E-commerce software service company Digital River Inc. said Wednesday it is “cautiously optimistic” about its outlook for 2009.

E-commerce software service company Digital River Inc. said Wednesday its first-quarter profit inched lower, but the results surpassed the company’s forecast and Wall Street’s expectations.

Bankruptcy expenses drove Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. to a fourth-quarter loss of almost $161 million, but it reported an operating profit as it continues to look for an investor to take it out of Chapter 11.

Frontier Airlines Holdings Inc. says it lost almost $161 million in the quarter ended March 31 because of bankruptcy expenses.

The slender figure of Guy Finch, zipped up in a body bag after the 83-year-old died alone in his Minneapolis apartment, was brought to funeral director Todd Maisch one Saturday last month.

A tentative three-year contract agreement has been reached between the Star Tribune and the union representing nearly 300 newsroom workers.

First-quarter airline results are in and it’s nearly all red ink with JetBlue and AirTran the notable exceptions.

US Airways said its first-quarter loss shrank as some of its old fuel hedging contracts turned positive.

US Airways Group Inc. says it’s loss for the first quarter shrank as some of its old fuel hedging contracts turned positive.

Supervalu Inc., one of the nation’s largest grocery chains, says it lost $201 million in its fiscal fourth-quarter mostly because of hefty goodwill and asset impairment charges. Adjusted results managed to top analysts’ estimates.