Microsoft-Yahoo deal seen squeaking by regulators

Microsoft’s 10-year Internet search deal with Yahoo will get a hard look from Obama administration antitrust enforcers but will probably squeak through.
While the partnership […]

KV shares tumble on bleak SEC filing

KV Pharmaceutical Co. shares tumbled almost 39 percent Monday after the troubled drugmaker filed a report with regulators outlining financial difficulties and reiterating concerns […]

Fed, Treasury battle over new watchdog

Washington — Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke staked out opposing sides Friday in a turf war over who should […]

Twitter to pitch add-on tools to businesses

Twitter plans a marketing campaign starting in the next few days to educate users, individual and corporate, about ways to make money off the […]

Bondholders will bail out CIT Group

Commercial lender CIT Group Inc. confirmed late Monday that it has secured a $3 billion bailout from its bondholders, saving the company from filing […]

CIT has ‘tentacles’ all over

The possible collapse of a key lender is sending panic through the retail industry, threatening to hang up deliveries of back-to-school clothing and other […]

Credit card ‘reform’ may hurt the diligent

If you have $10,000 in credit card debt at 18 percent interest and send just the minimum payment of 2.5 percent of the balance […]

U.S. banks take center stage, economic picture mixed

U.S. banks, at the center of the world’s financial crisis, will command investor focus on Friday with Bank of America and Citigroup results following […]

BofA operating under secret regulatory sanction: report

Bank of America Corp is operating under a secret U.S. regulatory sanction that requires it to overhaul its board and address perceived problems with […]

Calpers sues over ratings of securities: report

Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, has filed a suit in a California state court in connection with $1 billion in losses that […]