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Bowing to pressure from Congress, the Energy Department said Friday that it would temporarily suspend a program to fill the U.S. strategic oil stocks. But the move, which some analysts and politicians had hoped would help break the rally in oil prices, failed...

In the latest agreement to put the iPhone in the hands of international users, France's Orange said Friday that it has signed a deal to offer the popular smart phone in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Apple Inc.'s iPhone has become so popular...

California's job picture was little changed in April as the state lost 800 jobs outside the farm sector after seasonal adjustment. The unemployment rate stayed steady at 6.2 percent, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday. The tiny drop...

BRITISH Airways has posted its first dividend since before the 9/11 terrorist attacks, as chief executive Willie Walsh yesterday waived his £700,000 bonus due to the Terminal

THERE was further turmoil in the housing market yesterday as HBOS off-loaded its 13 per cent stake in property website Rightmove for more than £50 million.

EDINBURGH-BASED investment house Sigma Capital Group is set to bank more than £3 million after completing its seventh property acquisition.

Russia's new president has promised the kind of democratic change that Washington advocated during predecessor Vladimir Putin's tenure. At the same time, all the candidates to succeed president bush have promised a break from a foreign policy that Moscow has...

After nine months of turmoil that started with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market, wall street appears to be at a turning point of sorts. The data of the past few weeks have given investors some hope that the worst of the credit crisis has passed,...

It's boom time in farm country, but creeping inflation and larger risks bring fresh worry for farmers and consumers. Everything from the production of ethanol to the price of steak is in play.

Minneapolis' Step-Up program, which places hundreds of high schoolers in jobs, may be hobbled by the slower economy.