A second, more graphic video of Saddam Hussein?s execution left TV news executives to make ?delicate editorial decisions? about what to air.

The retailer is determined to push energy-saving light bulbs with the help of some unlikely partners.

Shares of Suez, the French water and power group, rose after the billionaire businessman François Pinault?s holding group, Artemis, said it was keeping its options open for a possible bid for the company. Artemis?s statement came after weeks of speculation about an imminent bid for Suez, which is struggling to complete a proposed merger of its own with Gaz de France, the French government-owned gas company. Artemis said no decision had been made regarding a possible bid for Suez shares ?and that all options remain open.? Suez said that it was not satisfied with Artemis?s statement and that it planned to ask the French financial market authority, AMF, for another, stronger clarification about the group?s intentions.

Warner Brothers plans to announce a single videodisc that can play films and television programs in both Blu-ray and HD-DVD, the rival DVD technologies.

In a move to expand beyond the search business in the world?s second-largest Internet market, Google has made an investment in Xunlei NetworkTechnology, a Chinese Internet video firm, the company said. A Google spokesman said that the investment in Xunlei would be announced today in Beijing, but he declined to give details. According to wire services, the China Daily reported that Google will team up with Ceyuan Ventures, a venture capital firm in Shangai, to buy a stake in Xunlei, which is in Shenzhen. According to the reports, Xunlei?s Web site attracts more than 50 million visitors a day and more than 80 million users have downloaded its software. The Xunlei deal would be Google?s second in as many days in China. Google is also teaming with China Mobile, that country?s largest mobile telecommunications carrier, to deliver search services to cellphones.

The departing president of the American Economic Association is trying to push economic theory further away from the free market approach.

Many experts say the only way to get big savings for Medicare beneficiaries is to steer patients to certain preferred drugs.

The deal, worth about $1 billion, reflects a trend among larger hedge funds to try to diversify their investment offerings in an attempt to gather more capital.

The nation?s biggest home insurer is close to settling hundreds of lawsuits over its payments for homes hit by Hurricane Katrina.

Economists have been using their tools ? mainly the analysis of enormous piles of data to tease out cause and effect ? to examine everything from politics to French wine vintages.

In the face of an epidemic of diabetes, 11 governors are asking why there is no cheaper generic version of insulin.

AT&T, now the sole owner of Cingular Wireless, will begin changing all Cingular marketing to adopt the AT&T name.

Russia agrees to slash duty on crude oil exported to Belarus, ending a dispute which disrupted EU energy supplies.

AFP - Germany, once derided as the "sick man of Europe", has suddenly bounced back with its economy booming and budget overspending slashed after long and painful economic reforms.

Citigroup may shorten its name simply to Citi and get rid of the familiar red umbrella logo it inherited from Travelers Group.

Netflix is introducing a service to deliver movies and television shows directly to PCs, not as downloads but as streaming video.

The Saints? 2006 season has been, by some measures, a rousing success. Still, Forbes magazine?s estimate of the team?s worth ($738 million) ranked the Saints 27th out of 32 N.F.L. teams.

Universal Pictures hired Christopher Meledandri, the president of 20th Century Fox Animation to make both animated and live-action films.

The AT&T Unity package will allow cellular customers to call any AT&T landline customer without incurring additional usage fees.

The search for gas and oil has reignited to transform companies like InterOil, a leftover sliver of Enron, into Wall Street darlings.

The owner of the Los Angeles Times and other major US newspapers confirms it is reviewing potential offers.

A report warns that the U.S. could lose 4 to 7 percent of the global financial services market over the next five years.

The vehicle, based on a Ford Edge crossover, runs on electricity from a battery, charged either from a standard wall socket or from an on-board fuel cell.

The agreement between State Farm Insurance and state officials is expected to jump-start rebuilding along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Hospitals participating in a Medicare experiment that pays them more to follow medical recommendations have steadily improved the quality of patient care.

While it is natural that New York politicians strive to keep taxes and jobs at home, not even the newly enlightened Eliot Spitzer can buck globalization.

Intel has overhauled the basic building block of the information age, paving the way for faster and more energy-efficient processors.

Some banks use 'underhand methods' to deter customers who challenge them over penalty charges, Which? says.

Alitalia warns losses for 2006 will be worse than expected, ahead of a deadline for bidders for the airline.

Shares of both Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi-Aventis traded heavily on speculation that the companies might merge to form one of the world?s largest drug companies.

At more than 40 colleges, advertising signs are for the first time being affixed to backboards on basketball courts.