6.44 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

JP Morgan Securities raised its year-end target on the Standard & Poor's 500 index to 1160 from 1100, to reflect its higher 2010 earnings expectations...

6.44 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Cadbury suitors Ferrero and Hershey would likely break the UK confectioner up into separate businesses if a mooted bid for the company succeeds, an It...

6.44 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Big shareholders at Goldman Sachs have asked the U.S. bank, on track to deliver $20 billion in bonuses, to pass more profit to investors after it ...

6.44 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Standard Chartered Plc said it planned to invest in several renewable energy projects in Asia worth over USD 800 million....

6.00 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Budget shortfalls pose a direct threat to millions of US jobs, many in the private sector, as state and local governments lay off workers and cut spen...

4.43 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Investors pumped money into emerging market assets and commodities to diversify away from a weak dollar in the week ending Nov. 18, but U.S. equity fu...

4.43 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Lorry driver Zhang Jianwei isn't worried about cleaner fuel requirements that come into force in China next year, raising the price of motor fuels -- ...

4.43 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Sri Lanka's top general, who quit amid speculation he could run for president, pledged on Friday to fight for democracy and human rights after the end...

4.43 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

The arrest of two men in Chicago on terrorism charges linked to Lashkar-e-Taiba has revived fears about the Pakistani militant group's global reach an...

4.08 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Financial markets saw a rare breakdown in correlations on Friday with world stocks eking out modest gains after the previous sessions losses but the d...

1.47 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Deutsche Telekom, Europe's largest telecoms company, is looking for a partner for its US mobile communications business, German paper Handelsblatt rep...

1.38 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Some of Goldman Sachs Group Inc's largest shareholders have asked the company to cut the size of its bonus pool and pass along more of its profits to ...

1.08 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Bankrupt US telephone yellow-pages publisher Idearc Inc said on Friday a Dallas bankruptcy court had approved a standby purchase agreement where hedge...

1.07 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Dell, the world's No.3 PC brand, said on Friday that its core business of selling computers to companies was returning, after a sharp drop-off during ...

1.05 pm | 20 Nov 2009 |  Source: Reuters

Progress toward tighter US financial regulation faltered in the US Congress on Thursday as a House committee postponed a pivotal vote and Republicans ...