European equities finished weaker in a choppy, thinly-traded session on Tuesday, led lower by retail shares after the world's No.4 retailer Metro issued a profit warning saying the Eurozone debt crisis was undermining consumer confidence.
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The European Commission is investigating whether e-book publishers owned by Lagardere, Pearson Plc, News Corp. and two other firms may have colluded with Apple to block rivals via their pricing deals.
European shares were flat on Tuesday at mid-day as strategists said they were optimistic policymakers would make progress on a solution for the region's debt crisis, though Standard & Poor's warned it might downgrade top-rated Germany and other Eurozone countries.
The growth rates of all four BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) economies have surpassed expectations in the decade since the term came into existence. However, India's record in terms of productivity, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and reform has been the most disappointing, according to Jim O'Neil, the Chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, on Tuesday.
Total construction spending has contributed to real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the past two quarters and is expected to add to economic growth through 2013.
Past and present MF Global employees sued ex-CEO Jon Corzine and other executives over alleged misrepresentations they say destroyed the value of the company's stock.
The highly anticipated Galaxy Nexus for Verizon Wireless, the latest high-end smartphone from Samsung, will sell for $299.99, The Wall Street Journal reported being told by people familiar with the situation.
The top after market NYSE gainers on Monday were: Higher One Holdings, Qihoo 360 Technology, CPI Corp, Sequans Communications and Frontline Ltd. The top after market NYSE Losers were: Nustar Energy, Mac-Gray Corp, Federal Signal, Armstrong World Industries and Cardinal Health.
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Former Penn State football coach Joe Paterno and board members of Second Mile, Jerry Sandusky's charity, partnered to develop a $125 million housing project, suggesting Paterno had close business ties with the group, reported the Daily.
Americans spent nearly $6 billion online at retailers' Web sites last week, as the so-called Cyber Week followed in the record-selling footsteps of Cyber Monday and Black Friday.
The Federal Reserve must take immediate action to inject new life into a moribund U.S. recovery or risk letting the nation settle into a permanently lower growth path, a top Fed official said on Monday.
Investment firm Beacon Capital Partners has closed on an investment in 195 Broadway in Lower Manhattan as part of a $280 million recapitalization of the property, according to city records.
Europe's largest bank is facing a record fine of 10.5 million pounds ($16.4 million) for inappropriately advising over 2,000 elderly customers about bond investment between 2005 and 2010.The bank is also likely to pay another 29.3 million pounds in compensation to victims, according to Reuters.
Apple on Monday announced that it will open a retail store in Grand Central Station at 10 a.m. on Friday.
Break out the bubbly, Michael Kors is going public, with an IPO valued at $3.6 billion.
U.S. non-manufacturing sector expanded for the 24th consecutive month in November, but at a slightly slower rate, according to a closely watched index released Thursday.
Mobile phone applications that allow online shopping on the move could give battered British retailers something to cheer about in what is otherwise set to be one of the toughest Christmas trading periods for years.
The Galaxy Nexus continues to tease U.S. hopefuls after the phone appeared with Verizon's logo at the Samsung Experience in New York City on Saturday.
India has put a plan to open its retail industry to foreign supermarkets on hold, a senior government source said Sunday, an embarrassing turnaround for a beleaguered government fighting to retain the support of key allies.
The government is fooling the country about the benefits of foreign supermarkets, opposition leader LK Advani said.
