Pfizer Inc., which just acquired fellow drugmaker Wyeth, is closing six of the two companies' research sites and keeping open 14 others. Two Cambridge, Mass., sites will operate as one. Following is a list of the sites:
Dow jumps 204 to high for year as dollar slumps
Caliper Life Sciences Inc., which makes technologies used for drug development, said Monday its third-quarter loss narrowed on lower costs and charges.
South Dakota Gov. Mike Rounds said Monday he won't seek a tax increase to fix state budget problems that are expected to get much worse in the next two years.
Priceline.com Inc. said Monday that its third-quarter profit more than tripled on an "exceptionally strong" summer travel season in which bargain hunters rented more hotel rooms and booked more flights through the online service.
Rebounding stock markets helped boost returns for North Carolina's public employee pension funds during the third quarter.
The soybean and corn harvests jumped ahead last week as farmers enjoyed an unusually dry week for this fall.
Life began returning to normal Monday for commuters who spent the previous work week frazzled from a public transit strike, and many expressed relief that buses and trains were running again but remained angry about the transit workers' walkout.
Confident that governments will reach a climate change deal next month, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is heading to Washington Tuesday to ensure that the United States is on board.
North Carolina fails to provide enough or consistent oversight to ensure hundreds of millions of dollars disbursed to nonprofits annually from state agencies are used appropriately, a legislative watchdog agency said Monday.
The Obama administration is ready to hand out more stimulus dollars for schools, but this time, strings are attached.
The Rivers Casino will pay $7.5 million a year toward construction of the new Penguins arena.
The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange:
A vice president for shipping giant UPS who was accused of raping a 21-year-old Indiana University student over homecoming weekend has committed suicide in Georgia, police said Monday.
U.S. auto sales should recover a bit next year but will remain at depression levels through 2010 until housing prices and job cuts stabilize, the CEO of the nation's largest auto dealer chain said Monday.
Indiana is offering state government employees voluntary unpaid leave, but it's unclear how many workers might give up part of their paycheck during a recession to help the state save money.
The Dow Jones industrial average stormed to its highest level in more than a year Monday as a falling dollar boosted prices for commodities including gold and oil. Stocks also jumped as investors grew more confident that governments around the world will keep interest rates low to help the global economy. Energy and materials stocks led the market.
The Agriculture Department says warm, dry weather has given a boost to North Dakota farmers hoping to finish their harvest.
Gold prices climbed to another new high Monday as the U.S. dollar sank to a 15-month low.
Dish Network Corp. delighted investors Monday by declaring a special dividend of $2 per share, even as its third-quarter results failed to impress Wall Street.
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