(Reuters) - Liberty Media Corp is close buying a 25 percent stake in cable operator Charter Communications Inc for about $2.5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Charter Communications shares rose 6.6 percent to $96.00. The newspaper... [Full Article]
LONDON (AP) - Markets struggled to make gains Friday after another solid week that's sent many of the world's major stock indexes to multi-year highs. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded from three days of losses on Friday as new U.S. data suggested a steady recovery in the world's largest economy, bolstering investors' risk appetite while underpinning the dollar agai... [Full Article]
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded from three days of losses on Friday as new U.S. data suggested a steady recovery in the world's largest economy, bolstering investors' risk appetite while underpinning the dollar agai... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Britain is close to signing a 35-year deal with French energy group EDF to build the first of a new wave of nuclear power plants after reaching an agreement on subsidies, the Independent newspaper reported on Sunday. Energy Secretary Ed D... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Britain's largest coal mine will close permanently and most of its 650 workers will lose their jobs due to an underground fire that continues to burn "ferociously" two weeks after it started, mine owner Coalfield Resources ... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - A new TV commercial features a good-looking young woman on a beach vacation lounging next to a good-looking young man. He bemoans the glare on his iPad and she fills him in on the Kindle Paperwhite's sun-friendly screen. (Source:... [Full Article]
TOKYO (Reuters) - GS Yuasa Corp , the Japanese maker of lithium-ion battery cells used in Boeing Co's 787 Dreamliner, said it is working closely with the U.S. company, lead battery contractor Thales SA of France and regulators to get the 787 bac... [Full Article]
NEW YORK (AP) - An encouraging manufacturing report nudged the stock market higher Friday, giving it a slight gain for the week, even as a deadline for avoiding sweeping government spending cuts loomed. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - A shark possibly 14 feet long killed a swimmer near a popular New Zealand beach on Wednesday, then disappeared after police attempting to save the man fired gunshots at the enormous predator. (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]