Topic: Briefing.Com Inc.

Dow Jones, Briefing.com settle "hot news" lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co and the financial news service Briefing.com have agreed to a settlement of a copyright lawsuit, in which the latter has admitted to misappropriating "hot news" and headlines for its website.Briefing.com agreed to pay ...

Dow Jones and Briefing.com settle "hot news" lawsuit

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dow Jones & Co and the financial news service Briefing.com have settled a lawsuit in which the latter was accused of systematically misappropriating "hot news" and headlines for its website.According to settlement papers, Briefing.com agreed to pay ...

US home construction jumps

US housing starts jumped over ten percent in August, official data showed Tuesday, a much faster rate of growth than expected.Construction starts on privately owned homes rose to 569,000 last month, the Commerce Department said as it reported a four-month ...

Energy costs send US consumer prices higher

US consumer prices rose slightly in July thanks to rising energy costs, the Labor Department said Friday.Prices rose 0.3 percent amid warmer-than-usual summer temperatures across much of the country and higher adjusted gasoline prices."The energy index posted its first ...

US productivity dips for first time since 2008

US productivity fell unexpectedly in the second quarter for the first time since late 2008, the Labor Department said Tuesday, reflecting a slowing economy.Non-farm productivity declined 0.9 percent in the April-June period, the first fall since the last quarter of ...
Wall Street regained its upward momentum Friday as the market extended its feel-good rally amid brighter economic prospects.The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 36.28 points (0.37 percent) to hit a fresh 11-month high of 9,820.20, a day ...

US initial jobless claims rise, after four-week fall

New claims for US unemployment benefits rose last week after four weeks of declines, the Labor Department said Thursday in a sign of lingering job market weakness in a recession-bound economy.Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted ...

US initial jobless claims rise

New claims for US unemployment benefits rose last week after four weeks of declines, the Labor Department said Thursday in a sign of lingering job market weakness in a recession-bound economy.Initial claims for unemployment insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted ...

US unemployment hits 8.9 pct as 539,000 jobs lost

The US unemployment rate rose to 8.9 percent in April with 539,000 jobs lost, government data showed Friday, in a report not as bad as feared by private analysts for the recession-stricken economy.The jobless rate hit its highest level ...
As it stock price tumbled to fresh lows, General Electric on Wednesday dismissed reports that it would have to raise new capital as " pure speculation" and inaccurate.The statement from the massive conglomerate with a major financial arm came as its share ...