Among 10,000 Americans who reported being suckered by online hoaxes last year, 16 fell victim to an elaborate plot that pinged millions of e-mail inboxes: Nigerian letter fraud.
Yahoo! Inc. shares sank after the Internet company posted its sixth quarterly net loss in a row, although executives said their turnaround plan remains on track.
A union spokesman says an all-day session with Lockheed Martin is ``a good sign.'' A spokesman for the Machinists union Local 709 - Bob Wood - says striking union members are ``cautiously optimistic'' about the talks in Atlanta Wednesday.
It's a jackpot to start financial daydreaming - $200 million - but lottery officials say the current Big Game jackpot could pale compared to future prizes in the new Mega Millions lottery that begins next month.
SunTrust Banks Inc. said Wednesday its net income fell 10 percent in the first quarter as it wrote off more than $118 million in loans to failed energy trader Enron Corp.
Farm groups representing six states say the new tax on tobacco products sold in the U.S. should go toward ending the price-control system for tobacco and compensating quota holders.
Regions Financial Corporation announced today that it has begun the process of listing its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "RF".
Shares in Sears, Roebuck and Co. surged 7 percent to a four-year high Wednesday after the retailer reported preliminary first-quarter profits far exceeding Wall Street's estimates.
