Bernard Ebbers, the former WorldCom chief executive, displayed an innocence in court that was part of a defense effort to cast him as someone who relied on others.

Doctors may no longer make house calls, but they are answering patient e-mail messages - and being paid for it.

Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Federal Reserve, urged Congress to scrutinize both spending and taxes to solve the problem.

Martha Stewart was reported heading home after spending five months at the minimum-security federal women's prison in Alderson, W.Va.

Job growth surged in February, providing fresh evidence that the economy remained on a path of robust and sustained growth.

A hoped-for turnaround in educational publishing may be the last chance of success for Marjorie Scardino, the chief executive of Pearson.

In a rare move for a Japanese company, Sony has named Sir Howard Stringer, a Welshman, its chairman and chief executive.

Harry C. Stonecipher was forced out for having violated a code of conduct that he had imposed on all Boeing employees.

The bill would disqualify many families from taking advantage of the more generous provisions of the current bankruptcy code.

In the first month after the end of all quotas on textiles and apparel around the world, imports to the U.S. from China jumped about 75 percent.

Since the Depression, General Motors has reigned as the world's largest automaker, but now the company is struggling and may be displaced by Toyota at the top.

Qwest is expected to raise its $8 billion bid for MCI next week in an attempt to break up MCI's deal with Verizon.

Hundreds of companies have restated earnings in recent years, but a review of restatements shows that companies very rarely get that money back.

Robert A. Iger will succeed Michael D. Eisner as chief executive, ending Mr. Eisner's reign a year earlier than expected.

The ouster of the A.I.G.'s chief executive is the strongest sign yet that boards are reacting to changes in governance.

Bernard Ebbers is the highest executive yet to be convicted in a corporate fraud case, but other executives face similar charges.

General Motors' stock fell to its lowest level in more than a decade Wednesday after the company said it expected to post a loss of nearly $1 billion for the last six months.

Viacom chief Sumner Redstone spent a decade building one of the biggest media companies in the world, but is now considering a breakup of that empire.

Even as high-speed Internet service becomes one of the most quickly adopted technologies, there are few options for those trying to upgrade their dial-up connections.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg plans to sell Bloomberg L.P. one day. The timing of any sale may hinge on how he fares in voting booths this fall.

IAC/Interactive Corp., the Internet company headed by Barry Diller, is close to an agreement to acquire Ask Jeeves Inc., the nation's fourth-largest search engine company.

Having directed a divisive war himself, Robert McNamara can appreciate the predicament facing President Bush's nominee to head the World Bank, Paul Wolfowitz.

The Federal Reserve raised new worries about inflation on Tuesday, setting off alarms that the central bank might drive up interest rates faster than expected.

From airlines to manufacturers of plastics, many businesses are overcoming their fears of losing customers and are starting to pass on cost increases.

Real estate-crazed Americans have started behaving in ways that eerily recall the stock market obsession of the late 1990's.

The directors of the American International Group are nearing a decision to cut all of the company's ties to Maurice Greenberg.

Does the stampede to hedge funds, which account for nearly half of all activity in major markets, represent the new emerald city or the road to the next crash?

Lawmakers and the new leader of the Federal Communications Commission have proposed an expansion of indecency rules.

With regulatory scrutiny heightened, there has been a wave of firings as corporations move to stop perceived breaches of ethics.

A long-simmering dispute over the direction of Morgan Stanley erupted in a public brawl, as two senior executives resigned.

The American International Group acknowledged that its accounting for a number of transactions, including a deal with Warren Buffett's company, was improper.