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Nintendo says more than 400,000 Wii Us sold in US
Nintendo has sold more than 400,000 of its new video game console, the Wii U, in its first week on sale in the U.S., the company said Monday. The Wii ...
French minister wants steel firm ArcelorMittal out
Many European countries with lagging economies are trying to draw in foreign investors. But in France, a Socialist minister says he wants to kick the ...
Fiat Industrial and CNH reach merger agreement
The Italian heavy-duty vehicles maker Fiat Industrial reached an agreement Monday for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment maker ...
CNH advisers recommend Fiat Industrial merger
Fiat Industrial says advisers for the U.S. farm equipment maker CNH Global N.V. have recommended that the board accept the latest offer for a full ...
GM buying Ally assets in Europe and Latin America
General Motors said Wednesday that it will buy Ally Financial's operations in Europe, China and Latin America as it tries to build a global finance ...
HP's Autonomy deal highlights pattern of bad ideas
Hewlett-Packard's $9.7 billion acquisition of Autonomy seemed like a bad idea long before Tuesday's allegations of an accounting scandal made clear ...
HP claims fraud prompted $5B overpayment for co.
Hewlett-Packard Co. said on Tuesday that it's the victim of a multi-billion dollar fraud at the hands of a British company it bought last year that ...
News Corp. to acquire stake in Yank' YES Network
News Corp. is acquiring a 49 percent stake in the YES Network, a deal that gives the New York Yankees' owners hundreds of millions of dollars and ...
Glencore shareholders back Xstrata merger
Shareholders in Glencore International PLC, one of the world's biggest commodity traders, have voted to approve a merger with Anglo-Swiss mining ...
French retailer Carrefour sells Indonesia stake
French supermarket group Carrefour is selling off its business in Indonesia for €525 million ($670 million) as part of a broader effort at turning ...
Twinkies maker Hostess lives at least another day
Twinkies will live to see another day. Hostess Brands Inc. and its second largest union agreed on Monday to try to resolve their differences after a ...
Total sells Nigeria offshore oil stake for $2.5B
French oil company Total SA said Monday it had sold its stake in an offshore oil field near Nigeria for $2.5 billion to the Chinese state-run firm ...
Fiat Industrial sweetens CNH merger offer
Capital goods maker Fiat Industrial SpA said Monday that it has sweetened its offer for a full merger with its U.S. subsidiary, the farm equipment ...
Twinkies likely to survive sale of Hostess
Twinkie lovers, relax. The tasty cream-filled golden spongecakes are likely to survive, even though their maker will be sold in bankruptcy court.
Wii U: New console launches in a sea of gadgets
In the six years since the last major video game system launched, Apple unveiled the iPhone and the iPad, "Angry Birds" invaded smartphones and ...
KPN sells German assets for $500 million
Royal KPN NV says it has agreed to sell its network of broadcasting towers for mobile telephony in Germany to American Tower Corp. of the U.S.
American, US Airways make pitches to AMR creditors
The CEO of American Airlines parent AMR Corp. says that if his airline merges with US Airways, AMR creditors should get most of the new airline's ...
Sherwin-Williams to spend $2.34B on paint maker
Sherwin-Williams is buying the privately held Mexican paint company Consorcio Comex in an all-cash deal valued at about $2.34 billion.
Precision Castparts buys Titanium Metals for $2.9B
Precision Castparts Corp. is buying Titanium Metals Corp. in a deal worth roughly $2.9 billion, the companies announced Friday. Precision, based in ...
Netflix moves to block a hostile takeover
Netflix is moving to protect itself against hostile takeovers, less than a week after activist investor Carl Icahn disclosed a stake of nearly 10 ...
Saudi's Aramco merges tanker fleet with state line
Saudi Arabia's state-owned oil giant Saudi Aramco says it has agreed to merge its maritime division with the country's state-owned shipping line to ...
Canada to take more time on CNOOC takeover
Canada is taking more time to review Chinese state-owned CNOOC's takeover bid for Canadian oil and gas producer Nexen. It would be China's biggest ...
MetLife to sell business unit to JPMorgan Chase
MetLife Inc. is selling its $70 billion mortgage servicing business to JPMorgan Chase & Co. for an undisclosed price. MetLife said Friday that the ...
China fund buys stake in London's Heathrow airport
The Chinese government's main sovereign wealth fund said Thursday it has bought a 10 percent stake in the operator of London's Heathrow Airport, ...
Disney unlikely to change 'Star Wars' brand
Naysayers would have you believe Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm can only mean one thing: Bambi and Mickey Mouse are sure to appear in future "Star ...