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Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal

Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.

FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag

FedEx Corp.’s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on restructuring.

Bluebird Bio shares rocket higher in trading debut

Shares of gene therapy developer Bluebird Bio Inc. surged in their trading debut.

Obama’s influence, limitations on display at G-8

Now a veteran of the international summit scene, President Barack Obama wielded significant influence over the agenda at this week’s Group of Eight meetings, but had only modest success in achieving the results he sought.

Court: Ex-Im Bank needs to explain Air India loan

A federal bank that backed a huge airplane loan for Air India will have to explain that the loan didn’t hurt U.S. airlines.

Suit: McDonald’s wages put on costly debit card

A Pennsylvania woman has filed suit to avoid fees she may be charged to get her McDonald’s wages from a debit card.

Icahn changes tack, seeks $16B Dell stock buyback

Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday proposed a $16 billion share buyback in his latest effort to thwart Dell Inc. founder Michael Dell’s effort to take the struggling computer maker private.

Japan’s trade deficit climbs to $10.5B in May

Japan’s trade deficit rose nearly 10 percent in May to 993.9 billion yen (nearly $10.5 billion) as rising costs for imports due to the cheaper yen matched a rebound in exports, the Ministry of Finance reported Wednesday.

Chrysler freezes pension plan for 8,000 employees

Chrysler Group LLC said Friday that it is freezing the pensions of roughly 8,000 U.S. salaried employees at the end of the year.

Grocers allege potato group pumped up spud prices

A U.S. wholesale grocer says America’s potato farmers have run an illegal price-fixing cartel for a decade, driving up spud prices while spying on farmers with satellites and aircraft fly-overs to enforce strict limits on how many tubers they can grow.

Businesses await relief as Japan OKs reform plan

Japan’s Cabinet approved a blueprint for reforms Friday meant to improve competitiveness and shore up long-term growth in the world’s third-largest economy as its population ages and shrinks.

Satellite boost for Greece's public TV holdouts

Journalists from axed Greek state broadcaster ERT returned to the airwaves Thursday amid an escalating crisis that saw the country rocked by a general strike, a sharp rebuke from Europe's top human rights official and widening divisions in the fragile coalition government.

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