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Dow Breaks a 5-Day Losing Streak (Aug-17, 15:29 EDT )-- The data provided a slice of optimism and some reassurance that the economy continued to expand, albeit slowly.
China Tells Banks to Cut High-Risk, Hidden Loans (Aug-17, 15:27 EDT )-- Officials suspect banks may have engaged in the sort of financial engineering that got Western banks into trouble.
FreshDirect's Lesson: The Price of Bad Service (Aug-17, 15:25 EDT )-- Rick Braddock, chief executive, responds to You're the Boss readers.
Burger King Again Consolidates Agency Assignments (Aug-17, 15:23 EDT )-- Two months after consolidating some major advertising assignments, the Burger King Corporation is paring its agency roster again, this time affecting agencies that specialize in marketing to African American and Hispanic consumers.
Lilly Halts Alzheimer's Drug Trial (Aug-17, 15:11 EDT )-- The drug maker stops another late-stage clinical trial, representing yet another failure in efforts to treat the disease.
Producer Prices Rose in July, Easing Deflation Concerns (Aug-17, 14:54 EDT )-- The Labor Department’s Producer Price Index rose 0.2 percent last month, compared with a 0.5 percent decline in June.
Judge Calls Settlement With Barclays ‘a Sweetheart Deal’ (Aug-17, 14:51 EDT )-- The bank had agreed to pay $298 million to resolve claims over its dealings with Cuba, Iran, Libya, Sudan and Myanmar.
G.M. Recalls 243,000 Crossover Vehicles for Seat Belt Problem (Aug-17, 14:50 EDT )-- The damage can occur in the second row of the three-row vehicles as the seat is returned to an upright position after being folded flat.
Square Feet: Out NYC, a Gay-Oriented Resort Hotel, to Open in 2011 (Aug-17, 14:35 EDT )-- The Out NYC Urban Resort is one of a number of gay-themed entertainment complexes recently opened or planned across the country.
China's Economic Milestone, Footnoted (Aug-17, 14:13 EDT )-- In terms of per-capita gross domestic product, China's economy is still relatively unimpressive.
India May Be Near Resolution of BlackBerry Dispute (Aug-17, 13:31 EDT )-- Wireless phone companies, government officials and Research in Motion, have been figuring out details of how monitoring encrypted e-mail would work.
Geithner Affirms U.S. Role as Mortgage Backer (Aug-17, 13:25 EDT )-- The Treasury secretary said continued government support was important “to make sure that Americans can borrow at reasonable interest rates to buy a house even in a downturn.â€
Mutual Funds: Getting What You Don't Pay For (Aug-17, 13:22 EDT )-- The lower a mutual fund's expenses, the better its performance is likely to be, no matter how old or wise or young or hungry its managers are.
For the Class of 2014, No E-Mail or Wristwatches (Aug-17, 13:15 EDT )-- The Beloit College Mindset List helps prepare professors for the incoming class's cultural habits.
Electronics Sales A Bright Light In Dim Economy (Aug-17, 11:17 EDT )-- Sales of electronics and appliances totaled $8.7 billion in July, up 8 percent from a year earlier, according to the Commerce Department. Shoppers are slowly beginning to feel comfortable spending again, says an analyst, but that may be short-lived...
Bond Giant Urges Housing Stimulus (Aug-17, 11:14 EDT )-- Banking executives said they want the government to keep a big role in the mortgage market, and Bill Gross, managing director of bond giant Pimco, said the economic recovery required more stimulus, particularly in housing. He suggested automatic...
'Big Solar' Struggles To Find Home In California (Aug-17, 10:55 EDT )-- A battle over where to build big clean-energy projects is putting the green revolution in gridlock. In California's rural Panoche Valley, clean-energy advocates and wildlife environmentalists debate whether the world’s largest solar energy project...
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