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AT&T's $1.9 billion bid for Qualcomm's spectrum licenses has been slowed by the Federal Communications Commission.

Royal Philips Electronics NV, the world's largest lighting company, has reported a euro1.35 ($1.9 billion) loss for the second quarter, mostly due to a euro1.39 billion writedown in goodwill — the amount paid in excess of the fair value of companies it has acquired in the past.

Target is expanding north, agreeing to acquire most leases of Canadian retailer Zellers and planning to open its first Canadian stores in 2013.

Mining giant Rio Tinto is one step closer to a takeover of Riversdale Mining Ltd. after increasing its offer, valuing the coal miner and its African operations at $3.9 billion.

Barclays PLC says that its net profit rose 29 percent in the first half to 2.4 billion pounds ($3.9 billion) and provisions for bad loans fell by a third.

General Electric Co. is selling its Central American lending subsidiary, BAC Credomatic GECF Inc., to the Colombian bank Grupo Aval for $1.9 billion.

Norwegian aluminum producer Norsk Hydro ASA has signed a $4.9 billion deal to buy the majority of Brazilian mining company Vale S.A.'s aluminum operations, officials said Sunday.

Companies agree to sell Sanyo's assets in first-responder radio batteries within 15...

Bank of America Corp. said Thursday that upon the completion of a debt exchange later this week, it will have raised more than the $33.9 billion required by the government.

A state judge on Thursday ordered former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy to pay nearly $2.9 billion to shareholders who sued over a massive accounting fraud that nearly sent the rehabilitation chain into bankruptcy.