a new report indicates that Samsung's Greater China president, Kim Young-Ha, is planning on moving the launch forward to April.
International Business Machines launched on Tuesday three services to help companies sift and understand so-called big data, hoping to get some of the $120 billion or more that businesses are expected to invest in data analytics by 2015.
The world's largest television and online retailer QVC Inc. is starting a joint venture with China's national radio broadcaster to enter the world's most populous growing consumer and media market.
Angry Birds maker Rovio is teaming up with a major U.S. retail chain to sell its merchandise, and plans to open themed activity parks in Britain, as it continues to expand beyond mobile games to establish a Disney-style brand, it said on Tuesday.
Angry Birds maker Rovio is teaming up with a major U.S. retail chain to sell its merchandise, and plans to open themed activity parks in Britain, as it continues to expand beyond mobile games to establish a Disney-style brand, it said on Tuesday.
The American Petroleum Institute, the U.S. oil industry's main trade group, renewed its call Tuesday for President Barack Obama develop the country's untapped resources, saying that would lower national gasoline prices.
Online retail giant Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced on Monday it plans to buy robotics company Kiva Systems Inc. for $775 million as part of ongoing expansion efforts.
Angry Birds maker Rovio is teaming up with a major U.S. retail chain to put its branded toys, books and T-shirts in dedicated areas of thousands of stores nationwide, the Finnish company's marketing chief told Reuters on Tuesday.
Major indexes across Europe were down Tuesday on negative news regarding an expected slowdown in Chinese economic growth.
The market clearly liked the news – Apple shares jumped 2.65 percent on Monday to close above $600 per share for the first time.
Samsung Galaxy S3 rumors have gained momentum after a photo was leaked on Reddit, which claims to have come from a Samsung employee who got a glimpse of the highly anticipated phone.
The National Development and Reform Commission is raising retail gas prices by 600 yuan ($95) a metric ton, leading to an average pump price hike of 6.8 percent.
Cisco Systems (CSCO.O) is expanding its services to enable companies to manage and secure private mobile devices used by employees at work, aiming to benefit from the trend widely known as BYOD or Bring Your Own Device.
The top after-market NASDAQ losers Monday were: Adobe Systems, Salem Communications, Websense, Retail Opportunity Investments, Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Otter Tail Corp, Amerigon Inc, TiVo, Autodesk and Cirrus Logic.
Following the release of the much anticipated Marni for H&M collection, the Swedish retail clothing brand has launched yet another exciting collection that has caused much anticipation and excitement among fashion connoisseurs globally.
