Wendy’s International announced preliminary, unaudited financial results for 2004 and the fourth quarter ended January 2, 2005.

The dollar fell to its lowest in two weeks against the euro despite a speech containing upbeat comments about the economy from Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan.

The German economy has apparently gotten by without a third recession in four years with the end of 2004.

The fraud trial of former WorldCom CEO Bernard Ebbers, was suspended until Wednesday by a federal judge.

Insurance firm AIG’s fourth-quarter earnings climbed 11.5% as charges from storms and SEC litigation were offset by higher premiums.

Microsoft is buying anti-virus maker Sybari Software in an effort to stiffen competition with Symantec and McAfee in the security market.

The number of new U.S. jobs in January failed to live up to Wall Street expectations with 146,000 added in the month.

The U.S. continues to urge China to revalue its currency as soon as possible while a Group of Seven finance ministers meeting is set for Friday and Saturday.

On Tuesday, Microsoft officially entered the search engine industry with their official launch of MSN Search.

Rosneft is passing off billions of dollars of Yuganskneftegaz’s tax debts to shareholders of Yukos who previously owned the company.

Cyberonics shares increased 35% after the FDA started leaning towards approval of its surgically implanted brain stimulation device.

Dig down through Forbes recap of recent search engine announcements and you’ll find an online poll asking …

Thanks to its media networks, and theme parks, Disney reported a surprising growth in first-quarter profits.

SAP plans to hire 3,000 new employees in 2005 after a 29% jump in fourth-quarter earnings.

Cold weather is at it again causing oil prices to go back up by creating a demand for heating oil.

The New York Times and Gannett, the publisher of USA Today are being probed by the U.S. Justice Department.

An energy report by the United States indicating an increasing inventory contributed to a drop in oil prices, which dropped to under $47 a barrel.

Although it may not have had quite the impact of Apple’s new product introduction, Samsung has introduced two new products today, one in the mobile phone arena and the other for digital television.

Crude oil went up nearly $2 a barrel to over $45 a barrel after a surge in heating oil purchasing due to cold weather.

Arik Hesseldahl from Forbes.com plugs into moblogging and audio blogging and sees potential…

Google has launched a local ad service that will allow clients to determine the geographic regions their ads are shown in. This move is another step in Google’s embrace of the local search industry.