LABOUR COSTS CONTINUE TO WORRY SMALL BUSINESSES - Over 1,000 companies responded to the annual Small Firms Association business cost survey on the most negative factors impacting on their ability to thrive.

Salesforce.com , the market and technology leader in Software-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service , today announced that financial services firm Dreambuilder Investments, LLC is successfully utilizing Salesforce for Financial Services and the Force.com

You may have been hearing a lot lately about the Federal Reserve, better known the Fed, and its chairman, Ben Bernanke. You may also already know that the Fed has an influence on interest rates, which in turn influences the economy.

SAN FRANCISCO - Xerox Corp.'s second-quarter profit skidded 19 percent, but matched Wall Street's forecast, as the office-equipment maker was hurt by restructuring charges while its cash-cow supplies and services business hummed along smoothly.

American Express is feeling the pinch from a worsening U.S. economy as financially stressed consumers make fewer payments less often, analysts said Friday.