5/13/2008 6:31:59 AM Tuesday morning, ARYx Therapeutics, Inc. (ARYX - Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts ) reported a wider net loss for its first quarter, with a decline in revenues. For the first quarter, the company's net loss was $9.5 million, wider than a net loss ....
5/13/2008 5:40:02 AM Tuesday morning, Cairn Energy Plc (CNE.L - Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts ), an oil company, issued its interim management statement for the period up to May 12, 2008. The UK-based company said the group net cash as at March 31, 2008 was ....
5/13/2008 5:00:26 AM Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. (HIT - Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts ) on Tuesday reported that its fiscal 2007 loss widened from last year due to the payout of the share of profit applicable to minority shareholders. However, revenues ....
St. George Bank on Tuesday agreed to an 18.6 billion Australian dollar takeover offer from Westpac Banking Corp. that would create Australia's biggest bank and be one of the country's largest corporate deals.
Chinese shares fell Tuesday and the country's two stock exchanges suspended trading in 66 companies based in the region hit by a major earthquake in an effort to minimize potential disruptions to financial markets.
Wall Street rallied Monday as oil prices fell back and alleviated some of investors' concerns about accelerating inflation. The Dow Jones industrials gained 130 points.
Mom-and-pop service stations are running into a problem as gasoline marches toward $4 a gallon: Thousands of old-fashioned pumps can't register more than $3.99 on their spinning mechanical dials.
Wall Street headed for a lower opening Tuesday, with investors hesitant ahead of reports expected to show that consumers curtailed their spending amid rising food and energy prices.
Driven by higher oil prices, the government's April import price index to be released Tuesday is expected to show a substantial increase, potentially adding to inflation concerns.
Wall Street on Tuesday will find out if consumers continued to rein in spending amid rising food and energy prices. The International Council of Shopping Centers-UBS Index and the Johnson Redbook Retail Sales Index release retail data for the first week of May at 7:45 a.m. and 8:55 a.m.
Finmeccanica SpA has agreed to buy U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc. in a $5.2 billion deal, the biggest so far in European defense contractors' bid for a slice of the growing U.S. defense market.
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.(Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts ), the world's largest retailer, posted first-quarter profit that rose more than analysts estimated after it cut prices on groceries and pharmacy items to lure consumers strained by higher food expenses and $3.70-a-gallon gasoline.
Hewlett-Packard Co. is seeking to buy Electronic Data Systems(Stock Boards, Stock Quotes, Stock Charts ) Corp. in a deal worth up to $13 billion, helping Chief Executive Officer Mark Hurd increase competition in computer services with International Business Machines Corp.