UBS AG wrote down an additional $19 billion on assets, causing a net loss of $12.03 billion in the first quarter, and said it would seek new capital.

Consumers are unlikely to benefit from household versions of automated external defibrillators meant to revive victims of sudden heart seizures, a new study found.

The merger of Citicorp and Travelers, a deal that created a financial supermarket, is looking less visionary as the behemoth lumbers from one crisis to another.

The boss of South Korea's Samsung Group is questioned by prosecutors over corruption allegations.

Microsoft, which remains steadfast in its refusal to raise its bid for Yahoo, is growing increasingly frustrated with the company?s refusal to enter into negotiations.

When leaders of a health care business and a coffin maker rang the opening bell at the NYSE last week, traders may have wondered if it was an April Fool?s prank.

Reuters - Asian shares rose on Monday, with resources companies benefiting from stronger metals and oil prices, while the dollar rose, shrugging off worse-than-expected U.S. job losses.

For two generations, Americans have imported goods produced ever more cheaply from a succession of low-wage countries. But that free ride may be coming to an end.

The Bush administration and Congressional leaders are counting on the F.H.A. to rescue thousands of struggling homeowners, but the agency has financial woes of its own.

Rupert Murdoch?s News Corporation is in talks with Microsoft about joining in its contested bid for Yahoo, according to people involved in the discussions.

Since the fall, many marketers have been appealing to worried consumers by acknowledging that times are tough.

Mounting his own defense, Anthony Pellicano, the accused wiretapper-to-the-stars on trial for racketeering, called a single witness and was as puzzling as ever.

Like a ship that keeps springing new leaks, new numbers keep appearing that show an economy in distress.

The two companies are expanding a 10-month-old collaboration in an effort to accelerate their sales of customer management and office software to businesses.

The shifting nature of wealth and inheritance has families talking ? about values as well as money.

Hedge fund managers are making money on a scale that once seemed unimaginable. One manager, John Paulson, reaped $3.7 billion in 2007.

For seven years, Wall Street has given General Electric and its chief executive, Jeffrey R. Immelt, the benefit of the doubt. Patience now seems to be wearing thin.

Nalgene, the brand that popularized water bottles made from clear and nearly unbreakable polycarbonate, will stop using the plastic because of concern over one of its ingredients.

A growing portion of some drug benefit managers? revenue comes from being exclusive or semi-exclusive distributors of expensive specialty drugs.

Reuters - General Motors Corp Chief Executive Rick Wagoner said on Sunday he was confident the automaker could resolve outstanding contract issues with local bargaining units for the United Auto Workers union that have shut down a plant producing popular crossover vehicles.

A Tanzanian politician resigns amid allegations he took bribes during the purchase of a British air traffic control system.

Samsung Group Chairman Lee Kun-hee, indicted on tax evasion charges, announced Tuesday that he would step down after 20 years of leadership.

The insurer posted lower-than-expected first-quarter earnings and sharply reduced its outlook for 2008, saying fewer businesses and employees were signing up.

As car sales soar in China, even first-time buyers are getting more sophisticated and want better cars.

After more than two years of bickering, Wendy?s International and Nelson W. Peltz have tied the knot for about $2.3 billion.

Mortimer B. Zuckerman, the owner of The Daily News, will make the argument that his bid is more attractive because it does not have the potential to fall into regulatory limbo.

Eos Airlines, an all-business-class carrier that flies between Kennedy International Airport and London, said that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Mars, maker of M&M?s, was said to be near a $22-billion deal to acquire Wrigley, the gum company.

The deadline that Microsoft imposed on Yahoo to reach a negotiated merger agreement passed April 26, and the two companies are still not talking.

Short sellers are drawing fire once again, being accused of spreading rumors, persecuting companies and unsettling entire economies.