frouman.net

Fannie Mae said three of its top executives were leaving as the company tries to cope with mounting losses from the troubles in the housing market.

The Japanese copier and printer maker said that it would acquire Ikon Office Solutions for about $1.62 billion to help it expand overseas.

As European proprietors are preparing to reopen after extended holidays, American restaurant owners are just trying to catch a second wind following a taxing summer.

Baseball’s playoff advertising push gets under way Thursday, when the first spots of the league’s largest ever campaign are broadcast.

The automaker said it was considering options for the sports car unit as it tries to raise cash to ride out a deepening industry downturn in the United States.

Durable goods orders rose a surprising 1.3 percent, and a gauge of business investment also rose unexpectedly.

The S.E.C. moved to require all American companies to use international accounting standards by 2016.

Mr. Setubal was a former foreign minister who also helped build one of Brazil’s largest banks, Banco Itaú.

The British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres rejected again a hostile bid from the WPP Group, but analysts said the company would have difficulty evading WPP.

In Brazil, the government is encouraging farmers to produce more for export while prices are high. But Argentina is focused on encouraging farmers to sell more at home.

Before they ship PCs to retailers like Best Buy, computer makers get paid hundreds of millions of dollars to load them up with lots of free software. For $30, Best Buy will get rid of it for you.

The Justice Department will roll back a set of rules that penalized companies if they insisted on paying employees’ legal fees or protecting their confidential communications with corporate lawyers.

The Nikon D90 camera, arriving in stores next month, has the features and performance of a single-lens reflex, and can record high-definition video.

The New York attorney general announced an agreement that would require Xcel Energy, a builder of coal-fired plants, to disclose to investors the financial risks of global warming.

MBIA agreed to take control of nearly $200 billion of municipal bonds currently backed by a rival bond insurer, in a move that could help its competitor avoid bankruptcy.

The Apparel retailers Chico’s FAS and American Eagle Outfitters posted better-than-expected profits despite taking deep markdowns to lure shoppers of all ages, sending their shares higher.

Wall Street posted a big advance after a larger-than-expected increase in orders for durable goods, indicating that the economy is stronger than many investors thought.

The company is halting some pricing practices that critics say were contributing to overuse of its flagship anemia drug Aranesp at a time of mounting concerns about the product’s safety.

TiVo posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history as the pioneer in digital video recorders improved margins on hardware and reduced marketing costs.

Target has agreed to pay $6 million in damages to plaintiffs in California unable to use its online site as part of a class-action settlement with the National Federation of the Blind.