Investment managers remain bullish on the financial markets despite equities' roller-coaster ride this summer and the subprime mess, according to Russell Investment Group's third-quarter Investment Management Outlook.

Taking a page out of rival Oracle Corp.'s playbook, Germany's SAP AG announced late Sunday that it had agreed to acquire France's business intelligence (BI) and analytics powerhouse Business Objects S.A. for $6.8 billion.

Corporate fraud is rampant across the globe, with four out of five senior executives reporting varying levels of threats at their companies, according to Kroll Inc.'s first annual fraud survey.

Investment managers remain bullish on the financial markets despite equities' roller-coaster ride this summer and the subprime mess, according to Russell Investment Group's third-quarter Investment Management Outlook.

Best Buy Co., Inc. named Jim Muehlbauer interim CFO of $36 billion consumer electronics giant, with headquarters in Richfield, Minn. Muehlbauer, 45, succeeds Darren Jackson, who has been appointed to the newly created position of executive vice president of Customer Operating Groups.

Taking a page out of rival Oracle Corp.'s playbook, Germany's SAP AG announced late Sunday that it had agreed to acquire France's business intelligence (BI) and analytics powerhouse Business Objects S.A. for $6.8 billion.

Investment managers remain bullish on the financial markets despite equities' roller-coaster ride this summer and the subprime mess, according to Russell Investment Group's third-quarter Investment Management Outlook.

Taking a page out of rival Oracle Corp.'s playbook, Germany's SAP AG announced late Sunday that it had agreed to acquire France's business intelligence (BI) and analytics powerhouse Business Objects S.A. for $6.8 billion.