A new environmental award will be launched tomorrow with some of the biggest corporations and lobbying outfits in the world in contention for the top prize. But the winner will have nothing to celebrate

He's already knee-deep in litigation against major financial institutions, including Bank of America Corp (BAC.N), and recently told Reuters that his team of about 400 attorneys is looking for other opportunities to hold Wall Street's feet to the fire.

The government holds the world's largest gold reserve, but even with gold prices at a record high, the Treasury is unlikely to sell.

Rupert Murdoch, owner of FOX and the News Corporation empire, just said Glenn Beck "was right" when he called President Obama "racist." This is a rare moment of candor from Murdoch, one of the most powerful media barons in the world.

Some members of Elkhart-based unit land work, but others are frustrated

CIT Group Inc.'s decision to seek court protection probably will keep money flowing to bondholders and 1 million customers of the 101-year-old commercial lender. Shareholders and taxpayers won't be as fortunate.

In Brazil, people with some of the world's smallest carbon footprints are being displaced--so their forests can become offsets for SUVs.

Goldman Sachs Group peddled more than $40 billion in securities backed by at least 200,000 risky home mortgages, but never told the buyers it was secretly betting that a sharp drop in U.S. housing prices would send the value of those securities plummeting

Kraft Foods recently announced its launch of "the first mainstream chocolate products in Europe to carry the Rainforest Alliance Certified seal.

SANTA ANA, N.M. - For AMERIND Risk Management Corp., "family-friendly" is a natural extension of the company's basic business mission. The Pueblo of Santa Ana, N.M.-based AMERIND was established by more than 165 Native American housing authorities in...