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• Altria Seen Nearing Tobacco Spinoff Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | 3:32 PM ET

  Altria Group is widely expected to announce plans for the spinoff of its Philip Morris International unit this week, but some analysts see limited gains for a stock that already looks more expensive than its peers.

• Crocs Shares Rise on Clothing Plan Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | 10:16 AM ET

  

  Crocs  said Monday it will launch a line of clothing using a form of the resin material it uses in its brightly colored clogs, sending the shoe company's shares up 3 percent.

• Home Depot to Cut Unit Sale Price by $1.8 Billion Monday, 27 Aug 2007 | 7:50 AM ET

  

  Home Depot agreed to cut the price in its supply division sale to buyout firms by $1.8 billion, sources said on Sunday, as a housing market drop and a credit crunch forced all sides to renegotiate.

• Home Depot Shares Up on Hopes of Supply Unit Sale Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | 2:35 PM ET

  

  Shares of Home Depot were up 1.3 percent Friday as investors waited for word about whether a sale was on or off for the home improvement retailer's contractor business.

• Krispy Kreme Realigns Operations Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | 9:58 AM ET

  Krispy Kreme Doughnuts  said Friday that it is realigning its franchise and company store operations, a move that should help the company improve sales at existing locations and cut costs.

• BHP Billiton Seeks to Grow Aggressively in India Friday, 24 Aug 2007 | 4:20 AM ET

  BHP Billiton, the world's biggest mining company, said it would seek to grow aggressively in India where volume growth is outstripping China, its other boom market.

• Mortgage Stocks Rally on News of Countrywide Investment Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 | 11:32 AM ET

  Shares of Thornburg Mortgage, Accredited Home Lenders Holding and other mortgage stocks were trading higher before the opening bell Thursday after Bank of America made a $2 billion investment in Countrywide Financial.

• Facebook Devising New Advertising System: WSJ Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 | 5:53 AM ET

  Social networking Website Facebook is working on an advertising system to allow marketers to target users with ads based on the information people reveal about themselves on the site, the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition early on Thursday.

• Ford: No Jaguar Sale Decision Imminent Thursday, 23 Aug 2007 | 5:15 AM ET

  Ford Motor will not make an announcement about the sale of its Jaguar and Land Rover units until late this year or perhaps early in 2008, the head of the company's European operations said Wednesday night.

• Swad Is Fannie Mae's New CFO, Blakely Stays as Exec Vice President Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | 7:46 PM ET

  Former AOL executive Stephen M. Swad has become the new chief financial officer at mortgage finance giant Fannie Mae, the company said Wednesday. Swad's succession as finance chief, replacing Robert Blakely, had been planned for some time.  Blakely stepped down as its chief financial officer last Friday but remains an executive vice president.

• Accredited Home Halts Lending, Cuts Staff by More than Half Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | 2:06 PM ET

  Accredited Home Lenders Holding said on Wednesday it had stopped taking mortgage applications and would eliminate 1,600 jobs, or 62 percent of its work force, to cope with turmoil in subprime lending.

• ADM Reorganizes Operations Under Single Group Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | 12:18 PM ET

  Archer Daniels Midland said Wednesday it is reorganizing under a single operations group, a move that will lead to some managerial positions being eliminated at the largest U.S. food processor and ethanol maker.

• Mortgage Lender First Magnus Files Chapter 11 Wednesday, 22 Aug 2007 | 12:48 AM ET

  First Magnus Financial, one of the largest independent U.S. mortgage lenders, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Tuesday, the latest home loan provider to collapse as the housing market slumps and credit crisis widens.

• Amgen Shares Hit 52-Week Low After Layoff Announcement Thursday, 16 Aug 2007 | 12:36 PM ET

  Amgen shares plunged to a 52-week low on Thursday in the wake of the biotechnology firm’s announcement that it will lay off more than 2,000 and as many as 2,600 employees--or 12 percent to 14 percent of its labor force.

• Kraft Mulls Sale of Post Cereals Business: WSJ Thursday, 16 Aug 2007 | 3:58 AM ET

  Kraft Foods is in the early stages of looking for a buyer for its Post cereals business, maker of the Grape Nuts and Shredded Wheat brands, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Website on Thursday.

• Amgen Plans to Cut 12-14% of Staff, Lowers Guidance Wednesday, 15 Aug 2007 | 4:38 PM ET

  Biotechnology firm Amgen said after U.S. markets closed Wednesday that it will slash its employee base by between 12 and 14% in hopes of reducing its 2008 cost forecasts by $1 billion to $1.3 billion on a pre-tax basis.

• Starbucks Shakes Up Management, Adds COO Post Tuesday, 17 Jul 2007 | 2:51 PM ET

  Starbucks promoted the head of its international business to the new post of chief operating officer, part of a slew of management changes focused on the global development of the U.S.-based coffee shop chain.

• Siemens' New CEO Loescher Replaces Kleinfeld Friday, 29 Jun 2007 | 7:22 AM ET

  Nokia said Klaus Kleinfeld, the president and chief executive of Siemens, has resigned from the board of Nokia Siemens Networks, as of July 1.

• Wells Fargo Names Stumpf CEO; Kovacevich Remains Chair Wednesday, 27 Jun 2007 | 3:24 PM ET

  Wells Fargo, the fifth-largest U.S. bank, on Wednesday named John Stumpf chief executive, replacing Richard Kovacevich, who will remain chairman.

• Hanesbrands to Cut 5,300 Jobs, Close 9 Facilities Wednesday, 27 Jun 2007 | 12:47 PM ET

  Hanesbrands will cut 5,300 jobs, or 11 percent of its current work force, and close nine sewing and assembly operations as it moves production to lower-cost sites in Asia and Central America.