Buyback

Time Warner plans to dramatically boost the amount of original programming on its TBS and TNT cable channels. In a call with analysts Wednesday morning to discuss the media giant's fourth quarter and year-end results, Time Warner Chief Executive Jeff...

The owner of a Luverne, Minn., ethanol plant that's struggling to convert its production to a newer, higher-value alcohol said on Jan. 2 it will buy back $15 million in common stock this year. Shares of Gevo Inc., based in Englewood., Calif., have...

Warren Buffett has been very publicly casting about for a big deal – and he's found one in the Heinz ketchup company. Through his investment firm, Berkshire Hathaway, the famed investor is teaming up with a Brazilian private-equity firm to acquire...

Broadcasting giant CBS Corp. reported 6.2% higher profit for the fourth quarter of 2012, boosted by higher advertising at the top-rated CBS television network and an increase in subscriber fees for its premium channel Showtime. For the quarter that...

Shareholder anger over Apple's recent stock swoon has finally spilled into public view. Now, a shareholder lawsuit filed Thursday promises to set up a dramatic showdown later this month at Apple's annual shareholder meeting.  On one side will be...

Legg Mason Inc. reported Friday a $453.9 million loss for the third quarter, following a previously announced $734 million writedown of certain assets. On a per-share basis, the Baltimore-based money manager lost $3.45. For the corresponding quarter a...

East West Bancorp Inc. reported an 8.8% increase in fourth-quarter profit, closing out a year of general improvement at the largest Chinese American bank, and rival Cathay General Bancorp said its earnings rose 2.5%. The results at East West,...

Many consumers view homeowners policy providers as a necessary evil. Part of what makes them so unpopular is the nature of their business: You pay them to reimburse you in the event of a disaster that you hope will never happen. But the other part of...

Firearms maker Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. said it will buy back an additional $15 million of its stock as gun control talk swirls in the aftermath of the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school. The company said it has already completed a $20-...

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors, trying to clear the stigma of being partly owned by the U.S. government, will spend $5.5 billion to buy back 200 million shares of its stock from the treasury. The government, in turn, promised to sell its...

Another day, another few billion dollars of Apple's market cap bounced around like a ping-pong ball by the stock market. After flirting with the $500 barrier early in trading on Monday, the stock rebounded and was up 0.48% to $512.25 in mid-day trading....

Steve Jobs is no longer running Apple, but our obsession with its gadgets soared to new heights in 2012, just like its stock price.  In the first full year under CEO Tim Cook, Apple accelerated its product launches, shook up its management team, and...