Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi lost a defamation suit against the magazine The Economist over a story that accused him of being unfit to lead Italy, the magazine said on Friday.
Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled that the country’s top retailer violated the Constitution by paying a worker in part with store cards usable only in Wal-Mart stores.
Mastering the cello may be more difficult than achieving eternal inner peace, and almost equally rewarding.
I don’t know how any of this stuff works, and I don’t want to pay for it. Yet, I am on the brink of buying an iPhone.
A federal judge in Brooklyn decided to unseal confidential materials about Eli Lilly’s top-selling antipsychotic drug, citing questions about the way drugs are approved for new uses.
Continental Airlines said that it would begin charging some coach customers $15 for a first checked bag, matching a fee imposed by most other major United States carriers.
Basil E. Hargrove, president of the Canadian Auto Workers union, enjoys a public profile in Canada that arguably has not been matched since the days of Walter P. Reuther and Jimmy Hoffa.
For the first time in more than a decade, consumers in much of Europe are buying less than they did a year earlier, helping to slow economies that may have fallen into recession.
The New York Times will reduce the number of sections printed in the New York metropolitan area, in a move to save money on production.
Stocks ended mostly higher Friday as fears about a worrisome jobs report gave way to bargain hunting in sectors like financials and consumer staples.
Russia’s stock market is suffering its worst correction in nearly a decade as sliding oil prices, political attacks on private companies and instability after last month’s war in Georgia spook investors.
As banks tighten lending standards, alternative sources are stepping into the breach, organizing and processing loans among family, friends and business associates.
For months, the questions hanging over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have unnerved Wall Street and Main Street. Now, some answers are arriving — and with them a host of new questions.
Downey has been racked by the mortgage crisis and federal regulators ordered it to shore up its finances and provide a detailed plan to reduce its assets and strengthen management.
When you think about it, the sports business in this country is dominated by self-made men looking for mountains to conquer.
Faced with Windows Vista’s image problem, Microsoft has been working for more than a year to change the experience of buying and using computers that run its software.
What students about to take out their first loan should know.
The strike, set to begin early Saturday, could potentially delay an important new aircraft, the Dreamliner.
Silver State Bank is the 11th failure this year of a federally insured bank.
In a government filing this week, Dell strongly suggested that it planned to shrink its network of factories as part of the computer company’s drive to reduce costs.
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