General Motors Co. said Friday that it failed to disclose in its proxy a $600,000 contract with an ad agency partly owned by the wife of the auto maker's chief financial officer.
Federal prosecutors and lawyers for five former insurance executives accused of engineering a bogus reinsurance transaction to mask a drop in reserves at American International Group Inc. are in settlement talks, according to a joint court ...
Winners & Losers for the week that was in business and deals, Deal Journal's weekly look back and grading system of some of the biggest stories: The Facebook Edition.
The Malaysian government charged opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim this week for illegal protests urging electoral reform. Considering Mr. Anwar's past legal travails, having twice been tried on trumped-up charges of sodomy and twice ...
A consortium of countries chose South Africa and Australia to share a groundbreaking €1.5 billion ($1.87 billion) radio telescope that will be the biggest and most sensitive instrument of its kind.
Former Texas solicitor general Ted Cruz has notched endorsements from a 'Who's Who' list of tea party leaders, including Sarah Palin and Jim DeMint, in his bid to replace retiring GOP Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. Outside conservative groups ...
As Azerbaijan prepares to host the glitzy Eurovision final this weekend, an anti-corruption watchdog has issued a sobering reminder of the country's chronic problems with graft.
There has never been a better time to refinance your mortgage. Rates are at record lows. The government is devising new programs to help homeowners. The economy and job market are improving, albeit slowly.
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — The controversy over Facebook Inc.’s initial public offering touches on language used in regulatory filings called “risk factors.”
Here is a look at real-estate news in Friday's WSJ: Fannie CEO Search Now Down to Two: Fannie Mae has narrowed its search for a new chief executive to two finalists and could soon offer the position to Timothy Mayopoulos, the ...
By Ayesha Javed The buyout industry in the U.S. has sometimes been linked with the political right, most recently via Republican candidate Mitt Romney, a founder of Bain Capital. Now, a collaboration between French and American academics has ...
CAIRO—Early results on Friday morning from Egypt's presidential election appeared to point to a bruising runoff race between former regime loyalist Ahmed Shafiq and Muslim Brotherhood political leader Mohamed Morsi, an outcome that could ...
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Drug makers helped European stock markets close in positive territory on Friday, after a session where uncertainty about growth in Europe and China made for choppy price action.
The European Union's cookie directive—dismissed by one entrepreneur as "stupid to the core"—comes into force on Saturday and sites that fail to implement the regulations face the prospect of legal action.