One coffee drinker’s bad news is another coffee drinker’s good news, it seems. Financial woes at Starbucks Corp., which is planning to close 600...

Women may not earn as much as men or fly up the corporate ladder as quickly, but they get the last laugh since they live longer. Right?

By Vincent Van Ross Many of us buy a lot of newspaper and magazines these days—not because we need them. Not even because we read them. It is not a decision we...

A federal judge has dismissed Delta Air Lines Inc. from more than 19 pending lawsuits involving a plane crash that killed 49 people two years ago.

The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists said Tuesday its members ratified a three-year contract with Hollywood studios, but a rival actors union that...

Oil prices rebounded slightly Wednesday in Asia after tumbling more than $5 in the previous session as traders worried about the health of the global economy cashed in...

The Chicago Tribune plans to eliminate about 80 editorial positions _ roughly 14 percent of its newsroom staff _ amid parent Tribune Co.’s campaign to cut costs...

Wall Street finished sharply higher Tuesday as oil prices dropped for the second straight day and investors were encouraged by the possibility of more help for the...

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. said its second-quarter earnings fell nearly 24 percent as higher prices failed to offset raw material and facility outage costs.

Anheuser-Busch claims that Belgian brewer InBev’s unsolicited takeover bid isn’t just bad for the bottom line, but is an “illegal scheme” that...

The Chicago Tribune is eliminating about 80 editorial positions _ roughly 14 percent of its newsroom staff _ amid parent Tribune Company’s campaign to cut costs...

In the latest expansion beyond its main mission of organizing the world’s information, Internet search leader Google Inc. hopes to orchestrate more virtual...

Executives from major Internet players _ Microsoft Corp., Google Inc. and Facebook Inc. _ are due for a grilling about online privacy in a Senate committee Wednesday,...

More than a year after they were introduced, federal rules intended to keep cell phone towers operating during natural disasters remain in limbo.

Commodities fell sharply for a second day Tuesday after another big drop in crude prices suggested that a global economic slowdown is curbing the world’s thirst...

DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc., maker of the “Shrek” movies and “Kung Fu Panda,” announced Tuesday it will switch from Advanced Micro Devices...

If Volkswagen AG decides to build its U.S. assembly plant in the South, the German company will join other foreign automakers that are increasingly turning the region...

An attorney wants a judge to force the public auction of 2007 Horse of the Year Curlin.

Pharmaceuticals maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. has agreed to spend $3.65 million to resolve federal Clean Air Act violations by eliminating ozone-depleting refrigerants...

With fuel prices soaring, sales of products designed to boost gas mileage are also rising _ even though the government says they’re not worth the money.