Crude oil closed at $143.57 a barrel, another record, after the Energy Department reported an unexpected decline in inventories.

Two new digital pens don’t need special paper to write on. But there are a few glitches.

Samuel Israel III, a fugitive hedge fund swindler, faked his suicide on the day he was to report to prison.

Wall Street gave up a brief rally and resumed a sell-off after oil hit a new record and factory orders showed the weakest performance in three months in May.

In London, the Treasury secretary called for a new regulatory system that would allow even large financial institutions to fail without risking a wider market collapse.

Wall Street gave up a brief rally and resumed a sell-off after oil hit a new record and factory orders showed the weakest performance in three months in May.

Many of the first wave of America’s baby boomers are taking early retirement and turning their hobbies into small businesses. Very small businesses.

The surrender of Samuel Israel III to law enforcement officials ended a manhunt that began shortly after he faked his suicide on the day he was to report to prison.

Kekst and Company, based in New York, has been behind the scenes of some of the largest and most contested takeovers in history.

Both Britain and the United States must overhaul the methods of their financial watchdogs to allow for better advance warning of trouble in world markets, the Treasury secretary said in London.