Car booster seats have made strides in ensuring a proper fit for children in the back seat, according to a review by the insurance industry, though just over 10 percent of those evaluated weren't reco

The company has already reorganized in response to tighter Pentagon budgets.

Russian aviation investigators have launched a probe into the emergency landing of a passenger jet that rolled into a forest without hurting anyone.

In a landmark ruling Wednesday, an Indian court said Vodafone Group Plc is liable for an estimated $2.6 billion in taxes for its 2007 acquisition of one of India's largest mobile phone companies.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and national nonprofit organizations said Tuesday they want Craigslist to be "a model for good policy" and officially get rid of its adult services sect

Trying to smooth over recently rocky relations before a visit to Washington, Chinese President Hu Jintao told American officials on Wednesday that he wants to see healthy and stable ties between the t

Chinese steel mills and mobile phone factories are being idled and thousands of homes in one area are doing without electricity as local governments order power cuts to meet energy-saving targets set

Tensions emerged Wednesday between Australia's deputy prime minister and a kingmaker independent lawmaker over plans to make mining companies pay more taxes, underscoring the fragility of the country'

The U.S. dollar sank to a new 15-year low against the yen on Wednesday as investors continued to buy the Japanese currency as a safe haven for their money amid uncertainty about the global economic re

McCaskill optimistic on Chinese cargo flights — Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Tuesday that she is optimistic that cargo flights from China to Lambert-St. Louis International Airport will begin

Stocks closed lower Tuesday following new worries about Europe's debt problems. Treasury prices rose and gold settled at a new high as investors sought out safe assets.

Anxiety over the "flash crash" on Wall Street on May 6 may have contributed to the withdrawal of retail investors from the stock market in recent months, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commis

The Boeing Co. will realign its military aircraft business — a move that is expected to result in some work force reductions.

The Obama administration is trying to jump-start its sputtering attempts to tackle the foreclosure crisis with an effort to assist homeowners who owe more on their properties than their homes are wort

Schutt Sports Inc. has sought bankruptcy protection a month after losing a patent infringement lawsuit brought by competitor Riddell Inc.

An explosion at Mexico's third-largest refinery Tuesday killed one worker and injured 10, the state-run oil company said.

Anxiety over May's "flash crash" on Wall Street may have contributed to the withdrawal of retail investors from the stock market in recent months, the head of the Securities and Exchange Commission sa

Microsoft Corp. co-founder Bill Gates and billionaire investor Warren Buffett plan to sell the art of giving to China's super rich in a visit later this month that's already sparked some soul searchin

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. said Tuesday it will acquire biotechnology partner ZymoGenetics Inc. for $885 million in another move by a major drugmaker to boost its pipeline by snapping up a smaller devel

Oracle Corp. founder Larry Ellison, one of the world's richest people, drew a pay package worth about $70 million during the company's most recent fiscal year.