LONDON - World stock markets advanced modestly Monday as investors rode momentum from Friday, when an upbeat US jobs report eased fears that the global economy could slip back into recession.

By BEN WORTHEN, JOANN S. LUBLIN And ROBERT A. GUTH Mark Hurd, who resigned as chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Co. last month, is in talks to join Oracle Corp.

By Tim Culpan and Frederik Balfour - Sun Sep 05 05:31:19 GMT 2010 Foxconn said last month it may hire as many as 400000 workers, more than triple the combined workforces of Microsoft Corp.

The oil giant has reportedly renewed talks over Prudhoe Bay in Alaska, and upped its target for cash raised from disposals. LONDON -- BP appears to be revving up its efforts to raise cash following mounting costs from its clean-up of the Deepwater ...

By Abigail Moses Sept. 6 (Bloomberg) -- The cost of insuring against losses on European corporate bonds fell to the lowest level in four weeks as a report showing UK manufacturing growing at a record pace added to signs the global economy is recovering ...