Reuters - United Airlines parent UAL Corp will slash its work force and domestic fleet, following similar cuts by rivals as the industry grapples with soaring fuel costs and a weakening economy, the company said on Wednesday.

Reuters - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said on Monday it has begun selling real-time share data to the websites of Google Inc's Google Finance, cable television network CNBC and News Corp's Wall Street Journal (NWSa.N).

AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has moved inflation up on his list of worries, suggesting more pointedly than ever that the time for cutting interest rates is over in view of soaring oil and commodity prices and a weakened dollar.

Reuters - Consumer spending on apparel and footwear slid during May as buyers scaled back on discretionary purchases amid a sluggish U.S. economic environment, according to a SpendingPulse report released on Wednesday.

Reuters - Novartis has bought U.S. based Protez Pharmaceuticals in a deal worth up to $400 million, giving it rights to an antibiotic which could be used to fight superbugs such as MRSA, the Swiss drugmaker said.

Reuters - Yahoo Inc on Tuesday set its annual shareholder meeting on for August 1 in the heart of Silicon Valley, as it braced for a showdown with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who is mounting a proxy fight for control of Yahoo.

Reuters - UAL Corp , parent of United Airlines, plans to reduce its mainline fleet by another 70 aircraft by the end of 2009 and announce further job cuts, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.

Reuters - U.S. auto sales tumbled in May as consumers spurned pickup trucks and SUVs in the face of record gasoline prices, driving General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC to double-digit declines.

Reuters - U.S. retailers are expected to post lackluster May sales this week, as consumers spent tax rebate checks on gas and food or used them to reduce debt, rather than buying discretionary items like clothes and jewelry.

AP - Wall Street fell sharply for a second straight day Tuesday as investors grew more worried that the financial sector is still suffering badly from the credit crisis. The Dow Jones industrials, up modestly in earlier trading, fell more than 140 points.

Reuters - Massachusetts authorities sued H&R Block Inc on Tuesday, charging that its mortgage unit discriminated against black and Latino borrowers and escalated a crisis over property foreclosures in the state.

Reuters - Stocks sank to session lows in mid-afternoon trade on Tuesday as shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc extended losses, falling more than 12 percent, as investors feared financial institutions may have to raise more capital.

Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday issued a rare warning on the inflationary risk posed by a weak dollar, but said U.S. interest rates were "well positioned" for an economy facing both price pressures and threats to growth.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc shares fell on Tuesday to their lowest level since the meltdown of Bear Stearns on concern that Wall Street's smallest surviving brokerage could need to raise more capital.

Reuters - General Motors Corp on Tuesday reported a 30.2 percent fall in May U.S. auto sales on an adjusted basis, led by a 39 percent decline in truck sales.