SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Brooks Automation Inc., a maker of equipment and software used to make microchips, said Friday that the Securities and Exchange Commission had opened an informal inquiry into its stock option practices.It also said the Nasdaq Stock Market has threatened to delist Read more…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - The light at the end of the tunnel continues to be elusive for Enron founder Kenneth Lay who could find himself spending life in prison even if he is acquitted by a jury for allegations that he helped bring about Enron's collapse.With closing arguments in the Read more…
BOSTON (Dow Jones) - Federated Investors Inc., a company known for money- market funds, said Friday it will pay up to $240 million to acquire MDT Advisers, which uses mathematical models to pick stocks.Cambridge, Mass .-based MDT Advisers, a unit of MDTA LLC, manages about $7.1 billion . Read more…
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) - Time Warner announced a deal Friday to buy the half of Court TV that it doesn't already own from partner Liberty Media for $735 million.The network, which reaches 86 million homes, will become part of Turner Broadcasting. Read more…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications said Friday it does not and will not provide any government agency unfettered access to customer records, responding to a report that it was one of three U.S. telephone companies that had given access to data on millions of consumers.USA Read more…
Aston Barrett, the bassist from Bob Marley's band The Wailers, loses his legal battle for Ј60m in unpaid royalties. Read more…
Technology companies are being encouraged to think more about how to make gadgets easy to use. Read more…
British engineers head to Tenerife to test systems they hope will keep a European rover trundling across the rocky landscape of Mars. Read more…
Police in the Indian state of Rajasthan investigate 21 doctors for alleged involvement in aborting female foetuses. Read more…
Nintendo's shares soar after its latest model steals the show at the E3 games expo in Los Angeles. Read more…
A man thought to be responsible for 90% of Britain's heroin trade is jailed for 22 years. Read more…
Former Pakistani Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif sign a "charter for democracy". Read more…
Nepal's parties say they need more time before MPs debate a landmark move to drastically cut the king's powers. Read more…
Syria reportedly detains activist Michel Kilo who signed a petition published in a newspaper in Lebanon. Read more…
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas holds talks in Russia as he seeks financial aid for the Palestinian Authority. Read more…
The first European and Central Asian Aids conference opens in Russia, which has Europe's largest HIV epidemic. Read more…
The European Commission questions the effectiveness of the EU's emissions trading scheme. Read more…
A top academic is fired after faking research into computer chips that aimed to end China's reliance on imports. Read more…
Thailand's Election Commission proposes that fresh elections are not held until 22 October, prolonging the political limbo. Read more…
The bodies of two more women who were apparently attacked by alligators are retrieved in Florida. Read more…
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez warns the US any attack on Iran will have devastating consequences. Read more…
A man seen as a moderate Islamist claims victory in Sunday's election on the Comoros Islands. Read more…
Nigeria says it is investigating claims that MPs have been offered bribes to let the president seek re-election. Read more…
Ex-Juventus general manager Luciano Moggi is questioned by prosecutors over Serie A match-fixing claims. Read more…
England draw the first Test against Sri Lanka after dropping nine catches and brave batting from the tourists. Read more…