John Szucs

The state-controlled bank confirmed it dismissed employees for misconduct as a result of its investigations into the Libor interest rate rigging scandal.

Pfizer Inc. (PFE) said a Phase 4 study of Toviaz in patients with overactive bladder showed the average number of urinary-incontinence episodes per 24 hours was significantly reduced, meeting the study's primary endpoint.

Procter & Gamble Co.'s (PG) fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 45% due to a gain from selling Pringles, but market-share losses worsened with the company giving up ground in about two-thirds of its business and margins declined as well.

There is much celebration in our society when people do what is expected of them. This isn’t meant to be a criticism of living a neat life of growing up, getting a traditional job we stick to, latching on to a life partner, doing community work, having children and marking milestones. There’s good

Buckeye Partners L.P.'s (BPL) second-quarter earnings dropped 41% from a year-earlier period that included a hefty gain on an asset sale, while the pipeline and storage company's energy services segment also swung to an operating loss.

Exchange operator NYSE Euronext (NYX) said Friday its second-quarter net income fell to $125 million from $154 million a year earlier due to lower trading volumes, mainly in derivatives.

Warner Chilcott PLC's (WCRX) second-quarter earnings fell 26% due to a steep decline in women's health-care product sales.

Job growth picked up a bit in July, the Labor Department said Friday. Total nonfarm payrolls increased by 163,000, higher than the 100,000 gain expected by Wall Street economists. The unemployment rate ticked higher to 8.3% in July from 8.2% in the previous month. This is the highest rate since

Canada's official international reserves rose $103 million in July, the federal Finance Department reported.