Business Wire

The unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of people looking for work.

The Campbell Soup Co. says it made a profit of $113, or 33 cents per share during the fourth quarter, when the temperature rises and its soup sales traditionally drop.

BP says it has so far spent $8 billion responding to the disastrous oil well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico.

Central Texas-based Dell Inc. doesn't have to start over in its quest to become a significant purveyor of technology for businesses. That's even after losing a multibillion dollar bidding contest for an obscure data-storage maker.

Time Warner Cable customers will finally get access to the sports website ESPN3.com, even if they are not subscribers to the company's Internet plan.