NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures dipped on Friday, a day after the market logged its best percentage gain in three months, as investors await data that will shed light on consumer sentiment.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Chevron Corp, the second-largest U.S. oil company, posted a 51 percent drop in quarterly profit on Friday, hit by the steep decline in oil and natural gas prices and the anemic margins for refineries.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. consumer spending fell in September for the first time in five months as the boost from a government auto incentive faded, data showed on Friday, adding to fears that consumers may be pulling back as they head into the last quarter of the year.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JP Morgan Chase & Co raised concerns about Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam and his associates as far back as 2001, the Financial Times reported, citing an internal company document seen by the newspaper.
TOKYO/SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics and Panasonic gave a robust outlook on improving demand and cost cuts, fuelling hopes a recovery in the global tech sector will outlive the pre-Christmas shopping season.
LONDON (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext said on Friday it is selling a "significant equity interest" in its derivatives exchange NYSE Liffe U.S., as it posted a 28-percent drop in third-quarter earnings.
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The ChiNext stock market, China's long-awaited Nasdaq-style second board, debuted on Friday with a speculative surge that more than doubled the price of all 28 stocks during intraday trade -- a good sign for companies lining up to list on China's stock markets.
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi-Aventis raised its outlook for 2009 thanks to sales of swine flu vaccine and posted earnings per share growth that beat forecasts as competition from generics was offset by revenue growth for other drugs.
LONDON (Reuters) - In the midst of this year's once-in-a-lifetime rally in corporate bonds, some investors already see the specter that rising interest rates in the future could destroy much of their gains.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group plans to trim the rescue loan it arranged for CIT Group Inc by $875 million to $2.125 billion, CIT said on Friday.
