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03/09/2010 02:37 PM

Techs reflect on decade since dotcom boom

In January 2000, 17 dotcom companies paid more than $2m each to advertise during the Super Bowl, the season-ending national championship game for American footbal

03/09/2010 12:16 PM

Wall St up on one-year anniversary of bottom

US equities rallied modestly a year to the day since markets closed at their lows during the financial crisis, as investors took stock of the recovery

03/09/2010 11:15 PM

BofA scraps overdraft fees for card users

Bank of America said it would eliminate overdraft fees for debit card customers in a move designed to quell consumer frustration and keep the bank a step ahead of new regulations that restrict such charges

03/09/2010 05:10 PM

Caution puts limit on tech excesses

Investors embrace restraint and lower expectations after infamous failures that led to the bursting of the dotcom bubble

03/09/2010 02:39 PM

Europe cries foul over US defence tender

European countries have accused Washington of foul play after the continent's largest aerospace and defence company pulled out of a multibillion-dollar race to supply the US military, alleging unfair ­competition

03/09/2010 01:00 PM

Chevron to cut 2,000 jobs

Chevron, the US' second biggest oil company, said it will cut a further 2,000 positions in its refining and marketing division as it reduces its global downstream workforce by 3,900 employees or about 20 per cent over two years

03/09/2010 12:21 PM

Short View: Price of Nasdaq's crash

It is ten years since the Nasdaq Composite peaked, crashed and burned, but we are still living with its consequences

03/09/2010 11:36 AM

GM considers employees' plan to rescue plant

The US carmaker says it is studying a proposal from its Belgian employees to keep its Antwerp plant open to build vehicles on contract for other carmakers

03/08/2010 04:49 PM

CME faces serious threat to its ascendancy

Market-based and legal assaults to the group may change the terrain of the futures industry

03/08/2010 03:45 PM

Volatility ebbs but Wall Street is flat

Improving sentiment surrounding European sovereign debt was not enough to significantly move US stocks in the absence of significant macroeconomic or corporate news

03/08/2010 12:17 PM

Short View: One year into the rally

This was a classic 'relief rally' that rewarded those with the nerve to bet that big banks would not be nationalised and that desperate government measures would work. But it is over, and it is not possible to discern what comes next, writes John Authers

03/08/2010 02:24 PM

CME agrees Bolsa Mexicana alliance

CME Group, the largest US futures exchange, deepens ties with Central and Latin American derivatives markets by agreeing a partnership with the operator of Mexico's MexDer futures exchange

03/08/2010 12:57 PM

News Corp in fresh Mideast deal

The media group strikes its second deal in the Middle East in as many weeks, forming a partnership in Abu Dhabi on the eve of an event that is intended to attract more international media investment and expertise to the emirate

03/08/2010 08:26 AM

US consumers to the rescue

Recent outperformance by US small and mid-cap stocks over their bigger counterparts provides a very bullish signal for equity markets, says Mike Lenhoff

03/05/2010 07:16 PM

GE chief to forgo bonus for second year

Jeff Immelt's decision comes as the conglomerate is emerging from a deep recession that has hurt its earnings and prompted its partial retreat from financial services, its main profit engine