Europe's biggest tour operator TUI Travel reported a full-year pretax loss, blaming weaker trading in the UK, mainly due to increased winter losses resulting from capacity-led volume reductions. However, underlying pretax profit rose 4 percent on good turnaround progress.
Global law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has boosted its tax practice by appointing London-based Colin Hargreaves as its new global head of tax.
Stocks rallied sharply on a slew of good economic data, including jobs, productivity and regional growth.
The full-text of the speech given by Fed Vice Chairman Janet L. Yellen at the Committee for Economic Development 2010 International Counterparts Conference in New York on Dec. 1, 2010
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) stormed into offices of three large hedge funds in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts and seized documents in a string of raids that is being billed as a crackdown on insider trading by hedge funds, mutual funds and investment bankers.
Credit card delinquencies are falling in the U.S. as millions of consumers have simply stopped using their credit cards.
Congress is looking at whether a do not track law, while internet advertisers and web software companies craft a response.
Motorola, Inc. (MOT) said it has reduced the time frame for its plan to separate handset and cable set-top box businesses Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. from the company to January next year.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office found several gaps in the security of wireless networks used by federal agencies and made several recommendations to enhance safety, according to a report published on Tuesday.
British software maker Sage Group said it saw a return to organic revenue growth in the second half and improving market for its services. The company, which added 252,000 customers in the year, said support contract renewals were maintained at 81 percent.
Law firm WilmerHale has named Susan W. Murley and Robert T. Novick as co-managing partners for a three-year term effective from January 1, 2012.
The air above the Dead Sea contains very high levels of oxidized mercury, which are of major concern to humans, scientists say.
The Volvo C70 has been converted into electric with a battery-electric powertrain by a Swedish company called Electroengine.
Seagate' announcement that it has ended talks with private equity group over taking the company private is not exactly a surprise, an analyst with ThinkEquity said.
Oppenheimer has initiated coverage on China's ShangPharma with an outperform rating and price target of $17, saying the company is well positioned to benefit from the rising Chinese clinical/contract research organization (CRO) industry.
The Indian economy outpaced growth expectations in the third quarter to grow more than in the second quarter, boosted by stronger manufacturing growth and construction, according to data released by the government.
The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Zoltek Companies, Seagate Technology, Maxygen, Comverge, China Medical Technologies, Porter Bancorp, TICC Capital, Approach Resources, Shanda Games, and Johnson Outdoors.
Now institutional investors in China can join the gold buying frenzy as well, which retail investors and the Chinese central bank are already engaged in. China approved the country's first mutual fund that bets on gold prices, as inflation fears fuel demand for the precious metal.
It's 209th Classico on Monday, when Real Madrid travel to the Nou Camp to face Barcelona in a potentially explosive thriller.
Earth and space science missions developed by federal agencies in collaboration become more complex, costly and risky due to divided responsibilities and accountability, according to a new research.
Integrating 265GW of wind into Europe’s grids by 2020 would slash €41.7 billion off the cost of electricity each year, according to a report by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA).
CPI International, Inc. (CPII), which makes broadcast and wireless components, said it agreed to be acquired by an affiliate of private-equity firm Veritas Capital for about $525 million in cash.