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Wu Jianping, the head of China’s food safety watchdog, died after falling from a building, an government official said, amid an investigation into his financial problems.

Like other energy alternatives, heat pumps have won new admirers as energy costs have skyrocketed, and the small businesses that install them have seen sales surge.

Wu Jianping, the head of China’s food safety watchdog, died after falling from a building, an government official said, amid an investigation into his financial problems.

Credit Suisse was fined $11.2 million for pricing errors in some asset-backed securities, an indication of tighter oversight of the investment banking sector.

Chrysler plans to spend $1.8 billion retooling a Detroit factory that builds Jeeps so that it can start making a more fuel-efficient, car-based crossover vehicle there.

The Bank of England offered a pessimistic outlook for the rest of the year, saying it expected inflation to hit 5 percent, while Japan appears to be flirting with recession.

Retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months, as economic woes combined to blunt the impact of government stimulus payments.

The biotechnology giant Genentech turned down a buyout offer from its majority owner Roche, saying the $43.7 billion takeover bid undervalues the company.

The government said retail sales fell in July, the weakest performance in five months as economic woes combined to blunt the impact of billions in government stimulus payments.