Mattel wins $100 million copyright case against makers of Bratz dolls.

New home sales rose in July, but prices continued to plunge at a record pace.

Reuters - Stocks of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the largest U.S. housing finance companies, rallied for a third straight day on Wednesday as investors grew more confident their shareholdings would not be wiped out by any government intervention.

New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods jumped a surprising 1.3 percent on strong civilian aircraft sales, while a gauge of business investment also rose unexpectedly.

The S.E.C. moved to require all American companies to use international accounting standards by 2016.

Southwest Airlines makes plans to eliminate flights in winter.

Oil rises on concerns that Tropical Storm Gustav may disrupt crude supplies.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers has asked three private equity firms to remain in bidding for its asset management arm even though the investment bank has yet decide on whether to sell the unit, the Financial Times reported.

Reuters - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods jumped a surprising 1.3 percent in July, while a gauge of business investment also rose unexpectedly, a government report showed on Wednesday.

Baseball?s playoff advertising push gets under way Thursday, when the first spots of the league?s largest ever campaign are broadcast.

Clinton and Condi make the list but some others will surprise you.

Sharing documents with your coworkers via Google Docs sure is convenient. But one little typo can turn into a big security problem.

Fannie Mae said three of its top executives were leaving as the company tries to cope with mounting losses from the troubles in the housing market.

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- U.S. stocks got off to a rocky start this week as concerns about weakness in the housing market and volatility in oil prices continued to gnaw at investors.

Now even business travelers are being squeezed for every spare buck as they fly.

The Japanese copier and printer maker said that it would acquire Ikon Office Solutions for about $1.62 billion to help it expand overseas.

CHICAGO Tucked away amid a huge array of media organizations at a journalists' convention last month was a nondescript stall that easily could have been missed among the many booths with more inviting presentations.

The British market research company Taylor Nelson Sofres rejected again a hostile bid from the WPP Group, but analysts said the company would have difficulty evading WPP.

TiVo posted a quarterly profit for only the third time in its 11-year history as the pioneer in digital video recorders improved margins on hardware and reduced marketing costs.

MBIA agreed to take control of nearly $200 billion of municipal bonds currently backed by a rival bond insurer, in a move that could help its competitor avoid bankruptcy.