John Tyska

Allianz SE (ALV.XE) said Friday that second-quarter net profit rose 23%, helped by lower sovereign debt losses, plus gains in life & health insurance, asset management and investments.

PPR SA (PP.FR), the owner of luxury brands such as Gucci, will create a joint-venture company with Italian on-line retailer Yoox SpA (YOOX.MI) to create on-line stores to sell PPR's luxury brands.

TIDMGSK RNS Number : 2406J GlaxoSmithKline PLC 03 August 2012 Friday 3 August 2012, London UK - LSE Announcement GSK Completes Acquisition of Human Genome Sciences GlaxoSmithKline plc (LSE: GSK) today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) for US$3.6

Industrial conglomerate Siemens (SI) said late Thursday it will buy back as much as 3 billion euros ($3.65 billion) worth of shares and cancel around 33 million treasury shares.

Poland's Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A. (PEO.WA), the country's second-largest bank by assets, said Friday its second-quarter net profit dropped 1.4% on lower fee income and higher provisions. The bank, which is also known as Pekao and is a unit of Italy's UniCredit S.p.A. (UCG.MI), posted a net

Lance Berkman and the St. Louis Cardinals had an unusual night at the plate.

Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker has fended off four challengers in a Republican primary to win his party's nomination for a second term.

Mitch Moreland provided a go-ahead, pinch-hit single as part of a four-run seventh inning to lift the Rangers over the Angels, 15-9, in the finale of a four-game set on Thursday.With the game locked at 8-8, Michael Young singled off David Carpenter (1-2) to start the seventh before finding second

Josh Hamilton drove in four runs and the Rangers offense bailed out Ryan Dempster in his Texas debut in a 15-9 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Thursday night.