Universal Pictures said Friday it had secured the rights to make all future movies in the Jason Bourne saga, the first three of which grossed a combined $1 billion at the box office worldwide and sold 30 million DVDs in North America.

By Michael Kahn - Analysis

As the Dow opened to the upside on Friday, Jack Welch, former General Electric chairman & CEO, shared his insights on Detroit, the economy and Wal-Mart's new CEO.

The need by U.S. retailers' to sell in hard times has put them at odds with the lenders backing their credit cards.

Former U.S. Sen. Fred Thompson is going back to the small screen after his foray into Republican presidential politics over the last year.

By Robert MacMillan

General Electric Co. said Thursday it was talking with Asian investment funds about forming global partnerships similar to a joint venture with an Abu Dhabi government investment firm announced earlier this year.

Roger Ailes, the veteran television executive who launched the Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network, has signed a new five-year contract with News Corp, Rupert Murdoch's media conglomerate.

GE Energy said Thursday it has signed a 15-year agreement with South African oil and gas company Sasol Ltd. to provide maintenance services at a new power plant in Secunda, South Africa.

The U.S.-developed F-35 fighter jet has been chosen to replace Norway's aging F-16 aircraft in a purchase that would cost the NATO member about 18 billion kroner ($2.5 billion) for 48 aircraft, officials said Thursday.

By Scott Malone

By Scott Malone

General Electric Co <GE.N> is holding talks with sovereign wealth funds to win them over as anchor shareholders, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Thursday, quoting GE's head of international operations.

FRANKFURT (Reuters) - General Electric Co <GE.N> is holding talks with sovereign wealth funds to win them over as anchor shareholders, the Financial Times Deutschland reported on Thursday, quoting GE's head of international operations.

U.S. financial companies need an additional $1 trillion to $1.2 trillion in capital to restore confidence to the and improve liquidity, according to a Friedman, Billings, Ramsey analyst.