By Lynn Thomasson and Susan Li Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a third day after Toyota Motor Corp. raised its profit forecast, while the euro traded near an eight-week high as Greek leaders worked on a rescue plan with ...

By Chikako Mogi | TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares hit their highest level in more than five months on Wednesday and the euro hovered close to an 8-week high as investors kept hopes alive for an agreement on details of a new Greek bailout package despite ...

02/08/2012 Yahoo! on Tuesday announced a boardroom shakeup to breathe fresh life into a pioneering Internet firm that has been struggling to re-invent itself and appease disappointed ...

TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average closed above the 9000-mark for the first time in three months on Wednesday, boosted by a better-than-expected profit outlook from Toyota Motor Corp and optimism over US economic ...

By Chris V. Nicholson Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Glencore International Plc's planned $39 billion takeover of Xstrata Plc, a combination years in the making, came together in just two months after a pivotal dinner in London last year between Xstrata Chief ...

By Caroline Salas Gage More than a year after Republicans from House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio to presidential candidate Ron Paul of Texas warned that the Fed's second round of asset purchases risked a sharp acceleration in prices, the surge has ...

Enlarge image Ben Bernanke Ben Bernanke Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Corbis Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke at the Federal Reserve in ...

By Andy Fixmer Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Walt Disney Co., the largest US entertainment company by market value, said first-quarter profit rose 12 percent on growth at ESPN and its US ...

Paul Sakuma / AP Four board members at the Sunnyvale Internet giant will not stand for re-election, including embattled chairman Roy ...

By Simon Casey and Jesse Riseborough Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Just eight months after taking Glencore International Plc public in a $10 billion stock offering, Ivan Glasenberg is stepping aside as chief executive officer to go back to his trading ...