Reuters - General Motors Corp is pushing some bondholders to swap their debt for equity, as Chief Executive Rick Wagoner tries to keep the automaker out of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy that would likely cost him his job, The Wall Street Journal said late Friday, citing people familiar with the plan.

Reuters - Former U.S. Treasury secretary Robert Rubin said the near-collapse of Citigroup Inc , where he is a senior counselor, was due to the buckling financial system and not his own mistakes, according to an interview published on The Wall Street Journal's website on Friday.

The day before Thanksgiving was a moment of reckoning for white-collar workers who were offered buyout deals.

Opec leaders meet in Cairo, as oil prices remain below $55 a barrel on fears that global demand is set to fall further.

General Motors asks the US aviation authorities not to track its private jets after being criticised for extravagance as it asked for government help.

US stores open early and offer steep discounts, while a worker dies in the crush as the Christmas shopping season kicks off.

Opec leaders leave oil production quotas unchanged after a brief meeting in the Egyptian capital.

Any government help will probably come too late for thousands of dealers whose sales are evaporating along with consumer confidence and credit.

In Savannah, Ga., the downturn is chipping away at expansion and prosperity, dimming a 20-year boom.

Faced with plunging oil prices and shrinking revenues, OPEC suggested they might lower production for the third time this year.

An emerging field called collective intelligence could create an Orwellian future on a level Big Brother could only dream of.

Amar Bhidé, a professor at the Columbia Business School, says ?midlevel innovation? is often overlooked in arguments on technology and research.

Tesla Motors is requesting $400 million in low-interest federal loans for an electric car that remains woefully immature and don?t-even-ask expensive.

The insights of economist John Maynard Keynes go a long way toward explaining the challenges we now confront.

How is the choice of Timothy F. Geithner, the pre-eminent careerist of old-time finance, ?change you can believe in??

Investors with the fortitude to buy stocks these days may want to consider the small-cap value category.

The High Line, a park being created atop an old elevated railway in the West Chelsea area of Manhattan, offers a retreat from street life.

Computer learning centers are helping more seniors gain the computer skills necessary to return to work.

The financial crisis stormed the gilded gates of Montana?s Yellowstone Club, a mountain retreat for the super-rich, when it filed for bankruptcy protection this month.

An event planner delivers a 'winter wonderland' from the 99-cent store.

A new installment for an old form of payment.

For the first time in your career, your boss has given you a negative performance review. How should you react?

Every Realtor is working a lot harder these days. Now you have to do a lot more prospecting and follow-up.

Nelson J. Marchioli is the chief executive of Denny?s restaurants.

The debt collection industry, for one, is sure to have openings for many years to come.

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When 2,000 shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death, it was a tragedy, yet it did not feel like an accident.

A burst housing bubble and ensuing deep recession may have set off the American war for independence.

In tough economic times, many families look for a way to reframe the season.

Spin. Gaffes. The auto crisis debate is a gift to political junkies who just can?t let go.

Life is unfair but for investors still stuck in auction-rate securities, the inequities keep on coming.

Any government help will probably come too late for thousands of dealers whose sales are evaporating along with consumer confidence and credit.