Reuters - Consumer confidence fell more than expected in June, hitting another 28-year low as surging prices and mounting job losses contributed to a bleak outlook, according to a survey released on Friday.

Reuters - AniBoom.com, an Internet home for animators to create and share their work, has raised an additional $10 million in funding led by venture capital firm Draper Fisher Jurvetson.

Reuters - German pay television group Premiere (PREGn.DE) is unaware of any plans by big shareholder News Corp (NWSa.N) to acquire the company, Premiere said on Friday, declining further comment on what it called speculation.

Reuters - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc rejected InBev NV's $46.3 billion takeover bid on Thursday, calling it inadequate, but the largest U.S. brewer left the door open to a higher bid.

Reuters - Merger activity in the United States dropped 29 percent in the second quarter, faring better than the 40 percent global slump, as corporations filled the void left by buyout firms and targeted big consumer brands such as Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc and Wm. Wrigley Jr Co .

Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) -The Nasdaq fell more than 3 percent on Thursday as investors dumped technology shares after weak profit outlooks from BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and software maker Oracle Corp .

Reuters - Sales of previously owned U.S. homes rose in May and the glut of homes for sale shrank, but prices were off sharply from a year ago, suggesting the housing sector remains a big weight on the economy.

Reuters - Citigroup Inc shares fell to their lowest level in nearly a decade after a Goldman Sachs & Co analyst said investors should sell the largest U.S. bank's stock short as losses mount from troubled debt.

Reuters - Shares of General Motors Corp hit their lowest level since 1955 and dragged down the auto sector on Thursday after Goldman Sachs cut the struggling U.S. industry's largest manufacturer to a "sell" rating and warned it would have to raise capital.

Reuters - Oil prices surged to a record over $140 a barrel on Thursday after Libya said it was studying options to cut output in response to possible U.S. actions against producer countries.