The Standard and Poor?s 500-stock index and the Dow Jones industrial average capped their worst four months since 2002.

Reuters - Almost a decade after spinning off Delphi Corp and more than two years after the auto parts maker filed for bankruptcy, General Motors Corp is still grappling with the costly legacy of its former subsidiary.

Mr. Juran wrote the ?Quality Control Handbook,? which taught manufacturers worldwide how to be more efficient and productive.

The Bush administration said mortgage companies were showing more willingness to relax loan terms for subprime borrowers in danger of losing their houses.

Some sport-related companies have their eyes on Ogden, Utah, a former manufacturing town that is emerging from hard times as a center of skiing and other outdoor sports.

The critical blood thinner heparin, which has been linked to at least 19 deaths, contained a possibly counterfeit ingredient that mimicked the real drug.

The decline in the market that started Thursday morning in Europe and accelerated in New York hit the Asian markets hard in early trading Friday.

Several major clothing designers plan to shift to different stores, creating transitions that could confuse consumers.

The large mortgage lender may have misrepresented its finances and the soundness of its loans, officials said.

A new analysis of online consumer data shows that large Web companies are learning more about people than ever from what they search for and do on the Internet.

The 63 percent drop in the trade gap from a year earlier was partly a result of a long-term slowdown in export demand, but February was an unusually weak month.

Aetna plans to provide the service, SmartSource, free to its customers, saying it wants to help people manage their own health care.

Reuters - The dollar hit a record low against the euro and a 12-year low against the yen on Thursday and shares fell as euphoria subsided about the latest helping hand from the U.S. Federal Reserve and reality -- $110 oil and recession fears -- returned.

Cuba's new President Raul Castro looks set to lift a ban on a wide range of consumer electrical appliances.

The Federal Reserve?s unusual decision to assist a major investment bank underscores a concern that one failure could spread across the financial system.

Struggling Italian state carrier Alitalia agrees to a cut-price 138m euros Air France-KLM takeover deal.

A Web site that started out as an Internet lark is now attracting advertisers.

Nervousness pervaded Wall Street despite the efforts by the Federal Reserve to restore order within the financial system.

Buoyed by the Federal Reserve?s aggressive interest rate cut, investors sent stocks soaring to their biggest gain in five years on Tuesday.

Citigroup plans to lay off another 2,000 investment bankers and traders before the end of the month, people close to the situation said on Wednesday.

The airline said it was unable to generate sufficient revenue because of what it called ?predatory pricing? by Mesa Air Group?s discount airline, Go.

Treasury said the reduction in minimum bid amounts was being made possible by an improved processing system for government debt auctions.

AFP - Tony Baltes has been making US election gear for three decades and has seen nothing like it before. Rocketing demand for campaign products has left his small company gasping for breath.

JPMorgan Chase was in talks for a deal that would quintuple its offer for Bear Stearns in an effort to pacify angry Bear shareholders, according to people involved in the negotiations.

Biovail?s former chief and three other officers were accused by the S.E.C. of various accounting frauds, with the company agreeing to settle with the agency for $10 million.

As newspapers slash costs, the presence of relatively few print reporters on candidates? buses and planes this year is striking.

Minoru Mori, Japan?s most prolific developer, will finish the world?s tallest building in May, and plans to build or help build 10 more huge complexes in downtown Tokyo.

The chairman of Bear Stearns sells his stake in the firm as a takeover by JP Morgan Chase looms.

A plan that would give the Federal Reserve broad authority to oversee financial market stability could expose Wall Street to new scrutiny, but it avoids a call for tighter regulation.

Some Republicans are stuck between constituents demanding protection from foreclosure and party leaders urging restraint.

Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will reveal in full sweeping new plans on Monday for streamlining a hodgepodge of regulation faulted for permitting the U.S. mortgage crisis to balloon into a full-blown economic threat.