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Interactive Data Corp. has agreed to buy the data and tools assets of Dow Jones & Co.

Dollar Tree Inc. /quotes/comstock/15*!dltr /quotes/nls/dltr said Tuesday that its third-quarter profit rose to $68.2 million, or 76 cents a share, from $43.1 million, or 47 cents a share, in the year-earlier period.

Hewlett-Packard Co.'s results demonstrated that while personal computers are indeed selling again, the lowest-priced items appear to be the most popular, as the low-priced trend hits revenue in the personal-systems group.

Goldman Sachs, the highly respected Wall Street investment bank received a $10 billion bailout from the federal government which they have since paid back.

When John King gives thanks on Turkey Day next Thursday, he should remember to acknowledge Lou Dobbs.

Justified or not, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has become the whipping boy for everything that's wrong with the economy.

Thursday AirTran Airways announced that it had to cancel 38 flights and postpone dozens more because of a computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration.

Oil futures fell on Thursday, moving lower for the first session in four, as a rebound in the dollar and a report that showed higher-than-expected U.S. jobless claims dampened the outlook for energy demand.

U.S. stock futures pointed to a downbeat start Thursday, after weekly jobless claims came in nearly as expected and failed to offset pessimism surrounding the world economy that was weighing on markets.

Gold futures ended Thursday's trading marginally higher, as the U.S. dollar came slightly off its highs, helping offset renewed economic concerns in the U.S. and in China.

Market researchers may have seen signs of growth in the overall personal computer industry during the third quarter, but it looks like right now computer giant Dell Inc.

The dollar gained ground versus the euro and other currencies on Thursday as weak U.S. economic data led investors to step away from risky assets such as stocks and to seek the relative safety of the greenback.

In anticipation of its December spin-off from Time Warner, AOL may cut one-third of its employee roll.

Marathon Oil [S: mro] said Thursday it expects 2009 production growth of 6% over the year-ago period.

Investors pushed down shares of Hot Topic Inc. Wednesday evening, after the teen retailer issued a weaker-than-anticipated quarterly earnings forecast, while NetApp Inc.

If Hershey and Ferrero are mounting a serious rival bid for Cadbury, you'd never know it from the marketplace.

Formula Systems Ltd., /quotes/comstock/15*!fort.y the Herzliya, Israel, technology provider, reported on Wednesday that third-quarter net income rose 37% on 7.9% lower revenue.

Target Corp. said Tuesday that its third-quarter earnings jumped 18%, which was better than expected, on higher profit for the No.

Merck must pay $2.3 billion in tax following a dispute with the IRS over cash the company parked in the Caribbean.

Secure in the knowledge that the first-time homebuyer tax credit will live on, at least through April 2010, the National Association of Realtors has shifted its focus to salvaging the troubled commercial real estate industry, according to MarketWatch.