Kazakhmys PLC, a London-based miner with operations in the former Soviet republics, said Monday that flooding at one of its mines will hurt full-year production levels. Its shares dropped more than 5 percent.
Energy futures fell in quiet holiday trading Monday as investors, questioning whether oil will keep surging to new highs, decided to cash in some of their recent profits.
Bang &Olufsen, a Danish maker of premium stereo systems, said Monday that first-quarter net profit rose 59 percent after the company boosted sales in Asia.
A consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland PLC said Monday that around 86 percent of shares in ABN Amro Holding NV had been tendered to its ?70.5 billion (US$99.6 billion) takeover offer for the Dutch bank, the largest in the history of the financial industry.
The European statistics agency approved an upward revision in Greece's national accounts data, increasing GDP figures by nearly 10 percent and shrinking the official debt and deficit, the government said Monday.
European Union regulators on Monday approved the ?766 million (US$1.08 billion) purchase of IT services company Getronics NV by Royal KPN NV, saying the deal would not violate EU competition rules.
Google Inc.'s stock price sailed past $600 for the first time Monday, extending a rally that has elevated the Internet search leader's market value by about $25 billion in the past month.
Google Inc.'s stock price sailed past $600 for the first time Monday, extending a rally that has elevated the Internet search leader's market value by about $25 billion in the past month.
Internet phone company Vonage Holdings Corp. took a step back from the brink Monday, saying it has settled for $80 million (?56.78 million) a patent suit filed by Sprint Nextel Corp.
