South Korean police estimate 50,000 people turned out in Seoul Saturday in the latest protest against the resumption of U.S. beef...

RUSUTSU, Japan – The world's top industrialized nations begin their annual summit Monday confronted with demands they reinvigorate the world economy, push ahead languishing climate change talks...

TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - Microsoft Corp. plans to acquire the 50.1% it doesn't already own in MSN Israel Ltd. from partner Internet Gold Ltd., the companies said on...

will decide whether it will sell its stake in BlackRock early this week, CNBC has learned.Merrill Chief Executive John Thain will likely sell no more than a 25 percent stake...

Yet in recent months, SDG&E's plans to meet future spikes in energy demand have been frustrated on a variety of fronts:  Last month, state regulators delayed SDG&E's fiercely...

, I was confused as to what was going on. But after seeing two such vehicles at corners, each of which had a URL emblazoned on the side, I figured it out: The photographers were taking pictures of...

But despite a sharp decline in network viewers in the 2007-08 season due to the 100-day Writers Guild of America strike and an increase in the cable audience, advance sales of ads for the fall season...

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Climate change will be among the top topics at this week's summit of the Group of Eight leading industrial nations, according to Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda, who...

Microsoft Corporation and Internet Gold have reached an agreement to have Microsoft independently operate a MSN Israel...

WASHINGTON Everyone is concerned about the rising cost of gas, but are you willing to change your driving habits to conserve? CBS station WJZ-TV reporter Dennis Edwards reports one senator wants...

There is an old Buddhist saying that “wisdom comes from one’s mind, while misfortune comes from one’s mouth.”Some of my most painful memories are of times when I let my...

, I was confused as to what was going on. But after seeing two such vehicles at corners, each of which had a URL emblazoned on the side, I figured it out: The photographers were taking pictures of...

AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (MarketWatch) -- Renault SA (13190.FR) Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn said Saturday the company is getting ready to mass produce electric cars to offset rising energy...

By Reuters U.S. President George W. Bush said on Sunday the American economy was not growing as quickly as he would like and that his administration supported a strong U.S. dollar...

State of Observed Species " report produced by the International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University and an international committee of taxonomists. From among those...

In Pictures: Ten Elements Of A Sound Business Plan The further you climb the investment food chain, the more critical your company's ultimate potential becomes. Many friends and family...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Stocks are expected to come under further pressure next week, as surging crude oil prices threaten to tip the broad market more convincingly into bear-market...

Global challenges like soaring oil prices and the Earth's rising temperature await President Bush at a summit of top industrialized nations, but first he set out to soothe emotions on a sensitive...

DURHAM -- The city and county of Durham expect to pay some $30 million in cash to private companies by the time economic incentive deals now on the books are completed. Officials believe that the...

The national average for regular unleaded gas was $4.103 on Saturday, up almost 3% from a month ago and up 39% from last year, according to the American Automobile Association's Fuel Gauge Report....

The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators are testing other...

4. Friends who are smart about finances. Both technically and emotionally, foreclosure is a tough thing to handle. Running your situation by someone in the financial space -- someone you've worked...

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- The good thing about new tax bills, such as the Tax Increase Prevention and Reconciliation Act of 2005 or TIPRA for short, is that it keeps accountants, lawyers and financial...

Every spring, the U.S. Army designates a set of top inventions from the preceding year. Rather than radical, out-of-the-blue creations, the list tends more toward refinements on existing gear, but...

DAMASCUS, MD (Marketwatch) -- We will say this about the Scion xD -- if this is what life will be like in the land of $4 and $5 a gallon gasoline, things won't be too...

WASHINGTON – The problems do not get any easier as President Bush attends his final summit with leaders of industrialized democracies. Disputes over global warming, worries about soaring oil...

Obama supports a broader role for government than does McCain. Both envision the Federal Housing Administration providing new, cheaper mortgages to distressed homeowners who otherwise would have...

LAS VEGAS – Despite the weak U.S. dollar, a boom in international travel around the world hasn't translated into an explosion of foreign tourists to the United States. Explanations range...

WASHINGTON (AP) ― Dying of cancer, Thomas Amschwand did everything he was told to make sure his wife would collect on the life insurance policy he had through his employer."He was obsessed...

WASHINGTON – The government on Saturday increased the number of people reported being sickened in a record salmonella outbreak in which tomatoes are the leading suspect although investigators...

“There are a lot of people with new wealth looking for relaxation and enjoyment,” said John Dane III, president of privately owned Trinity Yachts, the largest U.S. builder. These days,...

PENSACOLA, Fla. – Oil companies once viewed drilling in the deep waters off Florida as cost prohibitive. Politicians feared even the slightest sign of support would be career suicide. No...

The line for the Apple iPhone 3G began to form Friday--an entire week before the device goes on sale. Frankly, one shouldn't encourage such behavior by actually covering it. But if I were in...

can go a long way toward verifying that you are really looking at the website you expect. Anyone doing financial transactions online would be well served to use it. When banks explain why their...

Banks fell on Friday after analysts at Goldman Sachs cut earnings estimates on 40 lenders in Europe and said banks may have to withhold the equivalent of one year of...

Worst Cities For Homeowner Debt The NAHB Housing Opportunity Index (HOI) is a calculation of how many homes sold in a particular quarter were affordable to the median household. The rating...

Two months ago, Google held a series of secret focus groups with employees who have children in Google's day care facilities. The purpose was to gauge their reaction to the company's plan to raise...

This problem is ingrained at Microsoft, which feels the need to brand everything, but it is in no way limited to them. A search on Sourceforge for "issue tracker" gives 585 results. Sifting through...

reflects on the growing independence of knowledge workers in the network economy and predicts the rise of "Digital Nomads:" "If you spend as much time on the road as I do, you're likely to run into...

. It never ceases to amaze me at how needless some of the open-source community's development efforts are. Did we really need yet another Linux distribution? What is Sidux's claim to fame, besides...

This is a clever shift of the argument, trying to preserve the status quo while it's clear that the European Commission is looking forward to improve interoperability, rather than backward to defend...

Become a better trader with technical analysis of the market's trading ranges, exit and entry points, breakout signals and more — including five stocks poised to move in each...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The profits of large U.S. companies are poised for their fourth straight year-over-year drop, with the housing market collapse and high energy prices accounting for...

PENSACOLA, Fla.--If you've ever watched a Blue Angels show, you may not have known that when the F-18 pilots are screaming across the sky, less than 2 feet apart, they're probably not looking...

When Automotive News ran its last Chrysler future product forecast on Oct. 22, the average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline was $2.82. Now, eight months later, the average price per...

Google has been ordered to turn over YouTube user data to Viacom. But Viacom will be guilty of contempt of court if it uses that data for anything other than specifically proving the prevalence of...

TechRepublic runs a regular series called "Cracking Open" in which it takes a look inside a variety of gadgets. CNET News.com is publishing this excerpt of a photo gallery. The Apple Mac is one...

Tagged: Business â?¢ Canada â?¢ General Motors Corporate â?¢ GM â?¢ GM Canada â?¢ Monthly sales report Oshawa, Ontario, July 2, 2008 â?? For June 2008, General Motors of Canada dealers...

NEW YORK (AP) ― Dismissing privacy concerns, a federal judge overseeing a $1 billion copyright-infringement lawsuit against YouTube has ordered the popular online video-sharing service to...

Not long ago, no-down-payment loans were the height of fashion for home buyers. But now that lenders have tightened their standards, borrowers once again are expected to "put some skin in the game,"...