The fear that has been hanging over markets for most of August lifted on Wednesday. For how long remains anyone's guess.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to have interim rules governing genetically modified sugar beets in place by the end of the year after a judge revoked the government's approval of the plants

China has failed to honor promises to the World Trade Organization to open its oil and phone markets, a European business group said Thursday, adding to complaints of worsening conditions for foreign

Apple Inc. is refining its plans to annex the living room into its entertainment empire.

China wants people who buy new cell phone numbers to register their personal details, joining many European and Asian countries in curbing the anonymous use of mobile technology.

Users of Apple Inc.'s iTunes software will now be able to see what songs their friends are buying and where their favorite bands are playing next.

Five projects are still in the running for Missouri's 13th and final casino license, and now the race is officially on.

A group of local developers has put in a bid to buy Fenton's empty Chrysler assembly site, St. Louis County's top economic development official said Wednesday.

The former chief of Lehman Brothers told a panel investigating the financial crisis that the Wall Street firm could have been rescued, but regulators refused to help _ even though they later bailed ou

Xerox Corp. has this message for you: For the last time, we're not just about making copies.

New report shows regional market remains soft

Hovnanian Enterprises Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter loss narrowed versus the prior-year period as the homebuilder booked fewer land-related write-downs. But signed contracts on new home

Americans nervous about the drumbeat of bad economic news stayed away from auto showrooms. Automakers nervous about their bottom lines didn't offer deals to lure them in.

Companies have a gap of $506 billion

Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom?

Greenpeace said about 500,000 Facebook users have urged the world's largest online social network to abandon plans to buy electricity from a coal-based energy company for its new data center in the U.

Funds would be managed by business incubators

The music monthly Paste magazine is shuttering its print publication after struggling financially for more than a year.

The unemployment rate rose in nearly half of the nation's 372 largest metro areas in July, as the pace of hiring slowed from earlier this year.

A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks have overru