"Millions of families...are kept in debt and are in over their heads not just because of their own purchases...but because of the abusive practices and excesses of the credit card companies."

It's no coincidence that the states with the lowest tax rates are leading the U.S. in employment growth.

Less than a year after a corroded pipeline ruptured causing the largest oil spill in Alaskan history, BP (British Petroleum) has continued to implement severe cost-cutting measures at its North Slope facilities, making it vulnerable to another environmen

For those who have even a passing acquaintance with the geopolitical reality of how the world's remaining oil is distributed, the answer is obvious: "It's the oil, stupid." Iraq has the world's second-largest reserve of the light, sweet crude that sells f

In the spring of 2007, PG&E will launch ClimateSmart, a first-of-its-kind voluntary program that will allow its customers to take action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and make their home or office energy use "climate neutral."

The Bay Area's two leading MBA programs, the Stanford Graduate School of Business and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business, came in at No. 1 and at No. 11, respectively.

Baghdad under pressure from Britain to pass a law giving multinationals rights to the country's reserves<br />

CIUDAD SERDAN, Mexico - Rogelio Zacaula plucks an ear of corn from his field with the pride of a prospector unearthing the gold that legend says is buried in the slopes surrounding the nearby Orizaba volcano. .

More than 500 companies have signed agreements to eliminate potentially unsafe ingredients in their cosmetic and body care products, a national health and environmental coalition said Thursday.

New York's attorney general told Exxon Mobil and two other oil companies Thursday that he intends to sue them for taking decades to clean up a giant underground pond of petroleum left by the refineries that once lined Brooklyn's waterfront.