Friday 10:00 BST. Japanese stocks closed higher, but only after another extremely volatile session leaked uncertainty into global equity markets that some investors consider vulnerable after many months of strong gains.

Lafley will replace CEO Bob McDonald, effective immediately. McDonald, who will retire June 30 after a transition period, has been CEO since 2009.

WASHINGTON - Economic data released on Thursday indicated solid job growth and provided further signs that housing is recovering. The New York Times.

A $7 billion antitrust settlement over credit-card processing fees that critics say would make things worse for retailers suffered another insult today as Target Target, Macy's Macy's and J.C.

Sears Holdings Corp. swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss from a profit a year earlier, when the retailer booked a large gain on asset sales.

Michael Jeffries's penchant for having the male crew on Abercrombie & Fitch's (ANF) corporate jet wear the retailer's boxer briefs, flip-flops, and cologne certainly hasn't hurt the chief executive officer's standing with his board.

Kaiser Permanente, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield of California are all expected to participate in the state-run market for individual health coverage.

The 0.8pc rise in German household consumption in the first three months of the year provided almost the "only" positive contribution to growth in the first quarter, German statistics office Destatis said on Friday, and helped the country to eke out 0.1pc growth, ...

FRANKFURT--German business confidence picked up in May following two straight months of declines, a key sentiment survey showed Friday, indicating that growth in Europe's largest economy is gaining traction.

John Zimmer, co-founder of ride-sharing start-up Lyft, speaks at a TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2012 event at the San Francisco Design Center Concourse on Sept.