Vacationers hustled out of coastal North Carolina ahead of Hurricane Earl, while forecasters predicted the gradually weakening storm would travel next to southern New England.
The fire that engulfed an oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico heightened pressure on the energy industry, which is battling greater regulation and a deep-water drilling ban.
House Republicans are hunting for an election-season middle ground on which they can make promises to voters without providing enough details to be attacked by Democrats.
It wasn't the biggest bidding war the tech world has ever seen, but the battle between titans H-P and Dell for a humble maker of data-storage systems certainly qualified as one of the wildest ever.
A top shareholder in Kabul Bank called on the U.S. to shore up the lender after depositors withdrew about a third of its cash reserves in two days, while the country sought to avert a destabilizing crisis.
A slim lead helped spark a global inquiry that found some of Europe's vaunted banks actively evaded U.S. law in aiding sanctioned countries to move $2 billion undetected.
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Fed chief Ben Bernanke told a panel that he had no options to prevent Lehman Brothers' failure in September 2008 even though he knew its downfall would be "catastrophic."
Asian stock markets were modestly higher Friday with technology plays leading markets in Tokyo and Seoul. The Nikkei rose 0.4%.
The U.S. Treasury is concerned about the political fallout of allowing overseas investors to buy big stakes in General Motors through the car maker's initial public offering this fall.
TV shows are emerging as a new front in the war over digital media between Amazon.com and Apple amid their ongoing battles over electronic books and online music.
The Russian prime minister's move helped push up the price of wheat and sparked fears of supply shortages and broader unrest over rising food costs.
Abbott pulled the plug on the sale of its European flu-vaccine business when initial bids came in below the company's expectations.
Employers passed health-insurance costs onto employees at a sharply higher rate this year, and businesses' premiums grew more slowly than they have in a decade, according to an annual survey.
Disney and Time Warner Cable reached an accord after marathon negotiations over a long-term deal that will provide Time Warner Cable subscribers with a wide swath of Disney's programming.
The European Union reached a preliminary deal Thursday to set up four new European regulators to strengthen supervision of the region's financial-services industry.
Retailers delivered a late-summer surprise, with sales for the key back-to-school shopping month coming in better than expected. Same-store sales at chains like Costco, Macy's and Nordstrom beat expectations.
Burger King Holdings agreed to a $3.3 billion leveraged buyout by private-equity firm 3G Capital Management that proposes to reinvigorate the struggling hamburger chain by accelerating its international expansion.
AIG's application to list its main pan-Asian life insurer contained a record 11 bookrunners, a further sign that the company is determined to raise as much money as possible.
Avis Budget Group increased the cash portion of its offer for Dollar Thrifty to $40.75 a share, as it battles Hertz for the potential buyout.