Oil shock threatens airline recovery

U.S. airlines had their best year in a decade in 2010, but with a mere 2% profit margin.
Now that razor-thin cushion is threatened […]

Ferry with Americans aboard finally reaches Malta

After three days of delays, a U.S.-chartered ferry evacuated Americans and other foreigners out of Libya on Friday and brought them to the Mediterranean island […]

Ivory Coast commandos claim they killed 27 police

A new Ivory Coast militant group claims it ambushed and killed 27 police and paramilitary forces loyal to the sitting president who refuses to cede […]

Libya unrest rattles markets; oil prices jump

Stocks fell sharply and oil prices spiked as investors became worried about increasingly violent unrest in Libya.
Oil prices rose 6 percent to $95 a barrel […]

Asian shares fall amid worries about Middle East

Asian shares fell in early trading Monday as markets kept nervous watch over political unrest in the Middle East.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock average fell 0.4 […]

Boozy Red Cross tweet turns into marketing bonanza for Dogfish Brewery

When Gloria Huang accidentally blasted off a tweet from the Twitter account of her employer — the Red Cross — she had no idea […]

Manufacturing in Philadelphia Region Expands at Faster Pace - Bloomberg

Manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded in February at the fastest pace in seven years, underscoring factories’ contribution to the economic expansion.
The Federal Reserve […]

BHP profit soars, returning $10B to shareholders

BHP Billiton Ltd., the world’s biggest mining company, said Wednesday it plans to return $10 billion to its shareholders after soaring iron ore and copper […]

Egypt Government Crafts Stimulus Plan to Jump-Start `Sudden Stop’ Economy - Bloomberg

Ashraf Abdel-Wanis had plenty of reasons to join tens of thousands of fellow Egyptians in their successful push to oust President Hosni Mubarak. At 39, […]

A busy day for Cupid

A private investigator pursues a tip and watches a marriage disintegrate at a restaurant a few hours later when a banker realizes he mixed up […]