NEW YORK, Jan 15 - Now that Countrywide Financial Corp is best known for lending excesses that led to widespread mortgage defaults and home foreclosures, it's easy to forget the company used to epitomize home...
LONDON, Jan 15 - With the pound at new lows against the euro and the dollar at the end of 2008, Britain looked good value to Maltese couple Mario and Josanne Cassar. They bought two...
LONDON, Jan 15 - With the pound at new lows against the euro and the dollar at the end of 2008, Britain looked good value to Maltese couple Mario and Josanne Cassar. They bought two...
WASHINGTON, Jan 12 - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has selected Julius Genachowski, a technology executive and former classmate from Harvard Law School, to lead the Federal Communications Commission, a Democratic source said on Monday. Genachowski...
BRUSSELS, Jan 12 - The European Commission started legal action against Standard & Poor's on Monday, saying the credit rating agency may have broken European Union rules in the way it sold financial market data....
BEVERLY HILLS, Jan 11 - Independent film label Fox Searchlight Pictures racked up more awards than any other movie studio at the Golden Globes on Sunday thanks to big wins for "Slumdog Millionaire" and "The...
BEIJING, Jan 12 - China has shut down 91 websites for pornographic and other "vulgar" content, as well as a political blog portal, since announcing its latest bid to ensure Internet morality, state media said...
* Will focus on boosting on-line advertising revenue * Calls Penthouse Magazine 'irrelevant' to future * IPO plans proceeding, hopes for healthier market * Expects to add further underwriters NEW YORK, Jan 6 - FriendFinder...
LONDON, Dec 24 - A toxic mix of structural, cyclical and funding problems confronting European media may force banks to take more control of newspapers as tightening credit markets limit their options to relax loan...
FRANKFURT, Dec 22 - German stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse will pay $10 million to acquire U.S.-based financial news agency Market News International from China's Xinhua Finance The deal was set to close by the...