Shares in the Bank of China climb by more than 14% during their first day of trading in Hong Kong.

Talks to let the UK continue opting out from the European Union's 48-hour working week fail to make progress.

G.M. is having trouble competing against Asian carmakers because it prefers to sell a variety of cars across its mass market.

Two Britons among eight foreign workers abducted from an oil rig in Nigeria are freed, UK officials say.

A leading shareholder activist in Japan faces arrest in connection with securities trading laws.

Though the E.U. said biotech food must be allowed in, five countries have imposed bans, and others use Europe's Council of Ministers to block the crops from entering.

Five million families now have a Netflix account, making it one of the most impressive companies around. So why do so many people think it's doomed?

The case raises fresh questions about the security of phone traffic over largely unregulated networks.

A 57-41 vote fell short of advancing the bill that shrinks taxes on inherited wealth during this election year.

Organic meat is the fastest-growing segment of the organic food business, with many of the biggest conventional producers wanting a piece of the market.

Airline workers often commute to faraway cities, but with planes full they are finding it harder to get home.

The union president's candor was a striking note at a time when his members are grappling with giveback proposals on many fronts.

A large number of sport utility vehicles and pickups have been redesigned to reduce the threat they pose in collisions with smaller cars.

By taking on Big Oil, which has developed other offshore fields in Newfoundland and Labrador, premier Danny Williams is taking quite a gamble.

Dell is trying to bounce back from a bad year and is now willing to question just about anything.

The nation's private sector is divided into two very different labor movements, the declining manufacturing unions and the expanding service sector.

Reuters - When a 76-year-old pensioner recently told Jill Schlesinger he wanted to put 10 percent of his $100,000 portfolio into gold, the financial adviser knew the latest investment craze would likely end badly, and soon.

Arbitration panels are supposed to offer a fast and fair system for customers to resolve complaints with their brokers. But critics say the arbitrators often have hidden conflicts of interest.

Nestlé, the Swiss food giant, is planning to announce today that it has agreed to pay about $600 million for Jenny Craig.

Denis Hennequin has successfully sold something quintessentially American to a people who purport to be against American culture.

The auction of Univision was sent into chaos last night as the group tipped to win the contest missed the deadline to submit an offer.

Analysts predict that the drugs will become blockbusters, with more than $1 billion in worldwide sales each.

One of the nation's most prominent hedge funds, Pequot Capital Management, is said to be under investigation for possible insider trading, according to officials.

Jittery investors put their faith in profits this week, sending stock indexes higher for a couple of days before the markets slumped later in the week.

A Japanese minister rejects calls for the Bank of Japan's governor to quit, saying it could hurt the economy.

The bid from a group led by Grupo Televisa, the Mexican media giant, was only $35.75 a share, much lower than expected.

The board of Univision Communications agreed to sell the company for $11 billion to a private equity consortium.

When the news about Warren Buffett's huge gift to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation came out, I figured there must be something that I was missing.

The Walt Disney Company announced that John E. Pepper Jr., who joined Disney's board early this year, had been appointed nonexecutive chairman.

Falling unemployment and rising prices in the shops point to an imminent end to zero interest rates in Japan.