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The Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up 127.83 points, or 1.24%, to 10447.93, putting the Dow up 2.9% on the week—its first positive weekly showing since the beginning of August.

Google said the Texas attorney general's office is conducting an antitrust review of the Web giant's core search-engine business, another sign of growing government scrutiny of the company.

The Obama administration on Tuesday will launch its most ambitious effort at reducing mortgage balances for homeowners that owe more than

Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras launched the world's largest-ever sale of shares to finance a $224 billion, five-year investment program.

In Cajun country, where families have been sustained by the bounties of the Gulf of Mexico for generations, you won't find much resentment against the offshore oil industry.

Gold prices are edging up toward a high, at $1,249.20 an ounce, triggering multibillion-dollar deals by miners doubling down on the staying power of bullion's nearly decadelong rally.

Corporate bond markets are preparing for a hectic week and month amid ripe conditions for companies to issue debt.

Singapore intervened in the foreign-exchange market and Korea resumed its intervention after a two-week break, while Japan has signaled it is weighing entering the market for the first time in six years.

A belief that Americans will average seven careers over their lifetimes has gained traction despite little evidence, say researchers. While job changes are common, the notion of multiple major career changes seems implausible.

Faced with austerity programs and health-care reforms around the world, Roche launched a cost-cutting plan that may include job reductions and a revamp of its research-and-development business

A federal appellate court judge turned down former Enron President Jeffrey Skilling's request for bail pending the continuing judicial review of his 2006 conspiracy and fraud conviction.

A UPS cargo plane crashed Friday evening after takeoff near Dubai, killing two pilots in the package delivery giant's first fatal aircraft accident.

The Obama administration is moving toward using the revenue from expiring tax cuts for the wealthy to finance about $35 billion of tax cuts for small businesses and workers.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he envisions two or three more years of combat operations in Afghanistan before the U.S. transitions to an advisory role, a mission likely to last years more.

New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced a statewide investigation of credit-card companies marketing to college students through schools.

T-Mobile USA is in talks to distribute Huawei Technologies's new Google-powered smartphone this holiday season. The Ideos phone could be priced under $100 in the U.S.

Goldman Sachs has decided to close its principal-strategies unit, which does its proprietary trading, in the wake of financial-overhaul regulation passed by Congress.

If regulators matter to Apple, it is as a threat to its growth. Except, that is, when it comes to what Steve Jobs likes to call a hobby: Apple TV.

Campbell Soup quarterly profit rose 64% as the company cut costs, but its soup sales continued to decline despite efforts to attract consumers with more promotions.

UBS and other investors go to court to try to force U.K. fund manager Reade Griffith to speed up the return of their money.