Burger King Corp., the nation’s No. 2 hamburger chain, said Wednesday profit rose 15 percent in the fiscal third quarter but said sales of Whoppers and other fast-food fare slowed in March.

Burger King says its profit rose 15 percent in the fiscal third quarter but is lowering its full-year outlook due to the stronger dollar and possible affects of the Swine Flu.

King Pharmaceuticals Inc. in 2008 paid its chief executive a little more than half his compensation from the previous year, largely because of a decline in stock and options awards, according to an Associated Press analysis of a regulatory filing.

Former King Michael of Romania took the unusual step on Thursday of endorsing his son-in-law as a candidate in the country’s next presidential election.

Two of Martin Luther King Jr.’s children say they were not aware of the details of a $800,000 licensing deal with a memorial foundation brokered two years ago by their brother, whom they accused of tarnishing their parents’ legacy with his business decisi

The family of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has charged the foundation building a monument to the civil rights leader on the National Mall about $800,000 for the use of his words and image _ an arrangement one leading scholar says King would have found

Burger King Holdings Inc. reported preliminary revenue for its fiscal third quarter Wednesday that came in below analyst estimates, saying traffic at the fast-food chain’s stores fell sharply in March.

Burger King Holdings Inc. says it expects its fiscal third-quarter revenue to miss analyst estimates after traffic fell sharply in March.

One of the world’s leading music publishers struck a deal Tuesday with the estate of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and will work to bring the civil rights icon’s words to a wider audience by encouraging their use in songs.

A cattle-herding tribe in southern Ethiopia has crowned a new king in a secret ceremony considered so sacred that the Borena people believe it has the power to kill unauthorized observers.