Reuters - U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, led lower by tech shares after computer maker Dell warned that companies worldwide are cutting back on technology spending.

Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank as government economic stimulus waned, but consumer spirits rose this month, a hint the economy may muddle through its woes.

AFP - Shareholders in French investment bank Natixis on Friday approved a planned 3.7 billion euros (5.44 billion dollars) capital increase to repair the damage caused by the US subprime home loan crisis.

Reuters - Nintendo Co boosted its annual profit outlook by 23 percent on white-hot demand for its Wii video game console and DS portable player, beating market expectations and sending its shares more than 8 percent higher.

Reuters - Google Inc. , facing a U.S. Justice Department probe of its search-advertising partnership with Yahoo Inc. , will proceed with the agreement by early October, Bloomberg said.

Reuters - General Motors Corp is recalling 857,735 vehicles equipped with a heated windshield wiper fluid system for a potential short-circuit problem, according to federal safety regulators.

Reuters - Stocks tumbled on Friday after a warning by computer maker Dell that companies worldwide are cutting back on technology spending spooked the tech sector.

Reuters - Personal income tumbled unexpectedly in July and inflation-adjusted spending shrank at sharpest rate in four years as the lift from government stimulus checks waned, a government report on Friday showed.

Reuters - Carrefour, the world's second-largest retailer, posted a 5.5 percent rise in first-half operating profit on Friday, lifted by strong performance in Latin America growth markets, and reiterated its 2008 targets.

Reuters - Chinese central government departments misused or mismanaged more than 46 billion yuan ($6.73 billion) last year, including using disaster relief money to build government offices and diverting funds to speculate in stocks, the National Audit Office said on Thursday.

Reuters - Oil rose more than $1 to $117 a barrel on Friday, as energy companies prepared for Tropical Storm Gustav to deliver what could be the hardest hit to the heart of U.S. offshore production since the devastating 2005 hurricane season.

Reuters - Unionized workers at Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS), South Korea's top automaker, said on Friday they had decided to hold brief work stoppages twice next week over a wage dispute and working conditions.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is looking at cutting some 1,200 jobs in its latest round of cost cutting, a person familiar with the matter said, as weak financial markets spur layoffs across Wall Street.

Reuters - Dell Inc , the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, said on Friday its Asia Pacific business was holding up even as corporations turned cautious about spending on technology because of slowing global growth.