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Energy Execs' Message To Congress: We're Not BP (Jun-15, 15:14 EDT )-- One clear message at least some of the energy industry CEOs who testified on Capitol Hill Tuesday wanted to leave with members of Congress was that they aren't BP. They repeatedly tried to keep daylight between themselves and the British-based energy...
BP Chairman Gets Moment in Spotlight (Jun-15, 15:09 EDT )-- Carl-Henric Svanberg has stayed in the background during the spill. In his meetings in Washington, he will have to step out.
Markets Make a Run, Rising More Than 2% (Jun-15, 15:07 EDT )-- Investors brought a range of factors to bear, including some upbeat reports from manufacturers.
BP's Options to Limit Liability From the Oil Spill (Jun-15, 15:05 EDT )-- The Deal Professor examines how realistic BP's options are as the company tries to limit its liability from the huge oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
F. James McDonald, Former G.M. President, Dies at 87 (Jun-15, 15:00 EDT )-- As president and chief operating officer for much of the 1980s, Mr. McDonald emphasized improving G.M.รข€™s quality.
Pre-Ordering An iPhone? Not So Fast (Jun-15, 14:48 EDT )-- Buyers report problems getting their orders for the iPhone 4 registered. On Tuesday, the first day Apple and AT&T started taking such orders, shoppers were met with error messages on the company websites. And a technology blog reports that some AT&T...
A Vicious Circle for European Governments (Jun-15, 14:44 EDT )-- Spain and other European countries are battling to show that they can keep up with their obligations as financial markets demand higher interest rates on their debt.
Twitter Suffers From a Wave of Glitches (Jun-15, 14:31 EDT )-- Twitter has been unavailable for hours at a stretch over the past week. Several factors are at work, including programming errors.
Government Bonds and the Financial Crisis (Jun-15, 14:18 EDT )-- A European Central Bank executive board member's primer on how government bonds have themselves become a kind of currency that are crucial to institutions' dealings with each other.
Rep. Waxman: BP 'Could Have Avoided' Oil Disaster (Jun-15, 14:15 EDT )-- Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) says a series of memos, e-mails and documents illustrate the risks BP took that lead to the disaster. "They didn't follow the proper procedures, they didn't have the well as safely constructed as possible, they didn't do some...
BP Resumes Containment Effort After Brief Fire (Jun-15, 13:57 EDT )-- A bolt of lightning struck the ship capturing oil from the blown-out BP well in the Gulf of Mexico. The fire was quickly extinguished and no one was injured. BP resumed containing oil from the well Tuesday afternoon.
The Latest Kids' Craze: Rubber Bands (Jun-15, 13:30 EDT )-- Well, not quite. Silly Bandz are stretchy, colorful silicone bands that come in all different shapes. And kids around the country just have to have them. But why are they so popular?
Tesla Raises I.P.O. Goal to $178 Million (Jun-15, 13:25 EDT )-- Tesla Motors has raised the target it has set for its planned initial public offering to about $178 million, weeks before the money-losing electric car maker is scheduled to go public.
IPhone 4 Orders Swamp AT&T and Apple Sites (Jun-15, 12:41 EDT )-- People aiming to reserve an iPhone 4 are having trouble placing orders on the Web sites of Apple and AT&T.
Answers About Social Security: Part 6 (Jun-15, 12:35 EDT )-- Our Social Security expert answers reader questions about how much tax we contribute to the system and getting a benefit adjustment.
An Unlikely Path to a Great Workplace (Jun-15, 12:25 EDT )-- A lawyer and a corporate executive manage to start a company with a great environment.
'Google Baby' Follows Birth Outsourced To India (Jun-15, 12:00 EDT )-- The documentary Google Baby explores what happens when surrogacy meets international outsourcing. The same process that can cost more than $100,000 in the U.S. can be done in India for $6,000. Director Zippi Brand Frank explains how the process works...
Spirit Flights Remain Grounded by Strike (Jun-15, 11:50 EDT )-- Negotiators are expected to meet Tuesday, although it is not clear what the chances are that they will make a deal.
Housing Market Confidence Sinks As Tax Break Ends (Jun-15, 11:18 EDT )-- Builders are worried now that government incentives that spurred home sales have ended. After two straight months of increases, the National Association of Home Builders said its housing market index fell to the lowest level since March.
Supplier, Maker Knew Of Defective Drywall Years Ago (Jun-15, 08:49 EDT )-- In a trial being heard in Miami over defective Chinese drywall, new documents show that manufacturers, builders and suppliers knew about the problem with the half-billion tons of imported drywall and did not alert consumers.
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