For the second time in about a week the investor sold shares, this time at a loss, cutting his stake in half.

Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. is expected to encourage China to strengthen its currency, an apparent contradiction to his public backing for a strong dollar.

The stunning announcement is likely to damage the company’s prospects for decades as research linked the drug to deaths and heart problems.

Reuters - EMI Group Plc is expected to reject a potential 2.5 billion pound ($4.92 billion) bid from private equity firm Permira as being too low, the Times newspaper said on Monday.

Delta Air Lines agreed Monday to partly compensate the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation for taking over its pilot pension plan.

Advertising agencies have turned to spoofing their own industry to attract viewers long enough to deliver a new message.

News Corp. agreed to buy out John C. Malone’s stake in the company in exchange for a stake in DirecTV.

Pressure is mounting on Treasury Secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. to produce results or face protectionist measures in Congress next year.

House Democrats vowed to pursue a broad overhaul of tax breaks and other subsidies to oil companies in January.

A growing number of programs use tax dollars to pay for religious activities aimed at prisoners, recovering addicts, job seekers and others.

The holiday season typically brings a surge in the number of fraudulent online orders, and smaller online retailers are being hit especially hard this year.

The U.S. formally accused China on Monday of failing to open the nation’s economy and crack down on piracy of foreign goods.

The Chandler family has begun talks with private equity firms about a joint bid for part of the Tribune Company.

Hewlett-Packard?s board is said to have ended a crucial advisory relationship with Larry W. Sonsini, the powerful Silicon Valley lawyer.

On Wednesday, the S.E.C. proposed limiting the number of people who can invest in hedge funds by raising the minimum wealth required to buy in.

The new guidelines also raise new hurdles for prosecutors seeking access to confidential legal communications.

To assess new technologies, many venture capitalists are taking investment tips from people half their age.

Eli Lilly pushed Zyprexa, a drug for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, as a treatment for older patients with dementia, according to marketing materials.

Money is running out for some local governments who use pension funds to help pay for retired workers? health care.

The two companies came to terms after the board of Advo agreed late Monday to drop its asking price to $33 a share from $37.

Ford Motor expects Toyota to displace it next year as the No. 2 company behind G.M. in the American car market.

Bristol-Myers Squibb has agreed to pay $499 million to settle a federal investigation into illegal sales and marketing activities from the late 1990s through 2005.

Toyota?s plans to sell 9.34 million vehicles in 2007 would make it the world?s largest auto company, analysts said.

Reuters - Three blocs that drew only single bidders in Libya's latest oil exploration round were awarded to Exxon, ONGC and Inpex on Sunday, the country's state National Oil Corporation said.

Georgia says it has agreed to buy 800 million cubic metres of gas from Turkey next year, almost half of its needs.

Italians are now positioning their coffee as a gourmet item much the way coffeehouse chains in the United States have been doing.

The health insurer said securities regulators had started a formal investigation into its options practices.

Scoop and Intermix, similar in philosophy, compete for the allegiance of young urban women.

The Russian government won another concession from the foreign partners of the oil and natural-gas field known as Sakhalin 2.

The Justice Department is investigating whether the director of a multibillion-dollar oil-trading program has been paid as a consultant for oil companies.

Reuters - Russian gas monopoly Gazprom said on Sunday no agreement had been reached with Belarus on the price of gas exports in 2007, in a dispute which could disrupt flows to western Europe.