Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis AG says it has completed its purchase of Nestle SA’s 77 percent stake in eye care firm Alcon Inc. at a total cost of $38.7 billion.
(2010-08-27 00:00:00)
Tennis has moved out of the country club and turned into one of the fastest-growing sports in the United States as Americans looking for a cheap pastime in a bad economy have hit the courts.
(2010-08-26 00:00:00)
Argentina's president moves to take over the nation's main supplier of newsprint, saying two leading newspapers illegally conspired with dictators to control the company three decades ago and then use...
(2010-08-25 12:38:27)
Earlier in the day, gunfire was heard at Turkish Embassy in Tel Aviv as a man, reported to be a Palestinian, attempted to take hostage a member of the embassy staff.
(2010-08-18 01:00:52)
Mining giant Vedanta Resources will spend up to $9.6 billion acquiring as much as 60 percent of Cairn India, branching out into oil and gas and delivering a cash windfall to its current owners.
(2010-08-17 00:00:00)
