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The economic flu unleashed by the housing meltdown may have spread to the local office market, where last quarter San Francisco companies relinquished more space than they leased for the first time in years, according to several reports. One study said nearly...

MILAN (Reuters) - Finmeccanica SpA said it would buy U.S. military contractor DRS Technologies Inc. for $5.2 billion, the biggest deal so far in European defense contractors bid for a slice of the growing U.S. defense market.

TOKYO -- A senior Toyota executive said Monday that plans for a new auto assembly plant in Mississippi are being delayed by the credit crisis in the U.S. and worries about American auto sales.

Sterling's rebound on yesterday's PPI was strong, but short lived. The pound is back under pressure again RICS reported prices fell in the capital exceeded those reporting gains by 94%, the record worst record since the series began in 1994. The data again confirms that housing market recession in the...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Wednesday's session are Freddie Mac, Macy's, and Brocade Communications.

SALT LAKE CITY, UT (MARKET WIRE) Extra Space Storage Inc. (the 'Company') (NYSE: EXR) announced today that it has priced an underwritten public offering of 13,000,000 shares of common stock at the public offering price of $16.35 per share. All of the shares were offered by the Company. The net proceeds to the Company after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by the Company are expected to be approximately $202.4 million. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,950,000 additional shares to cover over-allotments, if any. Kenneth M. Woolley,

The British pound?s failure to rally on the stronger than expected consumer price report is a testament to the market?s bearishness towards the pound.

The US dollar advanced against most of the major currencies as fresh economic data led the markets to reduce expectations of further rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, but fell to a two month low against the Canadian dollar as oil prices peaked just shy of $127 a barrel.

The US dollar advanced against most of the major currencies as fresh economic data led the markets to reduce expectations of further rate cuts by the Federal...

Investors who've capitalized on booming emerging markets might see their fortunes rise even more this week as officials from four of the...