Federal regulators on Thursday approved the first cybersecurity standards for the nation's electric industry, following growing concerns about the power grid's vulnerabilities. ...more

January 18, 2008

In a career defined by blockbuster deals, Bank of America chief executive Ken Lewis has taken his biggest gamble yet with an attempt to rescue the country's biggest mortgage lender, Countrywide Financial. ...more

January 12, 2008

Companies will be able to scuttle investor attempts to nominate board members under a plan adopted Wednesday by a bitterly divided Securities and Exchange Commission. ...more

November 28, 2007

sort of. Airlines are improving their on-time arrival rates, largely because the weather has improved. However, the airline industry's on-time performance so far in 2007 remained the worst in 12 years, according to government data released Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007

Investors who use target-date funds to put their investments on cruise control until retirement face a common question: How will I manage my money so it holds out once I've stopped working? ...more

October 11, 2007

Lawmakers, in Tallahassee to deal with a $1.1 billion budget shortfall, are preaching the need for fiscal austerity. But they don't deserve much credence when the state has spent more than $32 million for the planning of an unneeded Panhandle airport and, as the Tribune's Mike Salinero reports, still plans to spend about $87.3 million more in the coming years on the boondoggle. ...more

October 6, 2007

American laboratories handling the world's deadliest germs and toxins have experienced more than 100 accidents and missing shipments since 2003, and the number is increasing as more labs do the work. ...more

October 3, 2007

U.S. regulators are cracking down on about 200 unapproved prescription cough medicines that contain the narcotic hydrocodone, including some marketed for young children. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday threatened to pull the products off the market if companies do not stop making and distributing them within six months. ...more

September 29, 2007