Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year ...
Bluebird Bio shares rocket higher in trading debut
Shares of gene therapy developer Bluebird Bio Inc. surged in their trading debut. Its shares climbed $9.91, or 58.3 percent, to close at $26.
FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent ...
Correction: Dish-Sprint story
In a story June 18 about Dish Network Corp.'s announcement that it will not submit a revised bid to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp., The Associated Press ...
Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell's effort ...
Waiting for word from Bernanke, stocks move higher
It's all about the Fed. Still. U.S. stocks moved higher Tuesday, helped by news of a pickup in home building and low inflation. But the Federal ...
US video game retail sales fall 25 percent in May
U.S. retail sales of video games, hardware and accessories declined 25 percent in May as demand for aging game consoles continued to fade and fewer ...
Netflix cuts original TV deal with DreamWorks
Netflix said Monday that it would offer new TV shows from DreamWorks Animation starting in 2014 in what the company described as its biggest ...
Elan holders OK buyback, vote down 3 deals
Shareholders of Irish drugmaker Elan Corp. PLC have potentially ended a takeover bid from Royalty Pharma by voting in favor of an Elan share buyback ...
Starboard says Smithfield sale undervalues company
One of Smithfield Foods Inc.'s largest shareholders says a $4.72 billion takeover bid from China's largest meat producer falls short of what the ...
Google settles suit, clears way for stock split
Google has resolved a shareholder lawsuit blocking a long-delayed stock split, clearing the way for the Internet search leader to issue a new class ...
Drugmaker Elan plans to explore sale of company
Shares of Elan Corp PLC jumped Friday after the drugmaker said it will explore a possible sale of the company while its board continues to fend off ...
Coty falls in 1st day trading as a public company
Shares of beauty products company Coty dropped in their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The company, known for its celebrity ...
Gannett to buy TV station owner Belo for $1.5B
Gannett Co., the publisher of USA Today, is buying TV station owner Belo Corp. for about $1.5 billion. If approved, the all-cash deal will make ...
US stocks end a choppy day with a loss
Renewed concerns that central banks will ease off their support for the global economy hit the U.S. stock market Tuesday. Indexes began sliding from ...
Dole CEO makes buyout bid; values co. at $1.07B
Dole Food Co.'s Chairman and CEO David Murdock and his family on Tuesday offered to buy the fresh fruits and vegetable business with a bid that values ...
Booz Allen Hamilton shares fall
Shares of Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. fell on Monday, after the company's employee, Edward Snowden, stepped forward as the person who last week ...
S&P upgrades US outlook, but investors yawn
The Standard & Poor's ratings agency said Monday it's getting more optimistic about the U.S. economy. But investors just yawned. Stocks budged higher ...
US investigates Honda minivans for air bag trouble
U.S. safety regulators have added about 320,000 older model Honda Odyssey minivans to a widening probe of faulty air bags that affects at least three ...
TiVo settles with Cisco, Motorola and Time Warner
TiVo settled patent disputes with Cisco, Motorola Mobility and Time Warner Cable, averting a trial that was to begin next week and bringing to a close ...
Wal-Mart plans $15B more in stock buybacks
Wal-Mart's biggest news at its annual meeting on Friday was that the world's largest retailer will repurchase up to $15 billion of its shares at a ...
Stock market has best day in nearly 3 weeks
An afternoon rally on Wall Street gave the stock market its best day in nearly three weeks Thursday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was down 10 ...
Motorola Mobility says it has settled with TiVo
Motorola Mobility said Thursday that it has reached a settlement with digital video recording pioneer TiVo Inc. ahead of a patent trial that was to ...
GM CEO says dividend, share buyback possible
General Motors CEO Dan Akerson says the company's finances are sound enough to consider paying a dividend or even buying more of its stock from the U.
Russia's Norilsk Nickel to double dividend payout
Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel said on Thursday it will pay $2 billion, or 90 percent of its 2012 net profit, in dividends to shareholders.
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