HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian shares closed firmly lower Friday, ending a downbeat week, with tech stocks under pressure in Japan as Sony forecast its first annual loss in 14 years. Selling pressure in Tokyo was aggravated as the Japanese currency in Stock and Shares News
BRUSSELS (Dow Jones)--Confidence among Belgian businesses improved slightly in January, though it remained near record lows, the Belgian National Bank said Friday. The central bank's main confidence index rose to -27.7 from -31.3 in December. The in Stock and Shares News
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The U.S. Federal Trade Commission gave antitrust clearance Friday to Dow Chemical Co.'s (DOW) $18.8 billion acquisition of rival chemical manufacturer Rohm & Haas Co. (ROH), but required Dow to sell assets as a condition of in Stock and Shares News
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)-- The U.K. pound fell Friday to its lowest level versus dollar since Sept 1985 after worse-than-expected gross domestic product data showed the U.K. has officially entered a recession. Sterling's fall came with a general sell-off in Stock and Shares News
MUMBAI, India (AP) - Funding arrangements to meet cash expenses at beleagured Satyam Computer Services Ltd. will likely be finalized by Wednesday, and a new chief executive will be selected next week, the company's new government-appointed board said in Stock and Shares News
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