Japan’s benchmark lost more than 3% Thursday and stocks in Europe were lower amid doubts that U.S. plans costing trillions of dollars will soon restore the health of the U.S. economy. More: continued here
Japan’s benchmark lost more than 3% Thursday and stocks in Europe were lower amid doubts that U.S. plans costing trillions of dollars will soon restore the health of the U.S. economy. More: continued here
Nokia and Facebook are in talks about a partnership that would embed parts of the Facebook social network into some Nokia phones, a report says. More: continued here
Sirius XM Radio is seeking an investment from Liberty Media in an attempt to fend off an unsolicited takeover approach from satellite entrepreneur Charles Ergen, a report says. More: continued here
The Japanese electronics company also said it plans to withdraw from its money-losing plasma display business. More: continued here
The U.S. automaker is offering retirement incentives to a number of its United Auto Workers union members. GM also has attracted interest in its Hummer brand, a separate report says. More: continued here
The mining company received a $19.5 billion investment from Aluminum Corp. of China. Rio Tinto also reported a 50% drop in 2008 earnings. More: continued here
Readers rant back in response to an Outrage about the Chevron oil find in the Gulf of Mexico. More: continued here
Alcoa said it will receive $1.02 billion as it exits an agreement with Chinalco to purchase shares in Rio Tinto. More: continued here
Europe’s third-largest oil company lost 794 million euros ($1.03 billion) in the quarter, compared with a net profit of 3.6 billion euros a year earlier. More: continued here