BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 20, 2008--The Boston Globe announced the release today of the 20th anniversary edition of its annual Globe 100, a ranking of the best-performing publicly traded companies in Massachusetts.

TOKYO(Dow Jones)--Japan's service sector activity in February fell a seasonally adjusted 1.7% from the previous month, the government said Monday, marking the first decline in two months.

Seven years ago, the ambitions of South African firms to penetrate corporate Kenya seemed to have been crudely dashed after the exit of SABMiller from the local alcoholic beverage market.

IBM Corp., which is reporting 400 fewer employees this year, has returned to the No. 1 spot on the Camera's annual Top 50 list of the largest employers in Boulder and Broomfield counties, with 3,000 employees. Rounding out the top four this year are the

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell slightly last week, erasing only a small fraction of the previous week's surprisingly large spike, an indication labor markets remain weak.