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Hynix Reports First Quarterly Profit in Two Years

Hynix Semiconductor Inc. recorded its first quarterly net profit in two years as prices for memory chips rose in a rapidly recovering market. The company ...

Netflix Q3 Earnings Surge 48% on Subscriber Boom

Netflix Inc. has been doing so well during the recession that it's getting tougher for the DVD-by-mail pioneer to live up to investors' lofty expectations. ...

Feds Unveil Plans to Limit Top Executive Pay at Banks

The government zeroed in on corporate excess and recklessness Thursday with deep, unprecedented cuts in executive compensation at companies living on taxpayer money and a ...

Hulu May Start Charging for Video Access

Hulu, the free online video site where television shows and movies can be watched in their entirety, will start charging fees at some point, one ...

India's Reva to Build Electric Cars in New York

An Indian car company has chosen upstate New York for a factory to build a new generation of electric cars for North America, a state ...

Asia Stocks Fall on Wells, China Stimulus Cut Fears

World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investor optimism was dented by a broker downgrade of U.S. bank Wells Fargo and concerns about future Chinese ...

Hyundai Posts Treble in Q3 to New Record

Hyundai Motor Co., South Korea's largest automaker and a growing force in the global industry, said third-quarter net profit more than tripled to a record ...

China Growth Revs Up to 8.9% in Q3

China's economy charged ahead in the third quarter, expanding by 8.9 percent thanks to lavish stimulus spending that sparked a boom in construction, share prices ...

Taiwan Lifts Ban on U.S. Beef in Bone

Taiwan says it will lift a ban on imports of a range of U.S. "beef in bone" products including Porterhouse steak.

Qi Lu Announces Microsoft Search Deal with Twitter

Microsoft Corp. has picked up a new weapon in its Internet search duel with Google — full access to Twitter's communications hotbed. The partnership announced ...

Motorola Cliq May Impress Some As "Sick"

Imagine how you'd feel if you peaked in middle school. That's pretty much what happened to cell phone maker Motorola Inc., which had a megahit ...

Comcast to Debut Shows Online for Subscribers

You'll be able to watch popular cable television series such as HBO's "Entourage" and AMC's "Mad Men" on your computer by the end of the ...

Oil Shale Trials Show Promise But Leases Shrink

Efforts to mine oil from rock are ongoing in Wyoming, Colorado and Utah, speakers at a symposium said Tuesday, the same day Interior Secretary Ken ...

Wind Power Industry Adds Capacity with Federal Grants

Armed with nearly $1 billion in federal grants, wind farm developers installed more capacity and got projects off the drawing board in the third quarter. ...

Obama Shifts Bailout Focus to Small Banks, Businesses

President Barack Obama wants smaller community banks to have greater access to the government's $700 billion financial rescue fund as the administration refocuses the bailout ...

Yahoo Q3 Profits Triple on Cost-Cutting, Ad Recovery

Yahoo Inc. may finally be pulling out of a three-year slump that cast aside two CEOs and spurred a cost-cutting campaign that led to about ...

UAL Says Business Travel Improving Despite Loss

United Airlines said on Tuesday that it's seeing early signs of a recovery in business travel as it reported a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss. The recession ...

Capmark Files for Chapter 11 Protection

Capmark Financial Group, one of the nation's largest commercial real estate lenders, has filed for bankruptcy protection amid mounting bad debt.

Asian Stocks Drop on Doubts Over U.S. Recovery

Asian stocks retreated Tuesday, following losses on Wall Street amid rising concerns the markets have gotten ahead of economic realities. European markets gained modestly.

Baidu Q3 Profits Jump 42% but Outlook Soft

Baidu Inc., which runs China's leading Internet search engine, said Monday that its third-quarter profit jumped 42 percent as revenue from online marketing services climbed.

Dollar Rises After Hitting 14-Month Low

The dollar reversed direction after hitting a 14-month low against the euro in volatile trading Monday after a regional Chinese central bank researcher argued for ...

Corning Profits Slip but TV Glass Demand Rises

Corning Inc. said Monday that demand is rebounding for its flat-screen television glass but the specialty glass maker's third-quarter profit fell 16 percent from a ...

Netflix to Stream Movies Through PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3 owners will soon be able to stream movies and TV shows from Netflix to their TVs using the gaming console, just as Xbox ...

3-D Likely to Be Next Big Home TV Upgrade

Fans scrambled to see 3-D movies such as "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" in theaters this year and new 3-D televisions could soon have ...

Internet to Expand with Non-Latin Domain Names

The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history with the expected approval this week of international domain names ...

S. Korea Economy Grew at Fastest Pace in 7 Years

South Korea's economy grew at its fastest pace in over seven years in the third quarter amid strength in manufacturing and capital spending as Asian ...

Coach Sales Rise with Help from Lower-Priced Line

Coach Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter profit fell slightly, but revenue rose as new, lower-priced handbag lines helped juice sales. The company blamed heavy promotions spurred by ...

Record NYC Real Estate Deal Looms As Record Bust

It was the most expensive real estate deal in U.S. history. Now it's poised to become one of the biggest flops. At the height of ...

Biggest Solar Power Plant Set to Open in Florida

Greg Bove steps into his pickup truck and drives down a sandy path to where the future of Florida's renewable energy plans begin: Acres of ...

Fortune Makes Big Changes to Cope with Ad Slump

Fortune is embarking on an ambitious redesign of its business magazine, as a vicious advertising slump is forcing the publication to cut the number of ...

Home Sales Rebound on Tax Credit, Foreclosures

With homebuyers rushing to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires, a report Friday is expected to show strong September sales.

Amazon Profits Blow Past Estimates

Amazon.com Inc.'s third-quarter results blew past analyst expectations, showing that consumers are comfortable opening their wallets to the online retailer despite the still-shaky economy.

Kia Profits Swell to Record on Sales Growth

Kia Motors Corp. said net profit swelled to a record 402 billion won ($339 million) in the third quarter boosted by a weak South Korean ...

$300-Bil Est. for National High-Speed Rail Lines

Communities and companies seeking to build high-speed rail systems haven't yet received the $8 billion in stimulus money the Obama administration promised for the projects

AMD Reports Strong Sales on Rising CPU Demand

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. lost money in the third quarter but said Thursday that sales were stronger than expected, adding to mounting evidence that consumer ...

China to Open Stock Market for Small Firms

Trading on China's new stock market catering to smaller companies will begin Oct. 23, the chairman of the country's securities regulator said Saturday.

2009 Federal Deficit to Reach $1.4 Tril.

What is $1.42 trillion? It's more than the total national debt for the first 200 years of the Republic, more than the entire economy of ...

U.S. Assets Attract Rising Foreign Demand

Foreign demand for long-term U.S. financial assets rose in August even though China trimmed its holdings of Treasury securities. Foreigners purchased $28.6 billion more

BOA Reports $2.2 Bil. Loss on Rising Bad Loans

Bank of America Corp. says it lost more than $2 billion in the third quarter as its loan losses continued to rise. The nation's second-largest ...

Twitter Launches Japanese Mobile Site

Twitter Inc. now speaks Japanese — and it plans to be multilingual within months. The popular microblogging service launched a Japan-based mobile version Thursday, hoping ...

IBM Profits Jump, Boosts '09 Guidance

IBM Corp. has jacked up its profit guidance for the second time this year, a sign of the company's confidence that it can uncork more ...

Google Earns Record Profit on Revenue Growth

Google Inc. shifted into a higher gear in the third quarter and began to leave the recession behind as the 11-year-old Internet search leader recorded ...

California Home Sales Up 1% in September

The number of homes sold in California last month ticked up last month from August, as low mortgage rates and eagerness to cash in on ...

Peanuts Have Crackerjack Year After Salmonella Scare

Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for ...

China Sept. Data Shows Return to Robust Growth

China's foreign direct investment and power usage rose in September, in the latest evidence the country's economic recovery is gaining momentum. Foreign direct investment in ...

Gap to Resume TV Ads, Expand into China

The apparel retailer Gap Inc. on Thursday announced plans to return to television advertising in November for its namesake brand, after a two-year hiatus,

House Banking Panel Votes to Regulate Derivatives

A House panel voted Thursday to regulate for the first time privately traded derivatives, the kind of exotic financial instruments that helped bring down Lehman ...

Goldman Earnings Top $3 Bil. on Trading Profits

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.'s third-quarter earnings more than tripled from the depths of the financial crisis as income from the company's trading operations offset a ...

VisionChina Media to Buy Subway Advertising Leader

VisionChina Media Inc., which operates digital advertising screens on mass transportation systems in China, said Thursday it will buy subway advertising company Digital Media Group ...

Asian Markets Extend Rally on U.S. Profits Data

Asian stocks extended their rise Thursday after better-than-expected earnings reports from U.S. companies helped push the Dow Jones industrial average pass the 10,000 mark for ...