HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- China's trade surplus contracted in December, narrowing for the second straight month, as strong domestic consumption and higher commodity prices led to faster growth in imports.
Several Asian markets ended sharply lower Friday as a news report on additional write-downs by Merrill Lynch reignited fears related to subprime mortgages.
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New York financial analytics outfit RiskMetrics Group says it will sell a total of 14 million shares at an estimated price of $17-$19 apiece in its .
Shares in US cash machine manufacturer NCR hit a 52-week low on Wednesday after an analyst downgraded the vendor's stock following concerns that .
Metavante has acquired Nomad Payments Limited, a London-based provider of pre-paid and debit card processing software and services, for approximately .
Suppose the alternator rattles free on the first 10 cars rolling off an automaker's assembly line and bangs into the cooling fan.
AMAZON (AMZN) will offer songs from Sony BMG without copy-protection technology, known as DRM coding.