Oil prices fell to $89 a barrel Wednesday in Asia on investor concerns that the credit crisis that began in the U.S. will trigger a prolonged global economic slowdown...

Asian stock markets plunged Wednesday as recent steps by the world’s major economies to fortify credit markets failed to stem escalating fears that the spreading...

Google Inc., the leader in online search and advertising, is muscling in on video game territory _ though it won’t exactly be in the form of a shoot ‘em up...

Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months _ about 20 percent of their value _ Congress’ top budget analyst...

Gold prices kept rising Tuesday, approaching $900 an ounce after another day of turmoil in financial markets encouraged buying of safe-haven assets. Silver also rose.

The grip on the credit markets loosened just barely on Tuesday after the Federal Reserve said it would buy commercial paper, the unsecured short-term debt that...

Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months _ about 20 percent of their value _ Congress’ top budget analyst...

Online video leader YouTube has opened up its version of a home shopping network in its latest effort to wring more revenue from its massive audience and justify the...

AMD’S SPLIT: Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will now focus on designing chips and spin off a new venture focused on making them. Chip-making factories are massively...

Iceland has indeed bailed out Glitnir. But here’s the thing: Iceland’s credit default swaps are now suggesting that the sovereign itself is a distressed...

Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. says its third-quarter earnings plunged 52 percent due to sharply lower prices, weaker demand and higher costs.

Two things rule the financial world: Making money and figuring out ways to make more of it. That’s why some on Wall Street are sure to figure out how to profit...

The misery worsened on Wall Street Tuesday, with stocks piling on the losses late in the session and bringing the two-day decline in the Dow Jones industrials to more...

Fast-food company Yum Brands Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit grew by 5 percent, led by surging sales in its China operations that offset a decline in U.S....

The company with the nation’s largest chain of Chevrolet dealerships violated federal labor law when it fired thousands of employees last month, according to a...

Among all the profiles on MySpace, the social networking site’s users have uploaded almost 4 billion photos. Now through an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Co.,...

Wall Street sank further Tuesday, extending its heavy losses as enthusiasm over Federal Reserve efforts to inject confidence into credit markets gave way to concerns...

The head of Frontier Airlines says he’s pleased with the business generated by a Denver-to-Aspen service launched in April by subsidiary Lynx Aviation.

For years, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.’s scrappy image was best summed up by an insult that founder Jerry Sanders lobbed against rivals: “Real men have...

Regional carrier Mesa Air Group Inc. says it has a tentative contract with its pilots union after 10 months of negotiations.