U.S. stock indices lightened up on Monday, interrupting a multi-week uptrend.

Losses however were limited with the bulk of them clawed back in the final hour of trading.

The wrangle over...

NEW YORK - The IMF has warned of lower growth in China in view of the economic slump in Europe, and cut its forecast for the world's second largest economy this year to 8.25 per cent from 9 per cent...

NEW YORK - Citigroup's Chinese subsidiary has been granted permission to offer its credit cards in China, becoming the first US based bank and the second foreign bank to receive the nod.

Currently...

Telecom sits on the top of the incredible India story. But the mess, evident in the award of second generation (2G) licences, shows how at least six principal characters worked overtime to deface it....

BRISTOL - Hundreds of traders and business establishments have signed up for Bristol's own currency to be launched May 21, with the backing of the Bristol Credit Union, a bank run as a...

ATHENS - Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos has said he would continue intense talks with his coalition partners on austerity measures for a 130 billion-euro EU bailout plan second for...

BEIJING - China's Monday asked its airlines not to pay a charge on carbon emissions imposed by the European Union (EU).

The authorities also asked the airlines not to hike freight or add other...

BELLEVUE, Wash. (AP) -- Coinstar's fourth-quarter earnings soared past analyst estimates as the company's Redbox kiosks for renting DVDs picked up customers who stopped getting their discs...

All that glitters is not gadolinium. Even so, that mineral and its 16 "rare earth" cousins -- found in everything from batteries to catalytic converters -- do help make the modern world go...

POOF GO THE PROFITS: Companies in the S&P 500 earned an estimated 5.8 percent more last quarter than a year ago. Since the start of 2010, profits have grown five times as fast in an average...

Carlsbad's ViaSat posted fiscal third quarter earnings on Monday that met Wall Street analysts' expectations, but the company fell short on revenue because of slower orders from its defense...

COMMERCIAL IMAGE - In this photograph taken by AP Images for Redbox, Bob Mudge, right, president of Verizon Consumer and Mass Business Markets, and Paul Davis, CEO of Coinstar, Inc. announced today,...

In this Jan. 6, 2012 photo, attendees check out the unveiling of 4G devices at the Verizon booth during the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas. Challenging Netflix, Verizon said Monday, Feb. 6,...

James Giddens, the trustee overseeing the liquidation of MF Global, said on Monday his investigators have now traced most of the $105 billion in transactions made at the bankrupt securities firm in...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A trustee seeking to distribute customer securities overseen by bankrupt MF Global Inc. said Monday that a majority of the cash that disappeared from the commodities...

CHICAGO (MarketWatch) - Coinstar Inc., NCR Corp., Yum Brands and Coca-Cola Co. are among the stocks that could see active trading on...

(0) Comments Water-meter manufacturer Badger Meter Inc. on Monday reported a deeper-than-expected drop in earnings and sales in the latest quarter. The company, which plays an active role in...

PepsiCo is scheduled to announce its earnings on Thursday, February 9. Once again the snack segment, and not the core soft drink business, is expected to lead the growth. Recent acquisitions in...

Deutsche Bank ended up with a pre-tax loss of EUR351 million ($460 million) for the fourth quarter of 2011, bringing to an end a difficult year for the German...

Wall Street investors couldn't even manage their own money in the economic crisis of 2008, so now, post-crisis, we are way less inclined to allow them to manage...

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is likely to repeat his case Tuesday for a long period of low rates, and he'll keep markets guessing about whether the Fed will do more quantitative...

The rapid increase shows that ETS -- which allow you to trade market indexes, sectors, commodities and currencies as easily as a share of stock -- have become the preferred method for retail and...

, is expected to report weaker quarterly earnings on Tuesday, hurt by a stronger yen and recent floods in auto-making hub Thailand, but investors will be hoping for an upgrade to its full-year profit...

Growth of social media company, Facebook depends on its relationships with other companies. CNBC's Julia Boorstin has the details on who is "friending"...

] were really warranted, especially the 2% spike in the after market.Earnings were certainly bullish; no question there. The owner of the Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC chains says its fourth-quarter...

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- A Hawaiian theme park that propped up the economy of a rural Japanese town in Fukushima prefecture for 45 years was forced to close after the March 11 earthquake. Almost a year...

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- MF Global Holdings Ltd., the futures broker that filed the eighth-largest bankruptcy in October, faced a $310 million margin call on its final day that exceeded its market...

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- New Jersey Democrats will try for a second time to prohibit fracking for natural gas in the most densely populated U.S. state, after Governor Chris Christie vetoed a ban in...

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Caesars Entertainment Corp., the casino chain saddled with more than $22 billion in debt, is planning an $18.1 million initial public offering that some analysts say...

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) --　Japan’s Nikkei 225 Stock Average retreated from a three-month high as Greek politicians struggled to meet the conditions for a bailout, reviving concern the debt-...

Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Noble Group Ltd. named Yusuf Alireza, formerly co-president of Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s Asia- excluding-Japan unit, as chief executive officer to lead Asia’s...

Follow this company in San Jose. The store has been under renovation for some time but posters went up in the past week announcing that it will be a Microsoft store. The San Jose store...

Follow this company said on Monday it has sued smart thermostat developer Nest Labs Inc. for patent infringement. The lawsuit filed at United States District Court for the District of...

Stocks closed slightly lower on Monday as lingering questions about Europe's debt crisis and corporate earnings overshadowed growing optimism about economic growth after a five-week...

National Automobile Dealers Association shows the average price for a secondhand ride will go up by just under 2 percent this year, for an average of $11,850 for cars or $19,050 for light trucks....

The maker of Legos has come out with a more feminine version of their popular blocks, but many people aren't happy about it. KNBC's Vikki Vargas...

By Rob Neill "Times when we didn’t understand each other … discord and blame …"Clint Eastwood was reading from a script during this ad for Chrysler on Super Bowl Sunday,...

Wall Street closed lower Monday as investors found little reason to extend a five-week rally on lingering uncertainty over whether Greece would accept the terms of a bailout.Another deadline lapsed...

By now, the nationalist version of last week's closing of the Electro-Motive Diesel locomotive plant in London, Ont., has been firmly established in the public mind, told and retold in a...

The Canadian Auto Workers union says laid-off workers may occupy the Electro-Motive Diesel plant in London if the parent company, Caterpillar, does not offer the workers what it deems to be adequate...

YUM.N ) reported fourth-quarter earnings that topped Wall Street's view after accelerating sales and operating profit at established restaurants in China helped ease worries that growth in its...

The French and German leaders told Greece time was running out as it attempts to get a deal on a debt restructuring plan, and warned Athens it would only get its second bailout if it delivers on its...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Metro-Goldwyn Mayer said its lenders agreed to loan the studio $500 million to retire debt it took on when it emerged from bankruptcy about a year ago and to expand its film...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congress made a mistake when it stripped away most of the Securities and Exchange Commission's authority to police the holding companies of broker-dealers for risks,...

BAC.N ) won class-action status for their lawsuit accusing the bank of fraudulently misleading them about the 2008 takeover of Merrill Lynch & Co and the size of Merrill's losses and bonus...