REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. (AP) — Oracle will Acme Packet Inc., which makes equipment for telecommunications companies, for about $2.1 billion.
Stocks are falling in early trading on Wall Street, pulling the Dow Jones industrial average back below the 14,000 mark.
NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says its online banking website crashed Friday, leaving customers temporarily unable to access their accounts.
NEW YORK (AP) — Chevron Corp.
Just when Boeing really needs its engineers, they're voting on whether to strike.
PROFIT DROP: Lower sales due to generic competition and one-time charges cut Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit by 7 percent, to $1.4 billion,
GOOD START: Drugmaker Pfizer's initial public stock offering of its animal health business, Zoetis, raised $2.2 billion, the largest IPO by a U.S.
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — In a story Jan.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google's stock climbed to a new high Friday as Wall Street's best known indexes approached record territory, too.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — BBVA Compass says it has resolved online banking problems that left many its customers unable to access funds in their bank
Merck & Co.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 7 percent because of hits from generic competition and one-time charges, and the company pushed back
NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Foods is suing Cracker Barrel Old Country Store over the restaurant chain's plans to use the "Cracker Barrel" name on
GLUM SEASON: Mattel Inc., the world's largest toy maker, said Friday its fourth-quarter net income fell 17 percent, hurt by a litigation charge
Exxon Mobil Corp. nearly set a record for annual profit.
WASHINGTON (AP) — An appeals court has turned down a reporter's effort to see an independent consultant's reports for American International Group,
NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of respiratory drug maker KaloBios Pharmaceuticals are inching higher on the first day of trading.
DETROIT (AP) — Ford's U.S. sales rose 22 percent in January on strong sales of pickup trucks and new vehicles.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The industry group that hosts the annual gadget show known as International CES is dropping reviews website CNET as the picker o
NEW YORK (AP) — Total U.S.
MasterCard's net income rebounded strongly in the fourth quarter as its overseas business continued to expand, the company said Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook's newest e-commerce idea: A gift card users can buy for each other that can be spent at retailers and restaurants
THE TRIGGER: Shares of Constellation Brands fell after the Justice Department sued to block Anheuser-Busch InBev's proposed purchase of Mexican bre
THE RESULTS: Viacom's net income rose sharply in its fiscal first quarter because the same period a year earlier had a large accounting charge.
CIGARETTE SALES: Marlboro maker Altria Group's fourth-quarter profit rose about 32 percent as it commanded higher prices for cigarettes and
BIG DROP: Health insurer Aetna Inc. said Thursday its fourth-quarter net income sank 49 percent.
THE RESULTS: Marlboro maker Altria Group's fourth-quarter profit rose about 32 percent to $1.1 billion as it commanded higher prices for cigarette
NEW YORK (AP) — Hostess has picked a lead bidder for its famous Twinkies.
NEW YORK (AP) — The long-awaited debut of new BlackBerry smartphones flopped on Wall Street.
NEW YORK (AP) — Time Inc., the magazine unit of Time Warner Inc., says it is cutting 6 percent of its global staff of 8,000, or about 500 people.
BEING CIVIL: After a $4 billion plea deal resolved BP's criminal liability for the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the company faces a trial
WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of families are beginning to grapple with the one major health expense for which most Americans are not insured: