After trying to unsuccessfully enact changes at GM three years ago, Kirk Kerkorian has turned his attention to Ford, acquiring a minority stake and bidding for 20 million shares at $8.50.

Ripples of terror reverberated around Wall Street trading desks yesterday when the SEC accused a former Schottenfeld Group trader with spreading false rumors about Blackstone's proposed takeover of ADS.

A new study in the Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences found that companies that traded their shares on riskier stock exchanges attempted to manage internal trouble by selectively releasing information.

Administrators say it might be years before investors who lost money in the stockbroking firm Opes Prime receive all their entitlements.

New $100 Minimums for Treasury Marketable Securities to Debut in April, Announces Treasurydirect.gov.

An investor who lost his life savings in the collapse of failed stockbroking group Opes Prime is angry that he was not told about the company's unusual business structure.

Cheers and Champagne on Wall Street As Eliot Spitzer Falls From Grace.

A new study by University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management professor Paul Vaaler indicates that when emerging-market countries hold elections they may be determining more than their new government.

Hong Kong share prices closed 1.61% lower on Monday as investors took profits amid worries that China 's inflation data will cause authorities to make fresh tightening measures.

Asian stocks rose, sending the region's benchmark to its biggest advance in three weeks. The yen traded near a one-month low against the dollar and dropped against South Africa 's rand.

Investors in Asia dumped stocks Wednesday following Wall Street's steep drop overnight. The culprit: new data that point to a faltering U.S. economy. VOA's Heda Bayron reports from Hong Kong.

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