WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Countries need to forge new trade rules governing the movement of electronic data across borders as the world becomes increasingly connected, a Microsoft official said on Wednesday. As more and more software services are provided over the Internet, "people will be calling on computers located around the world," said Brad Smith, senior vice president and general counsel for ...

The coming fiscal year is going to be just as challenging as the one that Intuit Inc. completed, President and CEO Brad Smith toll investors and Wall Street analysts Thursday. "Good companies find ways to capitalize in difficult times to strengthen their position," Smith said in a conference call ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Several large investment firms are creating new lending companies that plan to go public to raise billions of dollars to take advantage of the distress in the commercial real estate market, and more are on the horizon. The planned IPOs, which include units of firms like Apollo Management <APOLO.UL> and Alliance Bernstein Holding LP ...