Labor experts say the hardships of the gathering recession will hurt the working poor and younger job seekers most of all.

Reuters - Deutsche Post AG (DPWGn.DE), the German parent of delivery company DHL, is expected to announce on Monday that it will sharply curtail its planned U.S. expansion, The Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Saturday.

World finance chiefs look to give a bigger voice to emerging nations as part of reforms to tackle the current crisis.

Budget hotel chain Travelodge reduces average room rates as the downturn forces the sector to provide greater value.

Reuters - Roche Holding AG is sticking by its $43.7 billion offer to buy out the rest of Genentech Inc it does not already own, its pharmaceuticals chief said in an interview published on Sunday.

The money will be invested in infrastructure and social welfare in an effort to buoy the fourth-largest economy.

Pakistan investigates the alleged illegal transfer of foreign currency abroad and arrests two directors of one large firm.

China announced plans to spend billions on a wide array of infrastructure and social welfare projects in a bold move aimed at bolstering its economy.

Bolivia's lithium is needed to drive electric motoring

Why the future of container shipping may be small boats

The Conservatives say any unfunded Gordon Brown tax cuts would just 'pass the debt onto the next generation'.

The former banking chief at the centre of calls for a boardroom takeover at HBOS says the bank has been run into the ground.

Reuters - The grim view on consumer spending could worsen this week as investors parse a government report on retail sales and earnings from Wal-Mart Stores Inc , while waiting with bated breath for President-elect Barack Obama's pick for U.S. Treasury secretary.

Reuters - Investors get a first glimpse of the likely shape of the new global financial system this week as finance chiefs prepare for a summit of world leaders fighting the worst world financial crisis in 80 years.

Reuters - Shares in General Motors

Rahm Emanuel seemed to suggest that Barack Obama would be open to using the rescue fund to help the struggling auto industry.

Reuters - Power producer NRG Energy Inc on Sunday rejected an unsolicited $6.08 billion takeover offer from utility owner Exelon Corp , saying the offer 'significantly undervalues' the company.

Reuters - Shares in General Motors

YouTube finds itself playing catch-up as critical plaudits and advertising dollars flow to Hulu, the popular online hub for TV shows and films.

To conserve cash, General Motors will cut lifetime health care for legions of management retirees at the end of this year.

Bernard V. Drury is a rarity on Wall Street: a hedge fund manager whose fund is up 60 percent since Jan. 1.

As the economy rapidly deteriorates, marketers are scrambling to remake their advertising so products seem affordable and sensible.

Many tenants who signed leases at a 41-story office tower overlooking Bryant Park are now trying to break them.

Taiwan?s move is the fourth time in two months that the bank cut rates.

Depressed valuations have many corporate executives worried they?ve become takeover bait, and Sam Zell?s difficulty selling the Chicago Cubs doesn?t augur well for Major League Baseball.

With advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online video hub, YouTube is playing catch-up.

Even the network operators that run the backbone of the Internet are worried about the increasing scale of attacks.

Book publishers are exploring new ways to sell books in digital form.

The rejection forestalls, at least for now, the creation of what would be the largest power company in the nation.

Adding electricity from these sources would impose new demands on a transmission system that was never designed for large power transfers over extremely long distances, an industry report says.

While Wikipedia is modeled on an encyclopedia, the site comes to resemble a news site whenever news breaks.

When Bill Burke was still in his 30s, he set aside his career in the media business and decamped to Maine to raise his family and perhaps indulge vague ideas he had about teaching and writing.

Many an author has come to incorrect conclusions, but only a few have had the courage to make a prediction in a title that could be directly contradicted.

A new commercial for the cable channel has stirred fresh complaints from the network?s critics.

With ratings for the television series down 20 percent from those of a year ago, NBC took action last week, firing two co-executive producers.

Gamers are worried that the president-elect?s positions on video games may signal new regulations or restrictions on the industry.

Viewers watching commercials fast-forwarded with DVRs are still able to recall commercials that contained many frames featuring the brand?s name or logo in the center of the screen.

Sheryl Gay Stolberg, White House correspondent, is answering questions from readers.

There?s every reason to believe that Mr. Obama will use his network of supporters not just to campaign, but to govern.

The Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve are nearing a deal to invest an additional $40 billion in American International Group, the giant insurer.

To conserve cash, General Motors will cut lifetime health care for management retirees at the end of this year.

A gathering of the Group of 20 over the weekend revealed a desire among developing countries to have a greater voice in helping the world navigate its way out of the financial crisis.

Plans for a controversial skyscraper that would have towered over St. Petersburg?s low-slung Baroque skyline have been delayed because of the financial crisis.

The president-elect is poised to reverse actions that President Bush took using executive authority, possibly including policies on stem-cell research and oil drilling.

In an election season of unlikely outcomes, Nate Silver is perhaps the most unlikely media star to emerge.

Newscasters of yore gathered to celebrate the beginning of ?Eyewitness News? on WABC-TV in 1968, a broadcast that would change how local television news was delivered.

Treasury?s schedule of financing this week.

Stock markets across Asia jump a day after China announced a $586bn economic and infrastructure stimulus plan.

Reuters - Power producer NRG Energy Inc on Sunday rejected an unsolicited $6.08 billion takeover offer from utility owner Exelon Corp , saying the offer 'significantly undervalues' the company.