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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 10:03pm EST
Tysabri, a treatment for multiple sclerosis, received regulatory approval on Monday for use among patients with Crohn’s disease.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 10:03pm EST
Special prosecutors are investigating accusations that the company’s chairman, Lee Kun Hee, had amassed slush funds to bribe politicians, prosecutors and government officials.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:59pm EST
Citigroup is expected to announce on Tuesday 4,000 additional job cuts, a steep cut in its stock dividend, and another boost from foreign investors.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:59pm EST
Wall Street advanced sharply Monday after a rout on Friday following solid preliminary results from I.B.M.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:57pm EST
If approved, the law would prohibit the importation of fuels derived from crops grown on certain kinds of land — including forests, wetlands or grasslands.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:55pm EST
The technology giant’s quarterly profit — up 24 percent — may not be as reliable an indicator of broader trends in the American economy as in the past.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:54pm EST
The video game industry intends to establish a political action committee to donate money to game-friendly politicians and candidates.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:52pm EST
Zynga Game Network, is one of a new cluster of Internet ventures capitalizing on the rapidly growing social networks, like Facebook and MySpace.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:52pm EST
Evidence of an abrupt slowdown in consumer spending mounted Monday as Sears Holdings, the owner of Sears and Kmart, warned that its profit would most likely plunge as much as 57 percent for the three months ending in early February.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:47pm EST
How to accumulate enormous stakes in a company without tipping your hand.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:46pm EST
In Baltimore and elsewhere around the country, subprime mortgages, which are driving the foreclosure rate, have gone disproportionately to women.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:43pm EST
A clinical trial of Zetia, a widely used cholesterol drug, has raised questions about its effectiveness and the behavior of pharmaceutical companies that conducted the study.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:37pm EST
A global boom in the cost of commodities, the staple ingredients of a modern economy, is entering its sixth year with no end in sight.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:32pm EST
For the first time in a decade, new investors will be able to put money into a mutual fund that helped fuel Fidelity Investments’ rapid growth.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:26pm EST
Terra Firma plans to dismiss about a third of the staff at EMI as it moves to streamline marketing operations and focus on the discovery of new artists.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:24pm EST
The country’s largest social-networking Web site has agreed with attorneys general of 49 states to take new steps to protect children from sexual predators on its site.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 5:22pm EST
The move illustrates deep divisions within Europe over how to deal with the surge of Chinese exports and the job losses caused by the outsourcing of production to Asia.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:18pm EST
The E.U. said it would look into complaints that Microsoft unfairly tied its Web browser to its Windows operating system, making it harder for software rivals to work with Windows.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:02pm EST
The outcome of a clinical trial that failed to show that Zetia has any medical benefits adds to concerns over the popular drug.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 11:40am EST
The retailer, led by the hedge fund manager Edward Lampert, warned that falling sales would force it to post fourth-quarter earnings well below analyst estimates.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 11:14am EST
The move puts Toyota in direct competition with General Motors, which plans to sell its own plug-in hybrid, the Chevrolet Volt, sometime around 2010.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 11:00am EST
The social networking Web site has agreed to include online protections and participate in a working group to develop age-verification technologies, according to an official familiar with the agreement.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 9:50am EST
In a preliminary report, I.B.M. said its fourth-quarter earnings from continuing operations rose 24 percent from a year ago, beating Wall Street expectations by a wide margin.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 2:15am EST
Yahoo’s chief executive and co-founder plans to expand the Internet stalwart to make it “a starting point” for consumers.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 2:15am EST
A “clever and sharp” restaurant guide company with telling” rankings and “a penchant for quote marks” from its thousands of “in-the-know” reviewers is “on the block.”
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 2:14am EST
Cowboys and live cattle took over downtown Detroit Sunday as Ford Motor and Chrysler heralded new versions of their all-important pickup trucks.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 2:13am EST
Eager to ensure a supply of fuel for the fleet of flex-fuel ethanol-capable vehicles it is building, G.M. has invested in a start-up bio-fuel producer, Coskata Inc.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:56am EST
A pullback in spending raises the possibility that the country may be experiencing a rare decline in personal consumption.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:44am EST
The first drug to treat fibromyalgia has been approved, but some dispute the very existence of the condition.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:43am EST
As the weak dollar woos international visitors, individual cities and states are stepping up their global promotional efforts.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:41am EST
At the Super Bowl next month, the music industry will be switching teams — from Apple to Amazon.com.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:39am EST
For the moment at least, the antistrike strategy of replacing scripted entertainment with so-called reality series seems inspired.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:39am EST
New services are helping appliance makers and consumers find spare components.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:35am EST
Animal Planet, long regarded as a gentle wildlife channel, is shedding its cute and cuddly image.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 1:26am EST
The actor has become an unlikely public face for the antitax movement, whose members argue that Americans are not legally obligated to pax taxes.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:37am EST
Political wisdom this week runs smack into economic reality. It is not yet clear which force will prove more powerful.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:06am EST
The group will pay about $250 million for an 11 percent stake in N.B.A. China.
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Posted: January 14th, 2008, 12:01am EST
Google and Yahoo say iPhones are accounting for a disproportionate amount of Web traffic to their sites from mobile devices.
