PHILADELPHIA -- A small sign that asked customers to order in English at a famous cheesesteak shop was never meant to be offensive, the shop's owner testified Friday at a hearing to decide whether the policy was discriminatory.

The world's central banks have joined forces for the first time since the September 11 terrorist attacks in bid to ease the financial crisis that has gripped markets.

AT&T on Wednesday began providing radio-frequency identification and GPS-based products and services that schools can use to track students, assets, visitors, and their staff.

The falling dollar has been a boon to US manufacturers, and a windfall for the American tourism and retail industries, as Europeans flock to the United States for cheap holidays and shopping. But it has been an exercise in sticker shock for Americans

Major crude producer Iran has completely stopped carrying out its oil transactions in dollars, Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari said on Saturday, labelling the greenback an "unreliable" currency.

The ad promises free Happy Meals to kids with good grades, despite promises by McDonald's that they would " ban advertising to children under 12 or limit them to food and snacks that meet certain nutritional guidelines."

n her new book, Devra Davis exposes scientists and government officials who have worked to downplay or dismiss preventable causes of cancer.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. is voluntarily recalling some 400,000 associate and private brand passenger tires the company produced between 2003 and 2006.

His first inkling that something was amiss came in summer 2002 when he opened the door to admit a visitor from the National Security Agency to an office of AT&T in San Francisco...much of the data sent through AT&T to the NSA was purely domestic.

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority will become the largest shareholder in Citigroup, with a $7.5 billion capital infusion in return for 4.9 percent ownership of the bank, America's largest by assets.