British Airways canceled more than 1,000 flights after its cabin crew launched a three-day strike Saturday, wreaking havoc on the plans of tens of thousands of passengers just before the busy spring holiday season.
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke made a fresh pitch Saturday to retain oversight of small banks, contending that what the Fed learns from that role helps it assess the overall health of the entire U.S. financial system.
The Agriculture Department has failed to enforce penalties against some who falsely marketed foods as organic, according to an internal department investigation.
A Lehman Brothers whistleblower warned his bosses that accounting gimmicks the bank used before its collapse may have been illegal, his lawyer said Friday.
Viacom Inc. and Google Inc.'s YouTube site began airing each other's dirty laundry Thursday, providing a tantalizing peek at the wheeling and dealing that triggered a bitter battle over the copyright laws governing the Internet.
A new Labor Department report said more than 11 million Americans are now getting unemployment benefits. At the same time, a British company is introducing a $200,000 sports car built with Formula One race technology to North America.
Japanese fish dealers on Friday welcomed the rejection of a proposed trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna - a prized ingredient of sushi - while urging that existing quotas be more strictly enforced to protect the species from overfishing.
A three-day strike by British Airways cabin crew is set to start at midnight Friday after last-ditch talks between the airline's management and union leaders collapsed.
Porsche shot to the top of a closely watched study of long-term vehicle dependability, overtaking U.S. and Japanese rivals, J.D. Power and Associates said Thursday.
Banks weren't the only ones giving big bonuses in the boom years before the worst financial crisis in generations. The government also was handing out millions of dollars to bank regulators even as an avalanche of risky mortgages helped create the meltdown.
President Barack Obama says small-business owners especially will benefit from a jobs bill that he plans to sign on Thursday. The bill includes about $18 billion in tax breaks and pumps $20 billion into highway and transit programs.
The head of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Thursday the agency will decide soon whether to end a government guarantee for special deposit accounts in banks used by businesses.
Two former employees accused of helping fraudulent Wall Street financier Bernard Madoff program an old computer to generate false records have been indicted.