President Obama wants more oversight. But critics want smaller banks.

What the Iranian protests are revealing about the power and weaknesses of the social-networking tool.

The mining giant Xstrata has approached its rival Anglo-American about the possibility of a merger, reports say.

Irish pay-TV broadcaster Setanta loses the rights to show English Premier League football in 2009/10, after missing a payment deadline.

Reuters - Mining group Xstrata has approached its rival Anglo American to propose a 41 billion pound ($67.07 billion) merger, the Sunday Telegraph reported.

Reuters - There is no room for governments that have borrowed billions to fight the economic crisis to accumulate more debt, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said on Sunday.

BSkyB and ESPN are among those expected to bid for Premier League rights taken from troubled broadcaster Setanta.

The European project Desertec aims to harvest the sun?s energy from the North African desert and deliver it as electricity to markets in Europe.

The popularity of social networking and other Web 2.0 phenomena is helping advertisers use consumers to spread the word for them.

Governments that have borrowed heavily to fight the economic crisis should not accumulate any more debt, the ECB president warns.

The mining giant Xstrata has approached its rival Anglo-American about the possibility of a merger, Anglo confirms

Liverpool co-owner George Gillett is to sell one of his major US assets in a deal which could ease financial pressures at the Premier League club.

BSkyB and ESPN are among those expected to bid for Premier League rights taken from troubled broadcaster Setanta.

Reuters - Mining group Xstrata has made an initial approach to rival Anglo American to propose a merger, Anglo said on Sunday.

How rising food prices are hitting Eastern Europe

BT Vision has stopped selling Setanta Sports, after the Irish broadcaster lost its rights to the English Premier league.

Reuters - Xstrata wants talks with mining rival Anglo American about a proposed merger of equals worth about $68 billion, seeking increased scale and cost synergies, Xstrata said on Sunday.

Two titans of the global mining industry, Xstrata and Anglo American, said they had begun talks that could lead to a merger.

Reuters - The worst of the global economic crisis is over, multi-billionaire financier George Soros told Polish news channel TVN24 on Sunday urging the creation of international regulations to oversee global markets.

Many smaller automakers are gaining a bigger share of the American market, most notably Hyundai and Kia.

More than half of UK jobs created in the business services sector in the past five years will be axed by 2011, a study suggests.

Many smaller automakers are gaining a bigger share of the American market, most notably Hyundai and Kia.

A lack of communication between a union and its members has typified one of the most contentious newspaper labor fights in years.

Studios have trimmed their release schedules and cut back on exclusive deals with producers, bolstering the position of a few gatekeepers.

The Washington Post?s decision to keep a two-part story of homicide and intrigue out of the print edition angered many readers who still pay for the newspaper.

Shepard Smith tries to keep the political debate grounded, even when that means contradicting his colleagues.

The new owner hopes a rebranding of the company, to be known as Mahindra Satyam, ?will re-energize the organization.?

On Voyage.tv, users can watch segments about destinations, as they would on the Travel Channel, and plan travel, as they would on Expedia.

Redbox has 15,400 kiosks that each dispense around 700 DVDs with 200 titles for $1 a day in supermarkets and discount stores.

The cable network says that success of its other shows makes it less reliant on any single one.

Researchers find that product placement in a successful movie has a correlation with a company?s share price.

Mr. Horvitz was a Carter administration official who would sometimes go to the bargaining table himself to settle major labor-management disputes.

After Google scanned millions of books without permission, some wonder how the behemoth can avoid making tsunamis instead of waves.

Reuters - National Australia Bank Ltd will pay $660 million for most of British insurer Aviva Plc's Australian businesses to become the country's dominant investment platform provider and insurance underwriter.

Investors are trying to turn phones into virtual credit cards, enabling click-and-buy commerce.

As Web-enabled smartphones have become standard, the etiquette of using them during meetings is up for debate.

A JPMorgan banker advising Access Industries is blamed for losing $98 million of the company?s money betting on risky subprime mortgage securities.

Advertisers have been shifting growing portions of their spending online, especially to social networking and other Web outlets that use consumers to spread the word free.

Adding Wikipedia articles to those from publications used by Google News began as an experiment seen by a small percentage of users.

Camps, conferences, parties and film shoots are helping to raise revenue and keep tuition down, school officials say.

Totalitarian governments are unlikely to cut off sites like Blogspot that host innocuous content alongside political speech.

Though the Obama administration?s plan to overhaul financial regulation may avoid some big battles, the president?s careful political calculus won?t spare him from sparring with lawmakers and financial firms.

The touch-screen smartphone using Google?s Android software will go on sale in early August and cost $199 with a two-year contract.