BUSINESS

Should banks with off-balance-sheet products that paired up yield-seeking investors and cash-strapped companies shield investors from losses?

Thai political strife is reaching beyond its own borders as Thailand-Myanmar joint projects are shelved.

The EPA took three years to wade through 1.1 million comments and emphasized likely environmental damage coming from any large-scale mine.

J.C. Penney announced scores of store closings and thousands of layoffs. Here's a list of the areas getting hit.

According to a public disclosure by security researcher Daniel Wood, Starbucks has been storing user login credentials in clear text in its iOS mobile payment app.

Americans' love affair with the tablet shows no signs of abating.

One of the largest sugar retailers in the U.K. is expecting a grim 2014, and a recent announcement from India only adds to fears.

More children are suffering along with their parents as unemployment continues to dog the economy.

Goldman paid its staff the second lowest compensation total (as a percentage of revenues) since the firm went public.

Given the U.S. economy's size, it's almost impossible for claims to fall below 300,000 - but we're making a run at it.

Quarterly earnings were down $1 per share from a year earlier and fourth quarter revenue was more than $1 billion less than it was a year ago.

The company’s scant three-sentence comment on holiday sales last week raised doubts about the store’s performance in the crucial holiday season.

The struggling electronics retailer cut its fourth-quarter earnings forecast, due to price pressure, among other factors.

Lucasfilm's 'Sandcrawler' building features a Yoda fountain, a 100-seat theater and state-of-the-art digital production capabilities.

Earnings of banking heavyweights, and data on jobs and inflation should provide direction to the markets.

Investors will focus on GE's industrial operations, as the company prepares to spin off its consumer finance business.

Consumer price inflation figures from Europe for December did not hold any surprises.

Is there a mini-retail revolution occurring in rural China?

The Yellen-Fischer duo arrives at a crucial time. Their task now is to manage the QE exit while avoiding major hiccups.

Three years after Fukushima, England continues to advance its nuclear energy program with three plants in progress.

Think Panama is an economic under-performer? Think again.

Business travel finished 2013 with stronger-than-expected growth and, according to a new report from GBTA, 2014 will be even rosier.

RealtyTrac, in its report released Monday, said that foreclosure filings were down 53 percent from their peak in 2010.

The trial of the case would have once again put the focus on the pop star's private life and final days.

The e-networking site’s latest move is being regarded as a precursor to a formal launch in the country.

The entertainment franchise will be acquired by a PE firm run by billionaire Leon Black, the Financial Times reported Thursday.

Hans Vestberg is in the running, but the software firm's search process is far from over.

Shares of J.C. Penney Company, Inc. fell in extended-hours trading after the retailer announced it plans to close 33 stores and lay off 2,000 employees.

AOL will keep just a small stake in the network of local news sites.