Reuters - World stock markets opened the new year with gains on Friday after a dismal 2008, while the dollar rose against major currencies and prices read more »
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AP - World stock markets rallied strongly Friday on the first trading day of 2009 as New Year's optimism more than offset grim economic news from aro read more »
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Reuters - A grim economic outlook highlights the need for the Federal Reserve to step up quantitative measures to boost growth, with official interes read more »
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Reuters - Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis President James Bullard said on Saturday that an explicit inflation target would help policy-makers preven read more »
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Reuters - Deep discounts failed to coax consumers to shop in December, but are sure to sap margins and will likely lead to a number of profit warning read more »
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Reuters - The head of Indian outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services resigned on Wednesday, disclosing that profits had been falsely inflated for read more »
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Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has reached an agreement in principal to sell its merchant banking business, made up of two private equity fu read more »
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Reuters - French carmaker Renault on Friday posted a 4.2 percent drop in 2008 sales in a world market that fell 4.8 percent as the global financial read more »
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Reuters - Best Buy Co , the top consumer electronics retailer, narrowed its full-year profit forecast on Friday after posting a 6.5 percent drop in D read more »
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Reuters - Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Monday while investors worry about corporate results after dismal U.S. monthl read more »
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AP - Japanese stocks tumbled Tuesday, as Wall Street's losses, a stronger yen and the bleak outlook for earnings triggered selling in blue chip expor read more »
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Reuters - The U.S. trade deficit shrank 28.7 percent in November, the biggest contraction in 12 years, as weak consumer demand and plummeting oil pri read more »
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