At British hearing, stars turn tables on tabloids

They’ve been hacked and libeled, stalked and slandered. Now the public figures whose personal lives have long offered grist for Britain’s news mill have been […]

Global stocks slump as China housing cools

Global financial markets slumped Friday as investors signaled they held little optimism of any breakthrough in Europe’s debt crisis and a report showed new house […]

Stocks slump as slow eurozone growth raises stakes

Investors fled global stocks on Tuesday as poor growth figures reinforced how difficult it will be for European countries to reduce their piles of debt […]

Senate approves jobs benefits for veterans

On Veterans Day eve, an uncharacteristically unified Senate emphatically passed a bill to help unemployed veterans and government contractors that includes the first, small slivers […]

Disney 4Q beats Street on pay TV growth

Disney’s fourth-quarter net income rose 30 percent, thanks to higher spending by theme park visitors and growth at pay TV operations ESPN and Disney Channel.
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Toyota shows machines to help sick, elderly move

Toyota unveiled its ambitions for high-tech health care Tuesday, displaying experimental robots that the auto giant says can lift disabled patients from their hospital beds […]

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Wal-Mart Stores 13,000
Schnuck Markets 10,640
Dierbergs Markets 4,000
Walgreens 3,657
Supervalu 3,651

Statoil Q3 profit drop 25 percent on higher costs

Norwegian oil company Statoil ASA said Thursday its net profit fell by 25 percent in the third quarter, mainly due to increased production costs and […]

Sales, profit rise at Sigma-Aldrich

A focus on markets in India, China and Brazil helped Sigma-Aldrich Corp. grow its third-quarter net income by 26 percent, to $117 million, or 95 […]

Nissan aims to be world No. 1 in green vehicles

Nissan Motor Co. is aiming to be the world’s No. 1 in green cars, targeting cumulative sales of 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles with alliance partner […]