Michael Jackson?s business life, like his public life, was a perplexing mass of contradictions, and his personal finances, at least in recent years, were perpetually in tatters.

Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff and his wife are stripped of their wealth, as he awaits sentencing for massive fraud.

TMZ, a celebrity news Web site, reported Michael Jackson?s death well ahead of traditional news outlets, which hesitated to follow suit.

Tax cuts and increases on Social Security checks lifted personal incomes in May, but it appears that many people are putting that money away instead of spending it.

The city regulator will end commission payments to pension and investment advisers under plans to begin in 2012.

Reuters - Volkswagen and its key shareholder, the state of Lower Saxony, have confronted Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) with an ultimatum to accept a tie-up of the two carmakers under VW's tutelage or else face more severe financial turmoil, Web site Spiegel online reported.

Reuters - Bank of New York Mellon Corp will have further writedowns as a result of the securitized mortgages it still has on its books, the bank's chief executive was quoted as saying on Saturday.

Reuters - Porsche (PSHG_p.DE) accused Volkswagen and its key shareholder Lower Saxony of extortion following a magazine report that VW and the regional state had demanded Porsche accept a tie-up of the two carmakers with VW in charge.

Reuters - The potential buyer of General Motors Corp's Hummer division will begin formal talks with Chinese regulators on Monday in an effort to win approval for its acquisition, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Michael Jackson?s business life was a mass of contradictions, and his finances in recent years were perpetually in tatters.

Reuters - Too many regulators will only increase costs and reduce credit opportunities for consumers, JPMorgan Chase & Co Chief Executive Jamie Dimon warned in a column he wrote in Saturday's Wall Street Journal.

Reuters - Italian automaker Fiat is open to issuing a bond for institutional or retail investors, or both, Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne said on Saturday, according to news agency Ansa.

In bad times, the Four Seasons model of spare-nothing service is worrying the owners of the hotels it manages, but it resists cutbacks that could diminish its brand.

In the PC industry?s worst slump ever, a Taiwanese company is taking aim at both Dell and Hewlett-Packard.

The latest version of RealPlayer is out, and it has some cool new features. But have online music and video passed it by?

Aardvark, a new Web service, looks to your Facebook friends, and friends of friends, when you ask it a question.

Digital techniques to compile, exchange and assess lists of actors have simplified casting, and could be used in other industries.

An important question about any public provider of health insurance is whether it would have access to taxpayer funds.

Think you?re getting a refund? Check the fine print.

Weary of long inflexible hours and a commute, a Wall Street worker moves into the ice cream business.

Inspired by entrepreneurial celebrities like Steven P. Jobs of Apple, many teenagers are choosing to create their own jobs rather than rely on a sagging job market.

Leading Democrats say they are more than happy to have the energy bill serve as a signature issue because it represents a transformative moment.

Courts don?t always follow the ?absolute priority? order in bankruptcies, so stockholders could get something.

The British clothing company, which has been updating and repositioning its products, does the same with its U.S. headquarters.

Mario Moretti Polegato, the chairman of Geox, says he came up with the idea of a breathable shoe while walking in the Nevada desert.

Initial quality of vehicles improved 8 percent when compared with 2008, according to a new study, with Toyota models topping this year?s study.

While the global recession has sent prices plummeting on airfares, hotels and cruises, it is having the opposite effect on rental cars.

The already suffering golf industry has seen its revenue from things like membership fees, greens fees and events catering shrink further since the recession?s onset.

The Tata Nano, which has a base price starting at $2,200, proved agile and fun to hustle around the test track.

Global superstardom on the level that Mr. Jackson achieved is all but impossible for pop culture heroes today, and it will quite likely never be possible again.

The Powell family left the South in the 1960s, seeking better opportunities up North in the auto industry. Now the life they built is in danger of slipping away.

After criticizing Zicam?s maker, independent research analyst Tim Mulligan was subpoenaed. And the fight began.

A focus on winning over the employees, almost as if they can vote, is the better approach for the long run, says Daniel P. Amos, Aflac?s chief.

AP - Amazon.com said Friday it has pulled the plug on commissions for North Carolina Web sites that make referrals to the online retailer because a law designed to collect sales taxes on these transactions could soon be enacted.

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The deal between General Motors and the Obama administration solves a problem that could have troubled the company?s plan for quick restructuring.