Trademark issues may take on a higher profile, fueled by the escalating value of brands in general and trademark holders increasingly trying to assert their rights, especially on the Internet.

Under the terms of the deal, Commerzbank will initially acquire 60.2 percent of Dresdner, one of the oldest German banks, and will buy the remainder by the end of next year.

The volume of mailed solicitations for credit cards dropped steeply in the second quarter of this year, with 14 percent fewer pitches sent than in the same period last year.

New female college graduates, raised in a post-feminist culture, can have a hard time adjusting to a work place where gender bias still exists.

Two billionaires are fighting over whether the rules for the next America’s Cup disqualify a $10 million yacht.

Months before a new hotel is to open in Cancún, Mexico, the owner of the site began marketing the hotel brand.

The effects of stimulus plans are debatable, and funding them by taxing oil companies, whose shareholders for the most part are not rich, does not seem fair.

Steven A. Davis is the chief executive of Bob Evans Farms in Columbus, Ohio.

If you are properly cultivating your career — regularly meeting with contacts, attending industry events and being active on social networking sites — a hunt for new work shouldn’t be noticeable.

There is a big temptation for companies to cut their R.& D. spending, especially during bear markets. But such thinking is shortsighted, a study says.