Companies controlled by Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford appear to have had approximately 200 different accounting systems, apparently part of a plan designed to...

Lawmakers from paper-producing states vowed Thursday to save a tax credit that has provided an unintended multibillion-dollar windfall to paper companies.

A law to make the earth a little greener is giving paper mills an unintended multibillion-dollar tax windfall with the help of a little diesel fuel.

Companies should stop touting how they pay their employees and executives based on performance if they’re going to rewrite the rules when times get tough.

NAME: Merck & Co.

Companies that defrauded the United States and jeopardized American lives received new government work despite rulings designed to stop them from receiving federal...

Companies doing an underwater survey for a gas pipeline between Algeria and Italy say they have discovered a French battleship sunk by a German submarine in 1917.

Pfizer and Eli Lilly are promoting drugs to treat fibromyalgia, an ailment characterized by pain, fatigue and depression. But some doctors say the marketing buzz is...

Two drugmakers spent hundreds of millions of dollars last year to raise awareness of a murky illness, helping boost sales of pills recently approved as treatments and...

Seems like only yesterday the world’s major oil companies were posting some of the biggest profits on record and, in some circles, getting grilled for doing so.

Companies are cutting jobs by the tens of thousands. State and local governments are penny-pinching, too. So what about Uncle Sam? Tough times for him as well?

In the middle of a deep recession, corporate America is just like the rest of us: We all want cash in our pockets.

Companies building the centerpiece of a prominent Dubai race course said Tuesday the original $1.25 billion contract has been canceled, putting the fate of the future...

Companies in Germany are finding credit from banks ever harder to come by as the global financial crisis deepens its hold on Europe’s biggest economy, with larger...

In one of its final acts of the year, Congress on Thursday relieved businesses of paying billions of dollars in required contributions to their pension plans in the...

Companies looking to tap the U.S.’s vast oil shale resources now have rules to live by.

Songs that refer to products and brands have been with us for years, from Simon and Garfunkel singing

Natura Pet Products, in an effort to ensure the safety of all its food products has announced a new protocol to be added to its standard 120-point quality control...

Earnings results announced Wednesday by major Chinese oil companies were in line with expectations, with industry leader PetroChina’s first-half net profit...

Two-thirds of U.S. corporations paid no federal income taxes between 1998 and 2005, according to a new report from Congress.