Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose sudden c...

The big switch to digital TV has prison officials scrambling to keep one of the most important peacekeeping tools in prisons across the nation — broadcast television....

The path of Hurricane Gustav offered New Orleans a reprieve, but 80 miles away where utilities say the devastation was the worst they have ever seen, the storm offered noth...

Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union produ...

A year after orchestrating a takeover of H&R Block Inc.'s leadership, Richard Breeden gave shareholders an update Thursday on efforts to rejuvenate the tax preparation ...

SeaChange International Inc. said it expects to be profitable in the second half of its fiscal 2009 year and predicts revenue for the year will be about 10 percent above fi...

SeaChange International Inc. reported fiscal 2009 second-quarter results that beat Wall Street's estimates late Thursday.The Acton, Mass., company which makes softwa...

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp. named a new chief operating officer Thursday as the company prepares for Fred Tomczyk to become CEO next month.Ameritrade had announced i...

Gold prices extended their losses for a fourth session Thursday as the dollar pushed higher against the euro, prompting traders to pull money out of precious metals and oth...

Comcast Corp. is appealing an FCC ruling that the company is improperly blocking customers' Web traffic, triggering a legal battle that could determine the extent of the go...

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange:NYSEWal-Mart Stores Inc., down a penny at $59.78The world's l...

Oil prices closed at their lowest level in five months Thursday as a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies gave traders more reason to believe that a cooling e...

Banks borrowed more over the past week from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending program, while Wall Street firms took a pass for the fifth week in a row.A Fed re...

Agriculture futures traded mixed Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for December delivery rose 2.25 cents to $7.77 a bushel; December corn rose 2.25 cents ...

Even as thousands of workers returned to their posts in the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Gustav's mild blow, other storms traveling across the Atlantic Ocean ser...

Jobless claims rose unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, while companies responded to the slowing economy by producing more with fewer workers.It wa...

Ethanol's wild ride has brought it quickly from political golden child to scapegoat for everything from soaring food prices and world hunger to pork-barrel spending....

Prices of single-family homes fell in the second quarter, but at a slower rate than in the previous three-month period, an economic analysis company said Thursday.Th...

When it came to buying their children new jeans and trendy tops, parents held the line: They focused on basics at discounters and waited for the best deals, resulting in we...

WHAT HAPPENED: The nation's retailers, particularly mall-based apparel chains, reported sluggish sales for August as consumers focused on buying basics and delayed making p...

Even as thousands of workers returned to their posts in the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Gustav's mild blow, other storms traveling across the Atlantic Ocean ser...

JOBLESS CLAIMS JUMP: The number of people filing new claims for unemployment benefits rose 15,000 to 444,000 last week. Economists expected that number to drop.PRODU...

Yahoo Inc.'s stock sank to its lowest level in nearly five years Thursday, magnifying the challenge facing the Internet company as its management tries to justify their reb...

Ciena Corp.'s market value crumbled by nearly 25 percent Thursday after the telecommunications and network equipment maker forecast a lackluster finish to its fiscal year.<...

Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad...

Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to ...

Most consumers probably associate eBay Inc. more with vintage lunch boxes and low-priced electronics than with laptop bags made from recycled plastic by women in New Delhi....

International Internet traffic kept growing in the last year, but at a slower rate than before, and carriers more than kept pace by adding more capacity, a research firm sa...

The U.S. dollar was mostly higher against most other major currencies in European trading Thursday. Gold rose.The euro traded at $1.4362, down from $1.4493 late Wedn...

Rates on 30-year mortgages fell for a third straight week, dropping to the lowest level since mid-July.Freddie Mac, the mortgage company, reported Thursday that 30-y...

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England left their key interest rates unchanged Thursday, reluctant to move them lower as rising prices offset the fear of weaker ...

The path of Hurricane Gustav offered New Orleans a reprieve, but 80 miles away where utilities say the devastation was the worst they have ever seen, the storm offered noth...

MillerCoors LLC is facing a court fight in Ohio over its attempt to trim costs by cutting beer distributorships.Beverage Distributors Inc. of Cleveland and AFP Distr...

Treasury prices rose moderately Thursday, as a plummeting stock market sent investors back into safer, fixed-income government securities.A Labor Department report s...

Oil prices closed at their lowest level in five months Thursday as a lower-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies gave traders more reason to believe that a cooling e...

Oil prices are falling after the government reported a smaller-than-expected drop in U.S. gasoline supplies.The Energy Information Administration said Thursday that ...

Ice in fuel lines probably caused a British Airways jet to lose power and make a jarring emergency landing in London in January, investigators said Thursday.Nineteen...

Wall Street tumbled Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 300 points on more disappointing economic news: Sluggish back-to-school sales and a jump in u...

Most agriculture futures traded mostly lower Thursday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Wheat for December delivery rose 5.75 cents to $7.805 a bushel; December corn fel...

Oil prices hovered near $109 a barrel Thursday ahead of a report on U.S. crude supplies that could show whether an economic slowdown is still curbing fuel usage in the worl...

Wall Street fell sharply Thursday on more disappointing economic news — retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of worke...

Wall Street is showing little reaction to a report that the nation's service sector was slightly stronger than expected last month.The Institute for Supply Managemen...

The U.S. service sector grew unexpectedly in August for the first time in three months as new orders improved and inflation moderated, a private trade group said Thursday.<...

Wall Street fell sharply in early trading Thursday after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unempl...

Wall Street is down sharply in early trading after retailers posted sluggish back-to-school sales reports and the government said the number of workers seeking unemployment...

Oil prices were little changed at just above $109 a barrel Thursday as investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report to see if slowing economic growth has cut d...

The number of newly laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, reversing three weeks of declines.The...

Sony Corp. is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of a wiring flaw that could cause overheating.Sony said Thursday the recall involves 19 model...

Discount retailer Target Corp. said Thursday that August same-store sales fell 2.1 percent as consumers shopped cautiously, mainly for essentials like food.The disco...

The number of newly-laid off workers seeking unemployment benefits jumped unexpectedly last week, the government said Thursday, reversing three weeks of declines.The...

Americans' productivity soared in the spring while labor costs declined, two welcome outcomes that should relieve concerns that inflation is getting out of hand.The ...

Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday after a government report showed that unemployment spiked unexpectedly last week and oil prices advanced for the first time thi...

The European Central Bank and the Bank of England each kept their benchmark interest rates unchanged Thursday in the face of mounting inflation fears and slowing economic g...

Toll Brothers Inc. said Thursday it swung to a loss in its fiscal third quarter as weak demand for new homes forced the luxury builder to mark down the value of its land an...

Many of the nation's retailers struggled with a sluggish back-to-school season, though Wal-Mart posted higher August sales Thursday as shoppers focused on buying essentials...

Sony says it is recalling 440,000 units of Vaio laptop computers worldwide due to faulty parts that could trigger overheating.Sony Corp. said Thursday that the recal...

Many of the nation's retailers are reporting a sluggish start to the back-to-school season as shoppers focused on buying essentials in August amid persistent worries about ...

The Bank of England left its benchmark interest unchanged on Thursday, a move that analysts expected the European Central Bank would echo as both face mounting inflation an...

Get ready for another hike in copays and deductibles. A survey being released Thursday by the Mercer consulting firm found 59 percent of companies intend to keep down risin...

The Bank of England has kept official interest rates unchanged at 5 percent at its monthly rate-setting meeting despite a looming domestic recession.The central bank...

Wall Street headed for a lower open Thursday with higher oil prices, the release of August retail sales reports and pending economic data keeping investors on the sidelines...

A former chief executive of construction firm KBR Inc. has pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges in connection with the company's natural gas operations in Nigeria from...

Oil prices edged up to almost $110 a barrel Thursday as the dollar weakened slightly and investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing...

Oil prices edged up to almost $110 a barrel Thursday as the dollar weakened slightly and investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing...

A last-minute move to avert a potentially bruising strike that could cost more than 27,000 workers weeks of pay would usually be met with unalloyed relief.Not with t...

Shares in Unilever jumped sharply Thursday after the maker of Dove soaps, Axe deodorants and Ben & Jerry's ice cream announced it had hired a popular executive from its...

The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates steady at 5 percent despite a looming recession when it announces its monthly decision later Thursday.The cent...

The popular social networking Web site Facebook has agreed to test replacing its own link for reporting abuse with a bigger one developed by the New Jersey Attorney General...

The top business news from The Associated Press for the morning of Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008:Boeing workers back strike; pact extended 2 daysSEATTLE (AP) — Bo...

BP PLC and its billionaire Russian partners in the joint venture TNK-BP have agreed on a deal that forces out its embattled CEO and signals an end to a bitter struggle for ...

Boeing Co. will serve as consultant to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for its mid-sized regional jet — the first "made in Japan" passenger aircraft in three decades, the Jap...

BP PLC is close to reaching a deal with its billionaire Russian partners in the TNK-BP, signaling an end to a bitter struggle for control at the Russian-British joint ventu...

London Taxis are as British as bowler hats and Big Ben. But the latest models coming off this new assembly line are unlikely to ever touch an English road.At a spraw...

Montana has lost its federal disease-free status for brucellosis, triggering mandatory testing of cattle being shipped out of state.Brucellosis, which can cause fema...

Google Inc.'s new Web browser, called Chrome, does much of what a browser needs to do these days: It presents a sleek appearance, groups pages into easy-to-manage "tabs" an...

With gasoline prices expected to remain uncomfortably high, many small businesses are letting some of their staffers work at home. And some owners are discovering that allo...

What if locking the front door of your home while you're away were as easy as hopping on the Internet?At the CEDIA Expo in Denver this week, Ingersoll-Rand Co.'s Sch...

Cablevision Systems Corp. said Thursday it has finished the first phase of its wireless network buildout in New York and remains on track to complete the project in two yea...

Argentina's Senate approved the nationalization of Aerolineas Argentinas and its subsidiary on Wednesday, moving to return the financially troubled Spanish-owned airlines t...

Shares of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. rose Wednesday as investors weighed reports that the embattled investment bank might find a fresh source of capital.The Chosu...

The European Central Bank and Bank of England will likely leave interest rates unchanged on Thursday as they face mounting inflation and slowing growth.The ECB in Ju...

Torrential rains and the threat of tornadoes in the wake of Hurricane Gustav slowed attempts to rebuild Louisiana's broken transmission and distribution systems even as hun...

Oil prices were steady Thursday in Asia above $109 a barrel as investors waited for a weekly U.S. crude inventory report for evidence that slowing economic growth has cut d...

Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers voted overwhelmingly to strike for the second time in three years but union leaders agreed to hold off on the walkout for 48 hours at t...