Business torrents

As the U.S. economy pulls out of a recession and the biggest banks return to profitability, mounting defaults on commercial property may keep regional […]

FRESNO, Calif. — The always-hectic Black Friday could be even more frantic this year.

Two computer programmers provided technical support to falsify documents and trading records for swindler Bernard Madoff and took hush money to help keep the […]

Fannie Mae, the largest provider of funding for U.S. home loans, said on Thursday bad mortgages and a federal foreclosure prevention program left it […]

General Dynamics Corp reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday as strength in defense sales helped offset weakness in business jets.
The maker of tanks […]

Whirlpool Corp reported a higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as cost cuts offset weak sales at the world’s biggest appliance maker.
The maker of Maytag […]

News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has held talks with Japanese and South Korean firms, possibly sounding out potential partners to rival Amazon.com Inc’s Kindle […]

Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) said on Thursday it was prepared to prosecute BAE Systems
for bribery but stopped short of formally requesting a criminal […]

FRANKFURT–Volkswagen AG unveiled a number of new cars at the Frankfurt Auto Show Tuesday, including the L1, a two seat hybrid concept that could […]

Delta Air Lines Inc. is considering making a cash infusion of a couple of hundred million dollars to aid struggling Japan Airlines Corp., a […]