NEW YORK - STOCKS are opening higher after Intel raised its revenue guidance for the third quarter.

NEW YORK - THE bankruptcy trustee overseeing the liquidation of Bernard Madoff's investment advisory firm will ask a court to decide how much the imprisoned swindler's victims should recover, including those seeking profits reflected on their faked account statements.

LONDON - HOUSE prices in England and Wales saw their biggest monthly rise in five years in July, a further indication that the housing market here is recovering from its crash, the Land Registry said on Friday.