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By Jim Puzzanghera and Don Lee
With memories of the financial crisis already fading, Senate Banking Committee Chairman Christopher J. Dodd tried to jump-start the stalled effort...
By Ben Fritz and Alex Pham
The opening scene for Sony Corp.'s God of War III video game shows a muscle-bound ancient Greek warrior named Kratos vowing, "My vengeance is now."
By Nathaniel Popper
In the current wave of failures of federally insured banks, none occurred in New York City until late last week, when two small Manhattan financial...
By Ronald D. White
Gasoline prices at the pump rose slightly last week, the Energy Department said Monday, as oil futures fell to their lowest levels in March.
Two iconic American clothing labels -- preppy Tommy Hilfiger and classic Calvin Klein -- are coming together under one roof after Phillips-Van...
MannKind Corp., the biotechnology company run by billionaire inventor Alfred Mann, failed to win approval from U.S. regulators to market its inhaled...
NEW YORK -- Investors turned cautious Monday ahead of the Federal Reserve's meeting on interest rates.
By Nathan Olivarez-Giles
The Ford Crown Victoria police car, which for nearly three decades has been the star of high-speed chases and an unwelcome sight in rearview mirrors,...
By Andrea Chang
A federal probe into a Toyota Prius that took a wild ride on a San Diego County freeway last week is casting doubt on the driver's account of...
By Tina Susman
KISS guitarist Paul Stanley fluffed his thick, shaggy hair as bassist Gene Simmons fidgeted in the background, their eyes looped in black makeup,...
"Green Zone" is the last drama set to be released by a major studio related to the Iraq war, and Hollywood is undoubtedly grateful for it after the...
By Cyndia Zwahlen
Uncle Sam wants more of the nation's small-business exporters to step up their international sales as part of an ambitious goal to double U.S. exports...
By Darrell Satzman
When William Eskandari decided to change the name of his family-run liquor store in Glendale, he wanted something that would stand out from dozens...
By Roger Vincent
In one of the largest office leases of the year in Southern California, broadcaster Comcast Entertainment Group has agreed to continue renting...
By Stuart Pfeifer
By day, Henry Graciani oversees a 54-bed treatment center for alcoholics and drug addicts who come to him broke and hopeless. After work, he makes a...
By Michael Hiltzik
Who needs absinthe, vodka or even a six-pack of beer? Judging from the quality of our debate on natural resource policy, all it takes to addle the...
By Carol J. Williams
On a summer day in 1911, Donald MacPherson was driving his Buick runabout to Sarasota Springs, N.Y., when the wooden spokes snapped on a rear wheel,...
By Kathy M. Kristof
Identity theft may be the financial world's equivalent of a staph infection. Just when you thought you had a handle on protecting your identity from...
By Liz Pulliam Weston
Dear Liz: I am a 49-year-old single father with two boys, 17 and 12. I had my own business for five years, which I finally gave up last year....
By Darrell Satzman
The gig: Don't call Mark Fuller, 58, a fountain maker. He prefers "feature creator." But he does make fountains -- spectacular ones. The...
By Stuart Pfeifer
U.S. citizens reported losing more than $550 million in 2009 in Internet fraud, falling prey to a variety of increasingly sophisticated scams,...
By Alejandro Lazo
Recently arrived immigrants flocked to smaller metropolitan areas during the first half of the last decade, lured by less competition for jobs and...