Edward B. Montgomery can?t bring auto jobs back, but he?s helping depressed former car-assembly towns tap federal money to build new futures.

Despite reports of unintended accelerations, Toyota denied the problems existed in Japan, where a pro-business culture undermines consumer protections.

A referendum on a deal to repay British and Dutch customers for losses from a failed Icelandic bank has so incensed residents it has little chance of passing.

A new company in New York is offering coaching, at a price, for college graduates who are struggling to find a job.

This year, as it did with the Penguins, Senators and the Islanders in the past, the league is trying to guide a franchise that is under its wing rather than actively steering it.

Mr. Jaffe expanded the trade magazine?s reach and burnished the reputation of the advertising industry?s awards for excellence.

BioShock 2 is fun, but it is also a bit stagnant in its creative ambition.

A group of guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art has started Sw!pe, a journal meant to highlight their own art.

At risk of running out of money in May, Miami?s public health care system is also considering laying off 4,487 employees, a third of its work force.

Despite a vote by the City Council last year to demolish Michigan Central Station, many in Detroit now want to find a new use for the 97-year-old building.

A surprisingly good jobs report invigorated investors, reviving optimism that the economic recovery might be strengthening.

Merck?s Australian unit failed to warn a doctor about heart risks associated with its painkiller Vioxx, a court in Melbourne found.

The American International Group said on Friday that it planned to sell its 13.8 percent stake in a reinsurer, Transatlantic Holdings.

Millions of energy customers are losing out on price cuts as they are locked into 'unfair' fixed tariffs, a consumer website says.

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel has avoided giving debt-plagued Greece a commitment of financial assistance, as Athens was rattled by more strikes and violent protests by unions outraged by harsh economic austerity measures.

Reuters - General Motors will pay Stephen Girsky, recently appointed vice chairman in charge of corporate strategy and business development, around $5 million a year, mainly in stocks, the company said on Friday.

Edward B. Montgomery is helping depressed former assembly towns tap federal money to build new futures.

Iceland is voting on a deal to repay the UK and Netherlands over the Icesave bank collapse, with a big 'no' vote expected.

Voting began Saturday in a referendum on a deal to repay British and Dutch customers for losses from a failed Icelandic bank that has so incensed residents it has little chance of passing.

AP - American International Group Inc. will receive a termination fee of $230.6 million if the sale of its Asian life insurance business to Britain's Prudential PLC falls through.

PR Newswire - Background: Yesterday, Gov. Bill Ritter, Xcel Energy and a coalition of lawmakers, energy companies and environmentalists announced agreement on the proposed Colorado Clean Air-Clean Jobs Act legislation that will lead the nation in cutting air pollution, creating jobs and increasing the use of cleaner energy sources.

As Toyota stumbles through its recall ordeal, G.M. and Ford have been handed a big chance to make their argument on quality to American consumers.

Meridee A. Moore of Watershed Asset Management, a hedge fund, likes the back-and-forth of working in an open space. Private offices, she says, are lonely.

In its wide, wide world, Facebook has the advantage of ?network effects? ? making its value grow in tandem with the number of people who use it.

Women make up half of today?s work force, but they must still deal with a well-entrenched double standard when it comes to gender-acceptable behavior.

Hyune Hand, president of Hoover?s, the business information service, says that ?instead of trying to manage a career, focus on your achievements and try to be the best you can be.?

China?s central bank governor said that Beijing is using its controversial exchange-rate controls to cope with the global economic crisis.

Finding a new flight after a major weather cancellation is complicated. But certain strategies can pay off.

In the age of bailouts, rescuing some stores that provide neighborhoods? fabric involves numbers that do not end in ?illions.?.

Across the country, cities, towns and school districts are dealing with the mess wrought by credit default swaps.

A decade after the dot-com bust, the Internet economy in New York is springing back to life.

New types of housing finance institutions could lead the United States to develop new types of housing.

In a new book, Eamon Javers tries to get private-sector rent-a-spies to divulge their mysteries.

For the first time since the global credit crisis, spreading bets across different geographic regions is proving worthwhile.

After a stirring men?s hockey tournament in Vancouver, the N.H.L. may decide not to participate in the Sochi Games in 2014.

A Times analysis shows that the U.S. has awarded companies with more than $107 billion in contracts and other benefits while they were doing business with Iran, despite efforts to block investment there.

AP - Actor and activist Danny Glover is calling on Academy Awards nominees and others in the film industry to not wear Hugo Boss suits at Sunday's awards ceremony.

AFP - Macedonia's government on Saturday unveiled a new set of anti-crisis measures in a bid to cope with the economic fallout from the global financial crisis.

AP - Toyota Motor Corp. is trying to undercut allegations that its electronics systems caused the sudden acceleration problems that led to the recall of more than 8 million vehicles.

Zhou Xiaochuan said China should be ?very cautious? about revaluing its currency, also known as the yuan, as long as major economies remained mired in slow growth.

To the Editor: Gretchen Morgenson is right in calling on Washington to regulate credit default swaps, which were responsible for a good part of the financial crisis.

Re ?The Buried Treasure in Your TV Dial? (Economic View, Feb. 28): How long would such a sum last, however, in an era of military adventures and over 700 foreign military bases?

Infrastructure investment to prevent Asian carp from entering Lake Michigan from Illinois waterways in the Chicago area could have financial benefits, business and environmental groups say.

When Germans think they?ll have to bail out Greeks, centuries of bad feelings on both sides come out of hiding. Can a new Europe put them back in their cage?

Tehran is playing its hand as if its untapped oil reserves give it a trump card. But the longer the nuclear stalemate drags on, the more that strategy is in doubt.

Voters in Iceland overwhelmingly reject proposals to repay debts to the UK and the Netherlands in the wake of the Icesave collapse.

Small banks still dominate huge swaths of the country and hold nearly half of bank deposits over all.

There are signs that people may soon be back to surveying their wardrobes with a more unforgiving air, followed by a trip to the store.

Showing the depth of their rage at bankers, the government and what they saw as foreign bullying, Icelanders overwhelmingly said no to a plan to reimburse customers of a failed Icelandic bank.

Seeking support for an overhaul, the administration is pointing to a Goldman Sachs study suggesting investors buy insurance shares because rates are up and competition is down.

As Toyota stumbles through its recall ordeal, G.M. and Ford have been handed a big chance to make their argument on quality to American consumers.

AP - China faces mounting pressure from trading partners to loosen currency controls and is giving signs it might raise the value of the yuan to ease strains on its fast-growing economy.