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Justice Department asked for a court order allowing it to get the names of investors who held offshore accounts from the business records of indicted Texas financier R...Securities and Exchange Commission sued Stanford, two associates and three of his businesses...

The General Motors boss Fritz Henderson was supposed to be keynote speaker this morning at the opening of the Los Angeles motor show...GM has been tight-lipped, to put it mildly, about the reasons for Henderson's departure. GM's vice-president, Bob Lutz....

At the present moment, the Dalai Lama's institution is useful to the Tibetan culture and the Tibetan people. Thus, if I were to die today, I think the Tibetan people would choose to have another Dalai Lama. In the future,...

Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said Wednesday the single most important thing for the economy is to get lending to small and midsize businesses going again. In an interview with MarketWatch.com at a press event with California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Schmidt...

Despite recent improvements, one in three toys still contains one or more harmful chemicals such as lead and cadmium, U.S. safety advocates say. Ann Arbor, Mich., non-profit group The Ecology Center said Wednesday that while the number of toys found...

Mich. — Ford Motor Co.'s big U.S. gamble on small cars begins Wednesday when it formally unveils American versions of the new Fiesta subcompact at the Los Angeles Auto Show. Ford is hoping that the Fiesta and the U.S. version...

Fears that the voracious Asian carp will enter the Great Lakes and wipe out other fish have led to demands that the government close the waterways connecting the lakes and the Mississippi River. Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and environmental groups...

Longer-dated U.S. government bond prices rose Wednesday as some weakness in stocks bolstered the safe-haven appeal of lower-risk government debt. Gains were limited however as investors set up for Friday's nonfarm payrolls report for November and in anticipation of another...

Wells Fargo announced Tuesday that its signage and systems will be incorporated into the Wachovia sites, pushing the number of Wells Fargo branches statewide to more than 1,000, the most in California. Officials said some neighboring Wachovia and Wells Fargo...

GameStop Corp.'s shares took a hit Wednesday after an announcement from Walmart that the big retailer is offering deals on popular video games and the Nintendo Wii leading up to the holidays. Left 4 Dead 2" — until Christmas Eve...