The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment aid fell unexpectedly last week, suggesting the pace of layoffs was easing, even as benefit rolls in mid-April swelled to another record high.
Swiss banking giant UBS AG on Thursday is expected to file a response to the Internal Revenue Service's attempt to get the identities of some account holders who might be hiding income.
April was Wall Street's best month in nine years - offering some of the most powerful evidence yet that maybe, just maybe, the economy is about to begin a turnaround.
Lamy, a 62-year-old member of the French Socialist Party, has headed the WTO since 2005.
Stock index futures pointed to a higher start for Wall Street on Thursday ahead of a flurry of results as well as U.S. core personal consumption expenditure, jobless figures and Chicago PMI data.
Disney will be joining NBC Universal, News Corp, and Providence Equity Partners as a joint venture partner in online video site Hulu, it was announced Thursday morning.
The New Zealand sharemarket leapt in early trading, following an earlier announcement on official interest rates.
The number of newly laid-off workers signing up for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, while people continuing to draw aid neared 6.3 million, setting a record for the 13th straight week.
Apr 30 - Stimulated by China's demand, Japan's industrial output rose for the first time in six months Kitty Bu reports.
'Women are better with managing finance' Better bankers New Delhi: Chanda Deepak Kochhar, who set to take over as managing director and chief executive of ICICI Bank, India's largest in the private sector, firmly believes women make better bankers, even if a lot also depends on how they use the opportunities that come their way.
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