From: Voxant Newsroom on Sat, Jul 09 2011 1:44 PM

End of the World: Final day at the UK’s scandal-hit best-selling Sunday newspaper. Deborah Lutterbeck reports

From: Voxant Newsroom on Sat, Jul 09 2011 3:37 AM

Visa began processing donations for Wikileaks for a couple hours, then promptly shut it down.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Sat, Jul 09 2011 3:27 AM

Rick Horrow goes beyond the box score to talk sports business and chats with Hall of Fame coach Don Shula and his son David.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Sat, Jul 09 2011 1:06 AM

Some business owners say a road project is costing them big bucks.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Sat, Jul 09 2011 1:06 AM

BP wants to stop the claim payouts for future losses.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:28 PM

Employment rose for third consecutive month in June

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:19 PM

General Motors (NYSE:GM) plans to offer free auto insurance though MetLife (NYSE:MET) for one year to residents of Washington and Oregon who buy or lease a GM vehicle through September 6, according to Automotive News. GM is using the program as a test a new sales promotion.General Motors has a p...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 11:19 PM

In the midst of the News Corporation’s (NASDAQ:NWSA) phone hacking controversy, which has sent shares of the broadcasting company lower this week, British officials said on Friday that it might take longer to review the anticipated acquisition of BskyB, Shares of New Corp are down over 7% on the...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:55 PM

A Scranton bar owner whose business was closed down after a deadly shooting in May is asking a Lackawanna County judge to let him use part of the restaurant.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 10:55 PM

The Labor Department’s June report shocked business analysts with nearly nonexistent job creation and rising unemployment.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 8:42 PM

Business owner dealing with bald eagle complications

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:55 PM

This is what’s in the news for Friday, July 8th. Bloomberg reports that News Corp.'s (NASDAQ:NWSA) Rupert Murdoch has spent years clashing with unions, rivals and governments. Now the scandal at one of his London newspapers is threatening to become the biggest crisis of the 80-year-old'...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:53 PM

Good Morning. It’s Friday, July 8, 2011. At this hour, U.S. equity futures are lower. Overseas, the Asian markets were higher, while the European markets are mixed. Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) and Bucyrus International (NASDAQ:BUCY) received notification from the Ministry of Commerce of the People�...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:53 PM

Chinese online supermarket, Yihaodian whose investors include Wal-Mart Inc.(NYSE:WMT), will possibly want a U.S. initial public offering as it develops facing Chinese rivals.Chairman and co-founder of Yihaodian, Yu Gang plans to "most likely" sell shares to the public in the U.S.The company expe...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:53 PM

Baidu (NASDAQ:BIDU) announced the realignment of four main business functions: Sales, Commercial Operations, User Products and Technologies, and Commercial Products and Technologies. Baidu will implement an executive rotational program to promote management innovation and efficiency.Baidu has a ...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:40 PM

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s former communications chief Andy Coulson was bailed until October, after being arrested over allegations of phone hacking while he was editor of the News of the World newspaper. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:40 PM

Wall Street finished lower for only the second time in nine sessions after dismal U.S. job creation and a rise in the jobless rate revived worries the recovery is stuck in neutral; Euro stocks fell on Italy concerns.

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:40 PM

Oppenheimer lowered its Q2 EPS estimate for Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) to $2.40 from $3.40, reflecting the firm’s reduced outlook for Goldman's investing and lending operations. The firm maintains an Outperform rating on the stock.Goldman Sachs Group has a potential upside of 37% based on a cu...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:29 PM

Visa (NYSE:V) has decided to shutter a donation channel to WikiLeaks after payment processor DataCell briefly accepted money transfers to the site. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange claims that the seven-month-long blockade by Visa, MasterCard (NYSE:MA) and other financial and Internet service co...

From: Voxant Newsroom on Fri, Jul 08 2011 6:29 PM

Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) announced today that it will sell its Balboa Life Insurance unit to Securian Financial for an undisclosed amount. The move could be seen as a continuation of the bank’s strategy of selling off non-core units ahead of new regulations boosting capital requirements. Bank o...