Global markets in big selloff
International stock markets tumbled Friday over concerns about the debt crisis in several European nations.
Many bosses like to run their businesses in a way that suggests they've missed their vocation in life, such is their fondness for barking orders at their staff. All they seem to lack are some epaulettes, a peaked cap and a one-way ticket to a military academy.
Since the financial crisis struck, accounting scams -- like the multi-billion dollar Bernard Madoff scheme -- have made regular headlines. White-collar criminals use tactics that are equal parts accounting, equal parts psychology, to perpetrate their crimes.
A small part that tells computers on some highly-automated Airbus aircraft how fast the plane is flying became a concern again Wednesday.
Airplane lavatories are among the few unisex bathrooms most people encounter, but that's about to change for some air travelers.
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As the chairwoman of South Korea's Hyundai Group, Hyun Jeong-eun faces business challenges few other executives can imagine. Besides managing massive operations in finance, manufacturing, and transport, she oversees operations in the secretive state of North Korea.
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Economy sends more workers back to school for extra degrees
Americans are split over whether China represents a military threat to the United States -- but there is no doubt in the public's mind that the country poses an economic threat, according to a new national poll.
To offset carbon dioxide, a Japanese airline is asking its passengers to go to the toilet before boarding.
The Australian government has asked the Chinese government to treat the bribery case against four Rio Tinto employees "transparently and expeditiously."
Google and Yahoo plan to fight a lawsuit filed last week by Xerox, which claims that the two search-engine giants infringed on the copier and printing company's patents.
Got a job offer or thinking of making a career move in 2010? You would be wise to do your homework to avoid ruining your next move, new research suggests.
Since cratering at 12-year lows in March, the S&P 500 has staged a powerful rebound as investors turned what could have been an abysmal 2009 into the second best year of the decade for stock returns.
Don't look for Iran to throw up the white flag anytime soon.