When the 1,020-foot Explorer of the Seas cruises through North Atlantic waters next year, it’ll spend more time off the coast of New England and less time near...

Seventeen-year-old Alexis Corocan spends about $5 a month on clothes, accessories and eyes of various shapes and shades for her online persona on IMVU, a popular...

The Bush administration seized control Sunday of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, aiming to stabilize the housing market turmoil that is threatening...

MARKETING BOOST: Foodmakers are squeezed right now because of high commodity prices, but they’re planning boosts in advertising this year. It comes as...

As a test, MSN Money puts a household’s food budget on a strict diet. The experiment has its downsides (no more rice, please!) but shows how to take a bite out of...

Foodmakers may be worried about higher costs for key ingredients, pushing through price increases and still maintaining their profits. But for big names like Sara Lee,...

Taiwanese leaders sought to ease mounting complaints about the island’s slowing economy on Sunday, the latest in a string of public apologies and promises to prop...

The operator of the oil rig involved in last week’s deadly helicopter accident off the Dubai coast said production remained halted on the platform Sunday.

Iraq’s Cabinet approved an initial gas agreement Sunday between the Oil Ministry and Royal Dutch Shell PLC to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in...

Olympian Michael Phelps’ record-setting performance in Beijing has led to multimillion-dollar endorsement deals, but his road to marketing gold was paved years...

With oil prices off nearly 30 percent from their highs of almost $150 a barrel, OPEC oil ministers are considering what was unthinkable just a few weeks ago _ cutting...

The Bush administration, acting to avert the potential for major financial turmoil, announced Sunday that the federal government was taking control of mortgage giants...

Posing proudly for a snapshot with a glittery championship belt, Seigi Nishiyama is among some 600 other sports fans packing a Tokyo theater who can’t get enough...

AirAsia, the region’s biggest budget carrier, is making a risky bet.

Striking Boeing Co. production workers hunkered down Saturday for what could be along, bruising battle with costly repercussions for both sides.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama said Saturday that any government takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac must put the interests of...

A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

The first camera ad that stuck on to my memory was the ‘bubble burst’ creative from Canon. Although there is little similarity between Sony’s ad for...

Boeing Co. machinists walked out on strike Saturday after talks with a federal mediator failed to produce an agreement.

Nomura Holdings Inc., Japan’s largest brokerage group, is considering buying a stake in U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers, a Japanese newspaper reported...