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U.S. stocks traded firmly in the red Friday after another volatile session for Asian markets, with upbeat durable-goods data failing to overcome negative sentiment.
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Asia's largest budget carrier, AirAsia , may order an additional 50 Airbus A320 jets on top of its existing record order for 475 of the Airbus model, Chief Executive Tony Fernandes said on Friday.
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International Finance Corp., a World Bank affiliate, is planning to invest around $2 billion in Brazilian companies in order to support the Latin American country's private-sector development,...
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U.K.'s FTSE 100 index dropped on Friday, with mining firms adding pressure as metals prices turned south and with banks extending the prior day's losses.
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Henrik Fisker is working with an investor group to salvage Fisker Automotive, the "green" car company he co-founded nearly six years ago that is now struggling to stave off bankruptcy, people...
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U.S. building permits for April were revised to up 12.9% from March to a seasonally adjusted rate of 1 million, the Commerce Department reported Friday.
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U.S. stocks lost ground Friday after another volatile session for Asian markets, with upbeat durable-goods data failing to overcome negative sentiment.
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A sharp drop at Salesforce.com sparked a slump across the stocks of other corporate software vendors and led the broader tech sector into the red on Friday morning.
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Oil company BP PLC (BP.LN) said Friday that a significant gas condensate discovery was made in Deepwater KG D6 Block, offshore India, in which it has a 30% shake.
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Chinese solar panel makers are shunning their overcrowded home market in favor of lucrative exports, a switch that has helped to arrest a two-year slump in margins and push shares to 12-month...
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Natural gas futures were lower Friday, retreating from a three-week high as investors moved to lock in profits ahead of the Memorial Day weekend.
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The oil giant is talking with InterOil to invest in its natural gas assets in Papua New Guinea, which could help the country's position as an energy exporter.
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U.K. military jets escorted a diverted commercial plane that was redirected to Stansted airport northeast of London, where it landed safely Friday afternoon.
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News Corp set the distribution ratios for the spinoff of its publishing business and said the spinoff may start buying back stock right away.
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Most men might balk at spending $600 on a pair of Dior sneakers but for U.S. shoppers like Ephraim, an upbeat 30-year-old, such indulgences are becoming increasingly commonplace.
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The satellite television provider intends to work with NTELOS Holdings, a regional provider of wireless communications services, to develop fixed-mobile broadband.
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European aircraft company Airbus said Friday it has booked firm orders valued at $9.67 billion on the basis of list prices for 100 of its medium-haul, single aisle A320 aircraft from two Chinese...
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Google is considering buying the Israeli mobile satellite navigation startup, which may lead to a bidding war with Facebook.
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The average 401(k) retirement balance for U.S. workers hit a record high of $80,900 in the first quarter, a growth spurt of 75% since the stock market's nadir in March 2009.
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U.S. stocks opened lower Friday after another volatile session for Asian markets, with upbeat durable-goods data failing to overcome negative sentiment.
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News Corp.'s (NWS, NWSA, NWS.AU) board approved the company's separation into two publicly traded entities, moving another step closer to splitting its entertainment businesses from the publishing...
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Sears Holdings Corp. shares tumbled 18% on Friday after the company swung to a bigger-than-expected first-quarter loss and sales declined at both its Sears department stores and Kmart discount...
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News Corp.'s (NWS, NWSA, NWS.AU) board approved the company's separation into two publicly traded entities, moving another step closer to splitting its entertainment businesses from the publishing...
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Air China Ltd. (0753.HK, 601111.SH) said Friday it had ordered 100 Airbus A320 medium-range single aisle passenger jets, which carry a catalogue price of $8.8 billion.
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U.S. stocks fell at the open Friday, on track for the first weekly retreat in five.
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The sporting-goods retailer said its fiscal first-quarter earnings slipped 0.6%, missing expectations amid higher costs that overshadowed slight growth in same-store sales.
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European stock markets added to the prior day's sharp losses on Friday, tracking stock futures lower in the U.S,. where investors grew cautious ahead of the long weekend, offsetting...
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Crude-oil futures prices trimmed earlier losses Friday after news that U.S. durable goods orders in April were stronger than expected.
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Freddie Mac (FMCC) said both its single-family seriously delinquent rate and multifamily delinquency rate fell in April from March.
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Treasurys held onto price gains Friday after a report on orders for long-lasting big-ticket items came in better than expected.
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ING Groep N.V. (ING) received bids from a Korean life insurer and two Seoul-based private-equity firms for its Korean life insurance unit Friday, just months after a previous attempt to sell the...
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Among the companies with shares expected to actively trade in Friday's session are Abercrombie & Fitch Co. (ANF), Infoblox Inc. (BLOX) and Pandora Media Inc. (P). Abercrombie & Fitch's...
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Brazilian state-run energy giant Petroleo Brasileiro (PBR, PETR4.BR), or Petrobras, said Friday it agreed to sell a stake in an oil and natural gas exploration block off the coast of Tanzania to...
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Foot Locker revealed stronger-than-expected first-quarter earnings and improved sales at stores open longer than a year.
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Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) sought to reassure investors that replacing Chief Executive Bob McDonald with his predecessor A.G. Lafley was not a sign of larger problems at the consumer-product...
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Citing inventory shortages, A&F suffered worse-than-expected results and forecast below-consensus EPS.
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Electric utility SSE PLC (SSE.LN) Friday said Galloper offshore wind farm has received development consent from the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change.
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Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes (GOLL4.BR, GOL) said Friday it is seeking to double the number of flights it operates out of Viracopos airport, the privately-controlled airport currently undergoing...
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Procter & Gamble Co said on Friday the surprise return of A.
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Shares of Procter & Gamble Co. climbed 3.4% in premarket trading Friday after the company announced the appointment of President and CEO Alan George Lafley.
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Orders for big-ticket U.S. goods rose 3.3% in April, led by higher demand for aircraft, military wares and autos.
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European stock markets dropped on Friday, adding to the prior day's sharp losses, as investors looked to the U.S., where stock futures pointed to a lower open ahead of durable-goods orders data...
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New Procter & Gamble Co.'s (PG) Chief Executive A.G. Lafley will receive a base salary of $2 million, more than outgoing CEO Bob McDonald, who was replaced in a surprise move Thursday.
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Europe's biggest bank HSBC said on Friday 89 percent of shareholders at its annual general meeting approved its executive pay plan for 2012.
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New orders for durable goods are expected to rise 1.4% in April, according to economists polled by MarketWatch, with most of the gains concentrated in autos and airlines.
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Insured losses from the tornadoes and severe storms that plagued a large swath of the U.S. this week could reach $5 billion industrywide, according to disaster-modeling company Eqecat.
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The role of the European Banking Authority must be beefed up beyond current plans to ensure that regulation of Europe's banks does not fragment into two competing systems, one of the architects of...
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Covidien PLC's (COV) board approved the spinoff of its pharmaceuticals business and set an exchange ratio of eight Mallinckrodt PLC shares for each Covidien share.
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