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The ability to find top-performing industries is a crucial factor in determining mutual funds that are likely to perform best in the future.
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On the way up, financial toxic waste was sold as “a new paradigm.” Now, on the long way down, the response is “Help, the sky is falling!”
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The television industry is moving online and mounting its most ambitious attempt to date to restore mandatory viewing of commercials.
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Now that we’re hip-deep in what has been called both the “Creative Economy” and the “Conceptual Age,” no one can afford to ignore the right hemisphere of the brain.
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The first phase of the open-skies agreement took effect a week ago, and its initial effect seems to be simple: cheaper fares.
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The consequences of millions of foreclosures across the U.S. are also being felt far overseas.
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While borrowers may have misrepresented their incomes, lenders had the tools to identify these fibs before making the loans.
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Experts see psychological factors in making bulls out of a lot of sheepish bears.
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Windermere on the Lake promises to be very lavish and, believe it or not, very green — as in energy-saving and preservation minded.
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Time and again, I saw women accept the status quo, take what they were offered and wait for someone else to decide what they deserved.
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The speaker of the House said she would propose a second stimulus package amid job losses approaching those seen in 2001.
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As microlending becomes big business, a fractious debate is erupting in Mexico.
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As the price of gold rose sharply over the past year, thousands of Americans rushed to sell gold objects and heirlooms, some of which held deep emotional meaning.
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I.B.M. agreed to drop its protest of a government contract it lost last year in exchange for the government’s lifting of a week-old ban that prevented the company from getting new federal contracts.
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Best known as the crossword puzzle master for The New York Times, Will Shortz is also a nationally ranked table tennis fanatic.
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A private equity group backed out of a deal to invest $2.55 billion in the auto-parts maker, dealing a blow to General Motors, which relies heavily on Delphi parts.
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Warren Buffett, the super-investor and chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, is patient and does his research — like most female investors, an editor at The Motley Fool writes.
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The Nasdaq was helped by a 3.5 percent rise in Google as investors saw value in its shares after a 32 percent sell-off since the beginning of the year.
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While experts have different opinions about investing in foreign currencies, they all agree that such investments are not for the faint of heart.
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The Journal Register, owner of The New Haven Register, hired Lazard Freres as an adviser as it weighs a restructuring, according to executives briefed on the matter.
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China is caught between the reality of low-cost, tight-margin industries and a desire to advance in the production of higher-profit goods.
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Honeywell International said Friday that it would buy Norcross Safety Products for $1.2 billion to expand its line of personal protective gear.
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The California State Teachers’ Retirement System has withheld votes for eight Morgan Stanley directors, including its chief executive, because of poor company performance.
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When two people decide to exist solely or primarily on one partner’s income, negotiating the daily issues that arise from that choice can be treacherous.
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An article warns of possible security perils that could be built into computer chips or flash memory, from identity theft to terrorism to spying.
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An appeals court upheld a state regulator’s order suspending Allstate from writing new insurance policies in the state.
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Vacancies at community and neighborhood shopping centers in the United States rose in the first quarter to the highest level in more than a decade.
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Shares of Massey Energy soared more than 18 percent Friday after the coal mine operator announced that it expects to sell coal for far higher prices than it expected this year.
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The International Monetary Fund warned this week that home prices in other industrial countries were even more overvalued than in the U.S.
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Low-cost carrier Skybus Airlines is shutting down Saturday and plans to file for bankruptcy protection next week.
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Home Depot, the home improvement retailer, may cut as many as 1,000 jobs as it reduces human-resources departments in stores by half to shift more workers to the sales floor.
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The News Corporation’s appeal of $91,000 in indecency fines for a 2003 broadcast featuring strippers at bachelor and bachelorette parties has been rejected by the Federal Communications Commission on technical grounds.
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CA, an information technology company, said Friday it would eliminate 2,800 jobs under a restructuring plan, instead of the 1,700 job cuts previously announced.
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Chris Rock, the actor and comedian, described in court the circumstances in which he hired Anthony Pellicano, the private detective on trial for wiretapping and racketeering.
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Alan Mulally, the chief executive of Ford Motor Company, received compensation valued at $22.8 million in 2007, down nearly 42 percent from the prior year.
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The Senate housing package is expected to be a first, modest step by Congress to address the growing onslaught of home foreclosures and unrest in the mortgage and housing markets.
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Volkswagen is recalling some 410,000 Passat sedans sold in the United States due to potential problems with heat shields and fuel line components.
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Microsoft, which remains steadfast in its refusal to raise its bid for Yahoo, is growing increasingly frustrated with the company’s refusal to enter into negotiations.
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The trial of former Société Générale employee Jérôme Kerviel would likely begin in early 2009, lawyers said Friday.
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The bank’s departing chairman said that dividing the bank’s investment arm from its booming wealth management business would be a mistake.
