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The case of Anthony Pellicano, the onetime sleuth-to-the-stars who is accused of eavesdropping, has a D-list of no-name defendants but big names may be called to testify.
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A Google executive, Sheryl Sandberg, will join Facebook later this month as chief operating officer and will work closely with Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s co-founder.
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Jolted by a tax dispute with Liechtenstein, European countries took steps Tuesday toward clamping down on tax havens.
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The United States Trustee has filed a second lawsuit against the mortgage lender Countrywide Financial, accusing the company of abusing the bankruptcy process.
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Germany’s wariness of forming a new partnership is just one of the challenges facing Europe as it seeks to compete in technology with market leaders from the United States and Asia.
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Americans filed for bankruptcy in growing numbers in February, buckling under the combined weight of rising energy prices, a weakening housing market and high personal debts.
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For the second time this week, Gazprom reduced the flow of natural gas to Ukraine as negotiations unraveled over the price and terms of transit for natural gas.
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Advanced Micro Devices said that it was closing a technology gap with its rival Intel, cutting about in half the time required to move to a new manufacturing process.
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The blackout occurred on WHNT-TV in Huntsville, Ala., during a segment on the state’s imprisoned former governor that suggested he had been the victim of a Republican conspiracy.
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Investors and analysts have urged a breakup of Citigroup, saying the company has become too unwieldy to be managed effectively.
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The Bush administration and the Federal Reserve are inching closer toward a government rescue of distressed homeowners and mortgage lenders.
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Sustained increases in its annual defense outlays put China on track to become a major military power.
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After a long malaise, CNN is finally getting its swagger back, in large part from high ratings from this year’s presidential race.
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As it scrambles to avoid defeat in its battle with Microsoft, Yahoo may try to seek more time to find other partners or persuade Microsoft to raise its offer.
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A study cross-referencing stock prices and gifts of stock by corporate executives raised suspicions that many transactions may have been backdated to maximize tax benefits to the donors.
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Australia’s central bank raised interest rates to a 12-year high in another attempt to contain inflationary pressures in an economy fueled by China’s hunger for resources.
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A marketer is plop-plopping a vintage brand character back into ads, hoping to generate some fizz-fizz among a new generation of consumers.
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Wall Street recuperated from a sharp plunge to close mixed on Tuesday on upbeat comments from Cisco Systems and reports that a bond insurer rescue plan was progressing.
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The Bank of Canada said that reducing its benchmark lending rate to 3.5 percent was necessary because of the increasing weakness of the United States economy.
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The office products supplier posted fourth-quarter profit of $333.2 million, from $336.5 million a year earlier, as North American retail sales declined.
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Porsche said that sales in the six-month period rose by 14 percent to nearly 3.5 billion euros ($5.3 billion), and repeated that it has no plans to acquire Volkswagen.
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A trail of deals done, and a deal with EMI that was not done.
