Washington Post
- 47 minutes ago
By HARRY R. WEBER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and DINA CAPPIELLO AP NEW ORLEANS -- BP's long-awaited internal report on what it believes went wrong when a rig exploded and started the massive Gulf oil spill never mentions the words blame, regret, apology, ...
Wall Street Journal
- 1 hour ago
By Ayai Tomisawa Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Tokyo stocks rose Thursday as trading houses gained on a bullish brokerage report and exporters were bought back as a successful auction of Portuguese government debt eased concerns about the ...
Financial Times
- 44 minutes ago
By Gordon Smith and Miles Johnson Korea National Oil Corporation on Thursday rejected a last-ditch appeal from Dana Petroleum for the national oil company to raise its £1.87bn hostile bid for the London-listed oil and gas group.
Wall Street Journal
- 1 hour ago
By Kosaku Narioka Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Renewed threats by Japan's Minister of Finance Yoshihiko Noda to take "decisive steps" to stop the rise in the yen failed to deter the market Thursday, but they at least stopped traders from ...
ABC News
- 1 hour ago
BEIJING (Reuters) - Switzerland remains the world's most competitive economy, while the United States has fallen from second to fourth after losing the top spot last year, according to the World Economic Forum's annual rankings issued on Thursday.