New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods rose unexpectedly in June on a surge in defense orders, while a gauge of business investment was also higher than forecast in signs of economic resilience, a government report showed on Friday.

One of the wildest days in memory on Wall Street took place on a weekend. The investment bank Lehman Brothers has filed for bankruptcy, and the brokerage firm Merrill Lynch will be bought by Bank of America. Other big companies, such as the insurance comp

May 6 (Bloomberg) -- GMAC LLC, the car and home lender struggling to avert bankruptcy for Residential Capital LLC, may keep the mortgage business afloat long enough to find a buyer or break it up.

14/05/2008 16:08:00 Business Wire Fitch Ratings has assigned the following ratings to Idaho Housing and Finance Association s (the association) single-family mortgage bonds, 2008 series A: -- $27 million class I variable-rate bonds AAA/F1+ ; -- $22.2 mill

Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Joseph Ambrosini says the deal looked so easy. JPMorgan Chase & Co. bankers told him there was really no risk. All he had to do was sign a public financing contract, and the bank would give $280,000 to his school district in New Cas