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BP's report on its investigation into the Deepwater Horizon disaster will apportion some of the blame to itself but also hold other companies responsible for the various decisions that led to the explosion.

New companies are popping up to help people browse the Internet and send messages anonymously, but will people pay for Web-privacy software?

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. agreed to acquire biotechnology company ZymoGenetics Inc. for $735 million, in a move to strengthen its pipeline of drugs for hepatitis and other diseases.

Questions about the rigor of recently completed stress tests imposed on European banks dragged down global stock markets and drove up borrowing costs for several European nations.

India long has had trouble acquiring land to build the infrastructure and industries essential for continued rapid economic growth. Now its own ruling party is increasingly opposing developments.

Despite a big depreciation in the pound over the past two years that should have made British-manufactured goods cheaper for foreign buyers, its exports haven't risen rapidly.

Lay off police? Delay paying the light bill? The story behind Harrisburg, Pa.'s decision to default on its debt.

Executives said proposed new tax breaks might accelerate some investment plans but many said they'd rather see income-tax cuts to spur consumption and a wider tax overhaul.

In a year of GOP squabbles, few have been as ferocious as the clash over the Senate seat once held by Vice President Biden.

Goldman Sachs Group is about to start selling municipal bonds directly to Mom and Pop.

The Dow industrials fell 107.24 points, or 1%, to 10340.69, moving back into the red for the year, as banking worries from Europe put investors on the defensive.

The Justice Department said Cisco and Westcon Group North America agreed to pay $48 million to settle charges that the companies made misrepresentations during contract negotiations with the federal government.

Signs of a sluggish back-to-school season for consumer electronics in the U.S. have hit prices of LCD panels, and some Asian makers of the components are forecasting continued weakness.

EU finance ministers remained divided after a debate on a bloc-wide bank levy and a fresh tax on financial transactions, indicating that neither measure is likely to materialize in the coming months.

Eldorado Gold withdrew its competing bid for Andean Resources, saying it wouldn't top Goldcorp's offer of $3.48 billion.

A federal judge refused to stay his ruling that blocked the federal government from funding human embryonic stem-cell research.

Housing inventories rose in many U.S. cities for the eighth straight month in August in a sign of the continued headwinds facing a soft housing market.

Richard Daley, Chicago's second-longest serving mayor, said he would not seek a seventh term in 2011. Rahm Emanuel earlier this year expressed interest in the job but only run if Daley did not run.

Boeing said Tuesday it will restructure its military aircraft business, collapsing six divisions into four, which will lead to the loss of over 400 jobs.

Peter Orszag, who as White House budget director was in charge of putting out President Barack Obama’s first two budgets, did an about face, urging the extension of all the Bush tax cuts -- but just for a couple more years. The Obama White House quickly rejected the idea.