Business

The good news from Friday's jobs report may already be reflected in the prices of the smallest U.S. stocks. With nearly all of their revenue coming from the United States, the companies in the Russell 2000 .TOY should be the...

Walkie-talkie and radio systems maker Motorola Solutions Inc (MSI.N) is looking into a possible sale, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Potential buyers could include private-equity firms and defense contractors including Raytheon Co (RTN.N), Honeywell International Inc (HON.N)...

Sony Pictures' Amy Pascal has stepped down as co-chair of Sony's movie studio following a debilitating cyber attack that revealed her private emails. Ms Pascal will start a production company that will launch in May 2015. She has already apologised for...

U.S. stocks were set to advance at the open on Friday, putting the S&P 500 on track to extend its best weekly gain in seven, after a stronger-than-expected monthly payrolls report. Nonfarm payrolls increased 257,000 last month, topping expectations for...

EBay Inc (EBAY.O) raised its reported fourth-quarter net income by $87 million to reflect a reduction in income tax expense. The e-commerce company said the reduction of tax was due to an intercompany transaction that took place in December. After adjustment,...

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz said on Friday sales jumped 14 percent in January to a record 125,865 models, powered by double-digit gains in Europe, China and the United States. Daimler's (DAIGn.DE) flagship division posted 14.5 percent sales increases in each...

Nigeria has more than halved capital expenditure to less than 10 percent of 2015 spending, axing badly needed infrastructure investment due to the collapse in the price of oil, the country's main source of revenue, according to the full...

SAN FRANCISCO, February 05, (THEWILL) – The federal government Thursday said it will no longer provide funding for international travels and foreign trainings for public officials in the payroll of the federal government, as part of efforts to cut...

BEVERLY HILLS, February 05, (THEWILL) – The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and subsidiary, the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) have been indicted by the PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC), which carried out an extensive forensic audit of the financials of the state-owned...

Oil rose toward $55 a barrel on Thursday, recovering from part of the previous session's slide after China took steps to pour liquidity into the world's second-biggest economy, although traders and analysts said oil's outlook looked weak. Crude snapped a...