Some business travel problems are solved by hiring special services; others by not submitting to a no.

A deal worth $1.8bn involving Blackstone collapses after the private equity firm fails to raise the funds.

Oil?s $100-a-barrel price flirtation suggests that traders will see more of the escalation in energy markets that marked the final months of 2007.

About 6,300 people, on average, on any given weekday, are watching the new Fox Business Network, according to early estimates compiled by Nielsen Media Research.

Private spending, supported by a growing number of very wealthy families, is gaining ground on public investment.

The way people interact with PCs will change dramatically in the next five years, Microsoft chief Bill Gates says.

Records raise new questions about the business practices of the giant mortgage lender at the center of the subprime mess.

Corporations and shoppers in the United States spent more than $54 million in 2007 on carbon offset credits, but where exactly is that money going?

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair joins US investment bank JPMorgan in a part-time advisory role.

China's trade surplus soared 48% in 2007 to a record high, figures show, as its export-led boom continued.

The financial giant is in talks to sell a stake to a Chinese bank and other investors, people briefed on the plan said.

The forces menacing the economy may be too entrenched to be swiftly dispatched by government intervention.

A ?clever and sharp? restaurant guide company with telling? rankings and ?a penchant for quote marks? from its thousands of ?in-the-know? reviewers is ?on the block.?

For Democratic candidates, the growing risk of a recession is an opportunity for action. For Republicans, it presents a dilemma.

Steven P. Jobs is rebooting Apple?s digital movie effort and putting the company squarely in the middle of an intensifying industry battle.

Deutsche Bank plans to eliminate 300 jobs from its investment banking unit amid market volatility.

Scottish Equitable delays investors wanting to get money out of its property fund after a market downturn.

The White House and Congress have turned to familiar tools that experts say have worked in the past to jolt the economy. But there is also a lively debate about which measures will best accomplish the goal.

Foreign investors are buying aggressively, taking advantage of American duress and a weak dollar.

Getty Images, the world?s biggest supplier of pictures and video to media and advertising companies, has put itself on the auction block.

Markets in Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney fell further in the opening hours of trading Tuesday than they had all day on Monday.

Automattic, the commercial arm of the WordPress blog platform, has received $29.5 million in financing from four companies, including The New York Times Company.

Makers of drugs to treat obesity, depression and many other conditions are being asked for the first time to include suicide assessments in their clinical trials.

Two large military contractors, the Lockheed Martin Corporation and the Northrop Grumman Corporation, reported higher fourth-quarter profits on Thursday, both citing strong military and civil electronics business.

Until Jérôme Kerviel was charged in an unprecedented banking fraud, there was nothing superlative about him.

Reuters - Qtrax, a new legal online file-sharing service that allows fans to download songs for free, said on Sunday it will launch with 25 million to 30 million copyrighted tracks with backing from major labels.

India?s benchmark stock index dropped 4 percent in the first 10 minutes of trading and Hong Kong?s market slid 4.7 percent by midday.

Asian shares rise strongly on growing expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates still further.

Chancellor Alistair Darling is to outline banking legislation aimed at preventing another Northern Rock-style crisis.

The electronic products maker said Thursday that its net income in the third quarter rose 25 percent to 200.2 billion yen ($1.9 billion).