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LinkedIn Corp (LNKD.N) has agreed to pay nearly $6 million to more than 350 current and former employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found the online career-networking company violated the country's wage law. In a settlement announced by...

Stocks closed higher on Monday, lifted in a late rally driven by earnings from Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway and broad gains across most sectors that helped the S&P 500 rebound from its largest weekly drop since 2012. Warren Buffett's Berkshire...

Hewlett-Packard Co said it would sue former Autonomy Chief Financial Officer Sushovan Hussain as he seeks to block HP's settlement of three shareholder lawsuits over its troubled purchase of the British software company. Hussain is trying to block the settlement,...

Investors breathed a sigh of relief on Monday after Portugal prevented the collapse of one of its biggest banks, putting some life back into European stocks following last week's slide and pushing bond yields lower across the board. Lisbon on...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) should not obstruct an anti-trust investigation by Chinese regulators, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) said on Monday, the latest shot fired by China's government at the U.S. software giant. The SAIC has questioned Microsoft's...

...Urges Diezani, NNPC To Halt Move ...Wants LNG Headquarters Relocated To Niger Delta BEVERLY HILLS, August 03, (THEWILL) - Niger Delta oil monitoring group, the Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for Radical Change (NDIMRC), has alleged plot by Shell to cancel the Trans...

Deutsche Bank will seek compensation from former chief executive Rolf Breuer for a costly out-of-court settlement reached earlier this year with the heirs of the Kirch media empire, according to a report in the newspaper Die Welt. The bank's supervisory...

Wall Street's worst week in two years was enough to get investors worried about whether a long-overdue correction is coming, but analysts are still leaning bullish. The S&P 500 ended the week down 2.7 percent, its biggest weekly loss since...

Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) sued Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) on Friday, claiming the South Korean smartphone maker refused to make a royalty payment last fall on patent licenses after Microsoft announced its intention to acquire Nokia's (NOK1V.HE) handset business. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, August 01, (THEWILL) – President Goodluck Jonathan Friday approved a new Group Managing Director (GMD) for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a new Managing Director for Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC). A release by Reuben Abati, the...