MSNBC is removing the longtime host Dan Abrams — its onetime general manager — from his 9 p.m. program and replacing him with Rachel Maddow.

Top Chrysler executives are determined to fix the company, and executives at Cerberus Capital, Chrysler’s new private-equity owner, say they will get the chance.

The world’s biggest computer maker reported a higher quarterly profit on strong international sales in its notebook computer and printer businesses.

In the first half of this year, four major retailers have signed leases for new spaces in the prime Fifth Avenue shopping district.

In the first half of this year, four major retailers have signed leases for new spaces in the prime Fifth Avenue shopping district.

A federal court in Philadelphia has ordered Paul Eustace, president and founder of Philadelphia Alternative Asset Management Company, to pay nearly $300 million for defrauding clients.

The Carlyle Group said that Louis V. Gerstner Jr., the former I.B.M. chief who became the private equity firm’s chairman five years ago, will step down on Sept. 30. It did not name a successor.

As Verizon begins to roll out FiOS in its hometown, New York, the company argues that the service is proving to be more successful than it promised when it started the project.

The major U.S. indexes extended Monday’s decline after the government reported a rise in wholesale prices and a fall in housing construction. Markets in Europe and Asia also fell.

The retailer beat Wall Street expectations despite weak sales growth in a tough economy that has seen shoppers pull back.