Mr. Stone was a former chief executive of the Hertz Corporation and a former top executive at Columbia Pictures.

A US court allows Nigerian families to sue drugs giant Pfizer in the US, over its alleged role in a drugs testing scandal.

Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso announces a $17bn aid package to help Asian countries weather the economic downturn.

Gordon Brown says there is no precedent for global financial crisis, and the world must come together to solve it.

Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche is confident that it will succeed in its bid for U.S. biotechnology group Genentech Inc , the Swiss drugmaker's chairman was quoted as saying in comments released on Saturday.

The gross domestic product saw its biggest contraction in 26 years in the quarter, adding to the urgency of a stimulus package to rein in the recession.

Europe faces a risk of more social unrest unless measures are taken to tackle the economic crisis, France's finance minister says.

The threat of cybercrime is rising rapidly and attacks can threaten whole economies, warn experts at the World Economic Forum.

Trade ministers from 24 countries pledge to agree a long-debated global trade deal by the end of this year.

Reuters - BP chairman Peter Sutherland has agreed to extend his tenure into the autumn amid growing shareholder disquiet over the company's choice of successor, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.

Americans have long been married to the shopping mall, but it is now the bad partner we can?t, and mustn?t, leave.

About a quarter of the condos in one of the country?s wealthiest communities are up for sale, and few are finding buyers.

Given the crisis of confidence in our markets, the story of how Allied Capital quelled its critics and managed its regulator is intriguing.

Google?s Internet search service malfunctioned for nearly 55 minutes on Saturday morning.

Can the government fashion a fast and efficient economic stimulus while also seizing the moment to remake America?

The president of Accolo said, while he may have sounded calm while explaining layoffs to his staff, he was shell-shocked like everyone else.

Technological advances are making it possible to envision a health care system that provides more individualized care without necessarily increasing costs, some experts say.

Philips Research has developed a prototype for a pill that can navigate toward a specific spot in the body and deposit its medicine there, radioing dispatches to the doctor as it travels.

Something terrible has happened in the U.S. economy. But a deeper look at the downturn, and the social changes it is bringing, shows a more complex picture.

Some planners say the bear market has given investors a rare opportunity: they can completely refashion their portfolios with little or no tax consequence.

A competition posed architects with an extensive challenge: create an urban multifamily mixed-use project, using the containers as building blocks.

With the economy in a tailspin and credit tight, restaurants across the country are feeling the pinch, but perhaps nowhere more so than in Manhattan.

Differences in ?his? and ?her? layoffs are beginning to take shape as job losses mount ? revealing gender dynamics that may not have been as apparent when the Dow was at 14,000.

Want to make sure of a profit during a recession? Don?t become involved in an industry known for its fun and whimsy.

The stock market fell for a fourth consecutive week on poor earnings reports and on data showing that the economy contracted in the fourth quarter at the fastest pace in a quarter-century.

Robert J. Shiller?s proposal for subsidizing financial advice should be supplemented by improvements in basic education for Americans.

A recent column argued that letting Lehman Brothers fail was a mistake, but the possibility of failure is absolutely essential if we want managers to behave prudently.

But first the auto industry has to survive the next few years.

An old joke gets a digital remake ? and attracts consumers in a down economy.

You can minimize the appearance of job-hopping by focusing your résumé on your career history rather than your job history.

When I look back, I realize I?ve asked myself three questions about each job I?ve taken: Is it interesting? Will I learn a lot? Who will I work for?

Reuters - Announcement of President Barack Obama's financial rescue plan will be pushed back a week to the second week of February due to complications, CNN reported on Saturday, citing administration sources.

Reuters - An official in President Barack Obama's administration said on Saturday the announcement of a rescue plan for the financial system was running on schedule.