CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuela's state oil company said net income rose 80 percent in the first quarter as world oil prices soared. Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA, said late Tuesday that net income reached US$3.5 billion in the quarter ending ...

Quicksilver Resources Announces Second-Quarter 2008 Earnings ...

Yahoo Inc. spent $630,000 in the first quarter lobbying on intellectual property and international censorship issues, according to a disclosure report.

The economy slowed more than previously thought in the first quarter of 2008 as the service sector registered its weakest performance in more than 12 years, revisions to official data showed yesterday. The Office for National Statistics said quarter ...

NEW YORK (Associated Press) - The Investment Company Institute spent almost $1.6 million in the first quarter to lobby on measures to address the housing and credit crises, and other issues, according to a recent disclosure form. The trade group ...

Canada's net international investment position improved in the first quarter of 2008, reflecting both a pickup in Canadian direct investment abroad as well as the effect of a depreciating domestic currency on Canadian holdings of ...

Report: US Investment Sales Down 69% in First Quarter.

Though likely not surprising to anybody, year over year investment sales both in the United States and on a worldwide basis are down dramatically. According to a Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE:JLL) report cited by NREI, first quarter ...

Japan has revised its economic growth rate for the first quarter of the year upwards, after higher-than-expected capital investment. Japan said its economy grew by 1% in the three months to March, from an earlier estimate of 0.8%. The new figure ...

TOKYO (AP) -- Japan on Wednesday raised its reading for economic growth in the first quarter, driven up by a stronger-than-expected increase in capital investment. But economists warned the world's No. 2 economy could slow to a standstill later this ...