Reuters - BP Plc is seeking to sell its German petrol station chain Aral for around 2 billion euros ($2.6 billion), German magazine Wirtschaftswoche reported on Saturday, citing investment bankers familiar with BP's plans.
Reuters - U.S. stocks are unlikely to break above a key technical level next week unless monthly jobs data and consumer company results paint a more promising picture of the recovery.
Reuters - U.S. economic growth slowed in the second quarter as companies invested heavily in equipment from abroad and the pace of consumer spending eased, raising concerns about the recovery in the rest of 2010.
Reuters - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.
Reuters - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has subpoenaed six more insurers as the state widens a probe into whether life insurance companies have defrauded families of deceased members of the military.
Oil
TODAYonline -
Jul 30, 2010
World oil prices jumped on the back of a weaker US dollar and positive European data. Analysts said the weaker US dollar spurred some buying because oil is traded in the US currency, making the ...
Forex - EUR/USD: Trading the Advanced U.S. 2Q GDP Report
ForexTV.com -
Jul 29, 2010
As the world's largest economy is expected to expand at a slower pace in the second-quarter of 2010, the advanced GDP report could spur further weakness in the US dollar and lead the central bank ...