The C.E.O. of Darden Restaurants, who has a background in law and theater, tries to focus on team-building and sets aside downtime to reflect on his vision.

Three Indiana state pension funds followed through on a promise to ask the Supreme Court to block the automaker?s sale to Fiat.

Iceland has agreed to repay British and Dutch government money paid to savers following the collapse of Icesave bank.

A businessman avoids jail for his role in a scheme involving illegal payments to Saddam Hussein's regime.

Economists at Ernst & Young say it will take until 2017 for Scotland to return to 2008 levels of employment.

Three Indiana state pension funds followed through on a promise to ask the Supreme Court to block the automaker?s sale to Fiat.

A group of Indiana pension funds opposed to Chrysler's sale to Fiat files an emergency appeal with the US Supreme Court.

Sir Alan Sugar says he is not joining the government, despite accepting a job from Gordon Brown as 'enterprise tsar'.

The Tories say Sir Alan Sugar must choose between his role on The Apprentice and becoming an adviser to Gordon Brown.

High Street chemist Alliance Boots says ex-HBOS boss Andy Hornby is among the runners for the post of chief executive.

AFP - Stricken German retail giant Arcandor held talks Sunday with rival Metro over a possible merger of their department store chains, after hopes of government aid looked dim, an Arcandor spokesman said.

Common cause must be found between rich countries and poorer ones, which resent the idea that they ought not pursue a similar, carbon dioxide-belching path to vitality.

Since the economic crisis deepened last autumn, the free newspaper business, heavily reliant on advertising revenue, has gone into free fall.

Are Asian airlines in crisis? Depends on who?s talking. And where.

The highest court in France ruled last week that contestants on a reality show were entitled to contracts and compensation, just as professional actors would be.

Assessing the impact on Detroit of GM's bankruptcy

Three Indiana state funds asked the Supreme Court to again delay a deal to sell most of Chrysler?s assets to Fiat.

India's struggling fishing industry in pictures

More than a million Nationwide building society customers are unable to access online accounts because of a technical problem.

AFP - Stricken German retail giant Arcandor held crunch tie-up talks with a rival firm on Sunday as reports said that the majority owner of Thomas Cook could file for insolvency imminently.

Three Indiana state funds asked the Supreme Court to again delay a deal to sell most of Chrysler?s assets to Fiat.

The C.E.O. of Darden Restaurants, who has a background in law and theater, tries to focus on team-building and sets aside downtime to reflect on his vision.

AP - Sunstone Hotel Investors Inc. said Sunday it will default on the June mortgage payment for its swanky W Hotel San Diego property and turn over the 258-room downtown hotel to lenders, after failing to lower interest payments.

As the president?s advisers have struggled with the economic crisis, Lawrence H. Summers is often at the center of difficult and heated debates.

The company, which has yet to have a film reach $100 million at the domestic box office, has hired the financial consultant Miller Buckfire, which says it specializes in ?overleveraged? companies.

Customers say that they should be given credit for the full value of the securities shown on the last account statements they received before their investor?s arrest.

There are growing signs that members of the newspaper?s largest union may reject a package of deep cutbacks in wages, benefits and job security.

The company is in advanced talks to sell Barclays Global Investors, its highly regarded asset-management arm, to BlackRock for more than $10 billion, people briefed on the matter said.

Acquirers of start-ups that develop apps have been lured by the potential of a steady revenue stream, perhaps more lucractive than offerings on Web sites.

An established buyer of scrap gold adjusts its message to attract women with an excess of jewelry that has lost its sentimental luster.

In Wikipedia?s less-traveled corners are obscure entries where the facts, point of view and wording can cause heated editing fights.

A 20 percent weight reduction is expected to reduce costs and cut carbon emissions by more than 30 percent.

The annual Computex computer show moved beyond desktops and laptops to new hybrids of cellphones and computers. Some call the meldings ?convergence,? others ?Franken-products.?

Reruns of sitcoms, which the network envisions children and parents watching together, will begin at 8 p.m.

Consumer Reports, a zealously independent publication, recently sent out a survey on its automotive issue seeking guidance on its cover and presentation.

Mr. Bernstein embraced and spread efficient market theory, an alternative to stock-picking. He changed the way Americans invest.

G.M.?s fall into bankruptcy isn?t the nightmare scenario for derivatives that some expected.

In Midtown, a farewell to an era of print?s dominance. Meanwhile, downtown, the new titans celebrated their arrival.

Reuters - BlackRock Inc is trying to clinch a deal for a Barclays unit, but Bank of New York Mellon could step in with an offer for Barclays Global Investors if the talks drag on, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

Under the plan, companies that received two rounds of federal bailouts would submit major executive pay changes for approval by a new federal monitor.

There are growing signs that members of the newspaper?s largest union may reject a package of deep cutbacks in wages, benefits and job security.

After Comedy Central and the Sci Fi Channel, Sharon Levy is out to refocus the channel with a reputation as a sort of Maxim magazine for television.

Three Indiana state funds asked the justices to again delay a deal to sell most of Chrysler?s assets to Fiat.

Substantial questions have been raised over a $5 billion government effort to help states in hot climates save on air-conditioning.

Clients of Fidelity Investments will have access to stock offerings by companies owned by the private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis.

A 20 percent weight reduction in DVD packaging is expected to reduce costs and cut carbon emissions by more than 30 percent.

The Pre smartphone is regarded as Palm?s best chance to claw back market share from Apple and Research in Motion.

Banks sent out only about 500 million credit card solicitations in the first quarter, half as many as in the last three months of 2008.

Mr. Bernstein embraced and spread efficient market theory, an alternative to stock-picking. He changed the way Americans invest.

Reuters - Boston mutual fund giant Fidelity Investments and New York private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. have struck a deal to sell shares of KKR initial public offerings to retail customers, hoping for a comeback in the frozen market.