The improvements come in part from improved equipment and from efforts by airlines to identify and fix small problems that are common precursors to accidents.

It appears that business travel will be slowing down over the next year. The reasons, say corporate travel managers, are extensive flight delays and rising costs.

Some bloggers have found Nike?s new shoe - designed specifically for American Indians - off-putting. Nike said it aimed to promote a healthy lifestyle on reservations.

The firings signal that the aggressive push by Merrill?s chief executive, E. Stanley O?Neal, into riskier markets may be coming back to haunt him.

In the last few years, G.E. has shown an ever-greater willingness to hook up with other companies, even if it means taking a minority position.

After paying top dollar for an apartment, most buyers among the newly wealthy see the need for more work.

The City of London could lose 6,500 jobs in 2008 following market jitters, it has been predicted.

The United Automobile Workers union has set a Wednesday strike deadline in talks with Chrysler, people with direct knowledge of the negotiations said.

The new service represents Google?s first steps toward turning its powerful ad network, which places ads on Internet sites, into a system for distributing content.

As Washington officials react with almost contented silence to a weak dollar, European officials are grumbling because it makes American exports cheaper in world markets.

The announcement comes at a time of declining gambling revenue as Atlantic City faces increased competition from new slot parlors in Pennsylvania and New York.

Beazer, which also reported that sales of new homes plunged in the third quarter, said it would have to restate several years of financial statements.

Paul Tudor Jones II, one of Wall Street?s most fabled financial speculators, predicted the 1987 market crash but today is keeping quiet about the market.

The National Security Agency sought to enlist Qwest in a domestic surveillance program in February 2001, according to the company?s former chief executive.

The nation?s largest maker of implanted heart devices said a component in its most recent defibrillator has malfunctioned in hundreds of patients and may have contributed to five deaths.

A new report suggests that more Americans could lose their homes and that the housing market?s troubles might persist longer than many analysts have been predicting.

The Dolan family?s $10.6 billion proposed buyout of Cablevision was teetering on the edge of collapse after it emerged that its biggest shareholder threatened to vote against the deal.

The new logo for the New Museum of Contemporary Art will be featured in a campaign to promote the institution?s move to a new home in downtown Manhattan on Dec. 1.

In an effort to counter a string of bad news, CBS?s chief executive delivered a strong message to his programming troops last spring: find us another hit, fast.

Investors are allowed to put the money in their I.R.A.?s in to almost anything, be it condominiums or airplanes. A growing number of people are doing just that.

Reuters - Dutch bank ABN AMRO has received offers for its 40 percent stake in Saudi Hollandi Bank (1040.SE), the Saudi lender's chairman, Sulaiman al-Suhaimi, said in remarks published on Sunday.

Renewed concerns about the health of the American economy sent Asian stocks sharply lower in early trading today.

The bill is part of a measure aimed at curbing what some consumer advocates say are deceptive lending practices aimed at people with low incomes or poor credit histories.

Merrill Lynch is expected to report today that it will add about $2.5 billion more to the $5 billion in write-downs it has already announced, a person briefed on the plan said.

The estimated $2 trillion to $4 trillion loss in real estate wealth could be more damaging to the public than falling stock values.

E. Stanley O?Neal floated the possibility of a merger to Wachovia without first getting board approval, according to people close to the company.

With voting wrapping up at Chrysler, the United Automobile Workers union is about to turn its attention to Ford Motor, the last Detroit company that needs to reach an agreement on a new labor contract.

The narrow approval of the four-year contract came after a tumultuous vote.

Hulu, created by NBC and Fox to bring free television to the Web, plans to begin sending videos to its partners, Microsoft, AOL, MySpace, Yahoo and Comcast.

Whoever is chosen will have to run both a thriving wealth management operation and a beaten-down bond business.

Pharmaceutical ingredients exported from China are often made by companies that are neither certified nor inspected by Chinese drug regulators.