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An update on the Treasury's efforts to make us feel a little less Alistair Darlinged off. This week's balm for our economic woes included lifting the threshold for stamp duty from £125,000 to £175,000 and a £300m loan package to help low income families get on the housing snake, sorry, ladder.

Phone giants AT&T, Verizon Communications and Qwest today are expected to win approval to report less information to the Federal Communications commission on such matters as consumer complaints and infrastructure investments.

The leading U.S. association of actuaries is considering a change to the way state and local officials value the cost of their pension promises, which could force governments to dramatically raise their contributions to their retirement plans.

The suit alleges that local surgeons took part in illegal marketing of a popular product used in spinal surgery; Medtronic itself is not named.

A monthly maximum of 250 gigabytes could cut off some people who work from home or watch a lot of online video.

Japan's brash, right-leaning former foreign minister announced Friday that he would run for ruling party president in a move that would put him on track to take over as Japan's next prime minister. Taro Aso, 67, is widely considered the front-runner to...

Malaysia is dispatching three navy vessels to the Gulf of Aden to protect its merchant ships following a sharp surge in pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia, an official said Friday. The frigates, carrying an unspecified number of soldiers and several...

Alleged molestation victims reacted angrily to news that the departure of a key figure in a record $660 million clergy abuse settlement with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles could derail the release of priests' confidential files. More than a...

For oil producers that have grown accustomed to rising revenues, falling oil prices are turning into a cause for concern, if not quite panic.

(Reuters) - Bank of America Corp wants to settle state and federal probes into the marketing of auction-rate securities on similar terms similar to those reached with other major banks, Bloomberg said.