The White House will ask for the government to be given the authority to buy billions of dollars in stock in the mortgage companies.

The saying that you cannot tell the players without a scorecard is being refreshed for the back-to-school shopping season.

E-mail users over 70 believe more firmly in prompt replies than people in any other age group, according to a recently released study.

Small, niche booksellers have been closing right and left, but that has not deterred Barnes & Noble from expanding into one of their businesses.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss charges of conspiracy and tax evasion against John J. Rigas, and his son, Timothy.

Big lenders say they are doing all they can to help imperiled borrowers, but critics contend homeowners routinely meet roadblocks.

Helped by their lobbying, the imperiled mortgage finance companies resisted stronger oversight as they expanded.

Yahoo’s decision is another broadside between the company and Microsoft, two months after the software giant withdrew its $47.5 billion takeover offer.

Yahoo said on Saturday that it had rejected a renewed proposal by Microsoft – together with the activist investor Carl C. Icahn – to buy the beleaguered Internet company’s search business.

Helped along by robust lobbying efforts, the imperiled mortgage finance companies resisted stronger oversight as they expanded.