Cancer patient helps design hospitals

Diana Spellman and her husband, Stan Spellman, run Spellman Brady & Co., which provides interior planning and design, furniture purchasing, artwork planning and brand […]

Trip ends with a journey to small claims court

Kathy Porritt recently filed a lawsuit in small claims court and won a satisfactory settlement involving trip cancellation insurance.
Her story may provide inspiration to other […]

Husky bites into our dog-eat-dog gasoline market

CALGARY–Husky Energy Inc. is entering a fiercely competitive market by buying 98 southern Ontario gas stations from Suncor Energy Inc., a petroleum industry consultant […]

GE, Comcast announce joint NBC deal

General Electric and Comcast announced a joint venture worth a combined $37.25 billion on Thursday that will give the cable company eventual control of […]

MBAs get schooled in ethics

Rod Kramer thought it was going to be just another dinner at the Stanford Executive Program last summer.
An affable, popular professor at the […]

Treasuries Show No Lost Appetite With Zero Dollar Returns

Investors can’t get enough Treasuries even as the U.S. budget deficit climbs beyond $1 trillion, the government sells a record amount of debt and […]

Latvia Will Seek Agreement to Appease Bailout Donors

Latvia will seek to strike a last- minute agreement on budget cuts today to satisfy bailout terms in the latest round of brinkmanship that […]

U.S. spending surges, manufacturing misses forecasts

U.S. consumer spending rose at its fastest in nearly 8 years in August, but a persistently weak labor market and below-forecast expansion in manufacturing […]

Walmart.com bullish on growth of Marketplace

Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s online unit is bullish on the prospects for Marketplace, a service it recently launched to offer shoppers a deeper selection of […]

Wells Fargo chairman Kovacevich to retire

Wells Fargo & Co said on Tuesday former Chief Executive Dick Kovacevich will retire as chairman on January 1 and current Chief Executive John […]