Will carbon trading work?

Carbon trading -- with its mix of free-market principles and government regulation -- holds global appeal as a way for businesses to reduce emissions. But lack of a global market for carbon trade and questions over surveillance and accounting for pollution offsets raises questions about its viability.

Stocks ended little changed Monday, although the Nasdaq managed to close at an 18-month high, as investors weighed corporate deals, a stronger dollar and weaker commodity prices ahead of key economic news due later this week.

Thanks to astronomic word-of-mouth, inflated 3-D ticket prices, and consecutive holiday weekends that began on a Friday, "Avatar" continued its seemingly unstoppable climb to the Hallelujah Mountains of U.S. and global box office.

Who would open one of the world's biggest casinos in the depths of a global recession?

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When caterer Francine Powers got summoned to the big leagues, the call came out of the blue: The phone in her home office rang, and on the other end was an invitation to try out for a shot at the Super Bowl.

Economy sends more workers back to school for extra degrees

Google says it is rolling back its self-censorship in a move that seems to indicate that despite attempts to build strong government relations the search engine has finally had enough of doing business the China way.

It hasn't been a good year for the black and gold.

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Take a glimpse of the near future. Electric vehicles and other types of eco-friendly cars are taking center stage at the 41st Tokyo Motor Show, which runs through November 4.

There's a lot of head-scratching at the CIA over an article in Vanity Fair magazine that dubs Erik Prince, the founder of the notorious private military contractor Blackwater, a "tycoon, contractor, soldier, spy."

Toyota president Akio Toyoda accepted on Thursday a formal invitation to testify at a U.S. Congressional hearing. Toyoda had initially said he would not appear before the committee but would instead send North America chief Yoshimi Inaba.

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.

Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company at the center of NBC's prime-time comedy "The Office," is facing bankruptcy. Staffers in the Scranton branch are anxious about their fate.

The board of British chocolate maker Cadbury accepts a buyout offer from American food giant Kraft, a deal that will end the nearly 200-year-old independence of the beloved British brand.