BBC News | Americas | World EditionVisit BBC News for up-to-the-minute news, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC News provides trusted World and UK news as well as local and regional perspectives. Also entertainment, business, science, technology and health news.GE in $8bn Abu Dhabi investment- July 23, 2008 General Electric seals a $8bn tie-up with an Abu Dhabi investment firm to provide finance in the Middle East.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7520754.stm Wachovia ends wholesale mortgages- July 22, 2008 Wachovia, the fourth-largest US bank, says it will stop offering mortgages via brokers from 25 July.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7518938.stm Argentina renationalises airline- July 22, 2008 The Argentine government renationalises Aerolineas Argentinas, nearly 20 years after it was privatised.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7518674.stm Amex hit by higher credit losses- July 21, 2008 American Express sees quarterly profits fall after credit losses increase more than forecast.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7518602.stm Profit falls at Bank of America- July 21, 2008 The US's largest retail bank, Bank of America, reports its fourth quarterly profit decline in a row.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7517353.stm Apple sees profits beat forecast- July 21, 2008 US technology giant Apple sees profits beat forecasts, but its shares fall as it warns of slower earnings ahead.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7518489.stm Yahoo makes agreement with Icahn- July 21, 2008 Yahoo reaches an agreement with the activist investor Carl Icahn that will stop him trying to replace its board.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7517511.stm Facebook challenges German rival- July 21, 2008 Germany's Studivz says the intellectual property dispute that Facebook has brought against it is without merit.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7516821.stm Roche in $43.7bn Genentech offer- July 21, 2008 Swiss drugs firm Roche offers to buy all outstanding shares in its US partner Genentech for $43.7bn.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7516622.stm Oil price drop in volatile market- July 19, 2008 The price of oil records its biggest weekly drop, slipping under $130 a barrel as US consumers use less gasoline.http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7513608.stm |