Business Wire

Leaders of 21 nations that comprise half the world's economy say it's vital not to abandon free trade - no matter how punishing the global downturn gets.

Pressure is intensifying on Citigroup to sell part or all of itself, now that its stock has slipped below $4 a share at a time when fears of future loan losses have increased.

Der Spiegel reports Daimler AG has paid its dealerships $66.3 million for losses and offered up another $12.5 million so the dealerships can buy showroom models.

A federal judge has ordered Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer to testify in a class-action lawsuit challenging the company's marketing of its Windows Vista operating system.

The Dillard's Inc. department store chain says it is eliminating about 500 jobs from its workforce of 60,000 people.