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Reuters - The $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc was in jeopardy on Tuesday, with banks increasingly reluctant to provide financing, a source familiar with the situation said.

The manager says the LA Galaxy star is on the team for the game against France when will join an elite group of centurions.

Some of the mortgage industry players who helped pump up the housing bubble are now jumping back in to clean up the mess

New owner Tata's deep pockets could fund wider distribution and hefty marketing for Jaguar and the already hot Range Rover and Land Rover

Home prices fell the most on record in January while consumer confidence in the U.S. economy plunged this month, according to separate reports published yesterday.

The chief executive of Comstock Homebuilding of Reston, which is battling to stay afloat in the stormy housing market, said yesterday that he might sell the business to bolster shareholder value.

HONG KONG (Reuters) - India's Tata Chemicals finalized terms for $850 million in loans to help fund its recent $1 billion acquisition of U.S. soda-ash maker General Chemical Industrial Products, a banker involved in the deal said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Corus Bankshares Inc faces extensive pain in the coming months as more commercial real estate construction and development loans go sour, and as regulators step up their scrutiny of such lending, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co executives have told Bear Stearns Cos employees they will integrate the firm's prime brokerage and global trade processing businesses, the Wall Street Journal said on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the situation.

Hanging on to skilled workers is a priority at most businesses, recruiters say.