An advertising blitz intended to help Microsoft polish the tarnished brand of its Windows Vista operating system began this week with a head-scratcher of a commercial.

The McCain and Obama campaigns responded quickly to a report that the jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August.

Home foreclosures hit another record in the second quarter, but the number of borrowers falling behind on payments dropped for the first time in more than two years, an industry report shows.

What students about to take out their first loan should know.

Home foreclosures hit another record in the second quarter, but the number of borrowers falling behind on payments dropped for the first time in more than two years, an industry report shows.

The McCain and Obama campaigns responded quickly to a report that the jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent in August.

Wall Street managed a slight gain on Friday, a day after concerns about the economy, and in particular the labor market, sent the Dow plunging. Markets in Europe and Asia ended the day lower.

The New York Times will reduce the number of sections printed in the New York metropolitan area, in a move to save money on production.

As officials of the Machinists Union and Boeing prepared to resume negotiations on Friday, the union assured workers that a failure to reach a deal by early Saturday would guarantee a strike.

The ailing Wall Street bank is working toward a radical solution in its fight for survival: Splitting itself into a “good” bank and a “bad” one.