During this 4th of July weekend, why not assess the behavior of giant U.S. chartered multinational corporations by the yardsticks of patriotism to the supportive country of their birth? These standards for the corporate entities themselves are important

Workers -- and some judges -- frustrated in legal fights over benefits with large employers

One airline may weather the fuel crisis better than most: Southwest. The low-cost, no frills, peanuts (or pretzels) only airline has been fuel conscious for years. The Texas-based carrier buys its fuel years in advance

In car transactions, as in all negotiations, there are certain things you definitely shouldn't let slip.

A New Jersey suburban homeowner is taking on high property taxes and a bearish economy with an unusual agricultural product. Like millions of people nationwide, the taxes on Ken Chiarella's Middlesex County suburban home were outrunning his ability to pay

A strike by German dairy farmers over milk prices will soon lead to shortages on supermarket shelves, Germany's main dairy federation (BDM) has said.

Nigerian interbank interest rates eased to 7.16 percent on average this week from 12.08 percent last week after part of the country's windfall oil savings was disbursed to government agencies, traders said on Friday.

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Has there ever been a more self-destructive company with such fat headed management that survived for so long?

That's the idea behind a $7.5-million provincial government investment in alternative fuel research at the University of Western Ontario which will turn organic waste into bio-oil made not from food or petroleum, but from the stuff farmers and industry