Rio Tinto has cut about 100 jobs at its copper operation in Utah and warned further positions will be cut later this month to reduce operating costs after a pit-wall collapse in April.

Solar-panel makers in China are open to raising prices and limiting exports to the EU as a way to avoid steep tariffs on solar-panel exports

Dish Network took one step closer to arranging $9 billion in committed financing for its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel.

Sears swung to a fiscal first-quarter loss from a profit a year earlier, when the retailer booked a large gain on asset sales. Revenue and margins also weakened in the latest period.

Promising quarterly results sent H-P's shares up more than 17% on Thursday, but checking off the next agenda items are likely to prove even tougher for H-P.

Cablevision CEO James Dolan called the police on union protesters who disrupted the company's annual meeting.

Dover Corp. said it plans to spin off its fast-growing consumer-electronics unit that makes parts for smartphones like Apple's iPhone, in a surprising move to sharpen the company's focus on its industrial roots.

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