Regulators balk at demands for foreclosure reports

Banking regulators refused to commit to releasing details of their investigations into illegal foreclosure practices by the nation’s largest banks.
Appearing before a Senate panel Thursday, […]

Forecasting success: Weather business booming

Looking out your window for the weather report has long been overtaken by up-to-minute cable television reports, web alerts and mobile phone apps.
And if […]

Growth in foreign investment in China slows

Growth in China’s foreign direct investment slowed further in June as the government tried to cool its overheated economy, data showed Friday.
Foreign investment in factories […]

Debt talks yield little; Obama rules out stopgap

President Barack Obama and congressional leaders on Monday emerged still deeply divided over how to slash the nation’s debt, with reality sinking in that even […]

Exxon Mobil ordered to pay $1.5B for Md. gas leak

Exxon Mobil is being ordered to pay more than $1.5 billion in damages to 160 families and businesses affected by a 2006 gasoline leak in […]

Asian markets slip on Europe debt fears

Asian markets dropped early Monday amid fears of a spreading European debt crisis after a ratings agency placed Italian banks on a review for a […]

Airbus outpaces Boeing with fuel-efficient planes

Airbus benefited Tuesday from airlines’ worries about sky-high fuel prices, winning customers for scores of its more fuel-efficient planes at the Paris Air Show as […]

IMF says hopes to name new chief by June 30

The International Monetary Fund said Monday it will interview the two leading candidates for the top job at the 187-nation lending institution this week with […]

Saab in $351 million deal with Youngman, Pang Da

Saab Automobile AB said Monday it has signed a nonbinding agreement with two Chinese companies, which will inject a total of euro245 million ($351 million) […]

Pfizer trying new twist on academic collaborations

The world’s biggest drugmaker said Wednesday it is starting a major research collaboration with Boston-area scientists, putting them in charge of their own projects to […]