Whether prompted by rising airfares or the specter of fewer available flights, tour operators say travelers have been booking unusually early this year.

A look at the local community bank, where bankers try to make prudent loans within the community and try to keep customers from making a mess of their finances.

Taking another look at the local community bank, where bankers try to make prudent loans within the community and try to keep customers from making a mess of their finances.

Two recent initiatives allow struggling homeowners who lose their mortgages to stay in their homes and work their way back to financial solvency.

Thirty years on, the fertility business could use some rethinking.

A company called Insurent offers to insure the rent on an apartment, helping freshly minted college graduates and professionals relocating from overseas get apartments in New York.

Bill Miller, the portfolio manager at Legg Mason whose funds hold a large stake in Yahoo, said that he would vote its shares in favor of electing Yahoo’s current board of directors.

South African mobile phone group MTN and India’s Reliance Communications called off talks aimed at creating a top-10 global telecoms group, saying they could not reach a deal.

Citigroup’s chief executive positioned the loss, largely caused by $7.2 billion of loan write-downs, as progress.

The American market, traditionally the world’s biggest for business jets, has slipped amid worries about the U.S. economy, while other markets, like Russia, South Asia and the Mideast, are growing.