SEOUL, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Shares in South Korea's SK Innovation Co Ltd rose more than 7 percent on Friday after it announced its consolidated third-quarter operating profit rose 644 percent from the same period last year.
SINGAPORE, Oct 23 (Reuters) - Singapore rig builder Keppel Corp. Ltd said on Friday a Brazilian parliamentary inquiry recommended deepening of investigations into 10 companies, including a Keppel unit, involved in deals with state-run oil company Petrobras and Sete Brasil.
(Reuters) - AT&T Inc , the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier and the world's largest pay-TV operator, raised its 2015 earnings forecast as quarterly earnings beat expectations on cost cuts and gains in wireless and DirecTV subscribers.
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(Reuters) - E-commerce company Amazon.com Inc on Thursday recorded a surprise profit for the second quarter in a row, propelled by higher sales in North America and its cloud computing business, and its shares rose 11 percent.
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted revenue for the ninth quarter in a row, boosted by burgeoning demand for its cloud products, sending its shares soaring in after-hours trading on Thursday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc, the new holding company for Google, introduced its first share buyback and beat Wall Street's profit forecast on Thursday, helped by solid progress in mobile and video advertising, sending the stock to its highest-ever level in after-hours trading.
LONDON (Reuters) - Heard the one about the lord, the gangster and the prime minister's wife?
LONDON (Reuters) - Heard the one about the lord, the gangster and the prime minister's wife?
DAKAR (Reuters) - A Congo Republic opposition leader said late on Thursday that forces from leader Denis Sassou Nguesso's presidential guard were surrounding his house, detaining him and three allies opposed to a vote on extending term limits.
DAKAR, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A Congo Republic opposition leader said late on Thursday that forces from leader Denis Sassou Nguesso's presidential guard were surrounding his house, detaining him and three allies opposed to a vote on extending term limits.
WASHINGTON — Rep. Paul Ryan on Thursday formally declared his candidacy for speaker of the House after getting unified support from across the Republican conference.
A TV comic and a former first lady will vie for Guatemala's presidency Sunday, and the winner will face a tide of public anger at politicians that already drove the last elected president and vice president from office...
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The Charleston County School District has hired two former chief financial officers of South Carolina school districts to review its finances in the wake an $18 million dollar shortfall in the previous fiscal year budget.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a time of heightened tensions between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, U.S. President Barack Obama urged Pakistan on Thursday to avoid developments in its nuclear weapons programme that could increase risks and instability.
NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday abandoned a high-profile insider trading case against Michael Steinberg, formerly a portfolio manager at SAC Capital Advisors, and six others, saying the case was no longer consistent with the law.
BOSTON/NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Valeant Pharmaceuticals' market slide has hurt the returns of several large U.S. hedge funds, but for smaller players with outsized bets on the drug company the fallout could be far more painful, according to industry watchers.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fearing her husband would die waiting for a heart transplant in Miami, Carmen Concepcion started looking for a faster way to save his life, and found the answer in her native Puerto Rico.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fearing her husband would die waiting for a heart transplant in Miami, Carmen Concepcion started looking for a faster way to save his life, and found the answer in her native Puerto Rico.
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp reported better-than-expected quarterly adjusted revenue for the ninth quarter in a row, boosted by burgeoning demand for its cloud products, sending its shares soaring in after-hours trading on Thursday.
MELBOURNE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Australian oil and gas producer Santos Ltd, looking to beef up its balance sheet after knocking back a $5 billion takeover offer this week, flagged on Friday it would cut capital spending by a further 10 percent this year.
