Wall Street fell sharply Friday morning as GE's comments on the economy and its disappointing forecast weighed on industrials stocks, but a rally in Microsoft and McDonald's helped limit losses.
GE's (GE.N) shares were off 2.3 percent, weighing the most...
British American Tobacco (BATS.L) has offered to buy out U.S. cigarette maker Reynolds American Inc (RAI.N) in a $47 billion takeover that would create the world's biggest listed tobacco company with brands including Newport, Lucky Strike and Pall Mall.
The...
McDonald's Corp's (MCD.N) turnaround gained momentum in the latest quarter as sales growth at established restaurants beat analysts' estimates, sending the company's shares up almost 4 percent in premarket trading on Friday.
Same-restaurant sales in its U.S. restaurants rose a...
Gavin failed to make the 10st 7lbs limit for his welterweight fight with Eggington, but the bill-topping bout will still go ahead at the Barclaycard Arena.
Gavin had to strip naked as he tipped the scales at 10st 9lbs 4oz...
Mark Cavendish took the overall lead of the Abu Dhabi Tour by sprinting to victory on stage two at Al Marina.
Cavendish (Dimension Data) started the sprint in the slipstream of Elia Viviani (Team Sky) but sped past the Italian...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) - Â The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has sacked 29 senior officers for various acts of gross misconduct after a disciplinary panel found them guilty of offences bordering on corruption and theft.
This was disclosed in...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) - Â Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested Edos Nicholas and Hallowell Prince Lovely found in possession of 325,640 Euros and $30,000 (About N175m) in cash about to be smuggled...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) - Â The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has revealed that its office in Maiduguri has within five months recovered the sum of not less than two hundred million Naira.
The anti-graft office in Maiduguri,...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) - Â The Chief Security Officer, Mr Idowu Oyewole, attached to the convoy of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo state was in the early hours of Thursday hacked to death by suspected armed robbers.
The 45-year-old...
SAN FRANCISCO, October 20, (THEWILL) -  Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has counselled militants in the Niger-delta region against pipeline bombings and vandalism saying it is like a case of biting one’s nose to spite one’s face.
Speaking during the state...
