European shares drifted higher on Wednesday to trade near one-year highs, boosted by banks and oils, with investors awaiting more corporate results from companies such as Morgan Stanley and Boeing. The FTSEurofirst
Barnes & Noble Inc unveiled its electronic reader in a challenge to Amazon.com Inc's Kindle, featuring a color screen and the same $259 price, ahead of the key holiday shopping season. The
Profit taking in the technology sector weighed on Asian stocks on Wednesday, though they stuck close to a 15-month high, while some stability in the U.S. dollar and a rise in inventories
President Barack Obama chastised Wall Street firms on Tuesday for resisting tighter regulations of their industry and said they had not done enough to boost lending to small businesses. Lashing out at
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Oil briefly topped $80 per barrel to hit its highest since October 2008, while gold neared record highs scored last week as a retreating dollar and anticipation of increased demand enticed investors.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Tuesday after strong quarterly results from bellwethers Apple and Caterpillar pointed to a solid earnings season. Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) profits and sales streaked past Wall Street
Machinery maker Caterpillar Inc (CAT.N) posted stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings on Tuesday and raised its full-year forecast, saying it was seeing signs that a recovery may be under way. The news sent Caterpillar
Pfizer Inc reported higher third-quarter profit as aggressive cost-cutting helped offset the negative foreign exchange impact and declining sales of drugs, including those facing competition from cheaper generics. Despite slow growth of
U.S. producer prices dropped an unexpected 0.6 percent in September, mainly because of a 2.4 percent decline in energy prices, the Labor Department said on Tuesday. Analysts polled by Reuters had anticipated
