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The explosion of hostilities, a mobilization of military reserves and threats of European trade sanctions are giving Israel's high-tech sector its hardest time yet since the Palestinian uprising broke out...

The Nasdaq stock market has unveiled a number of measures it is recommending to strengthen corporate-governance practices, including requiring shareholder approval for all stock-option plans that involve a company's officers...

Microsoft Corp. on Monday will launch a $200 million advertising campaign that aims to explain its Internet strategy to the public. Slick TV spots designed by Microsoft's sole U.S. ad...

Priceline.com Inc. and eBay Inc. have agreed to create a new travel booking service for eBay Travel. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. The companies said Friday that...

Enron Energy Services is voluntarily giving up its certificate to serve commercial and industrial customers in Illinois, once a key growth area for the Enron Corp. unit, a spokeswoman said...

Despite a sluggish December, 2001 still turned out to be a record year for the addition of new assets into mutual funds, according to fund researcher Lipper Inc. In the...

NEW YORK--It often pays to invest in mutual funds spurned by the crowd, according to Chicago fund tracker Morningstar Inc. In an annual study, Morningstar finds that "unloved funds," or...

Two prominent venture capital firms and a group of individual investors hope the new Segway "human transporter" takes them places--and they've got $90 million riding on it. Segway is the...

U.S. Industries Inc. said Monday it agreed to sell its Ames True Temper business to Wind Point Partners, a Chicago investment group, for $165 million, part of a plan to...

Northwestern Steel and Wire Co. has asked a bankruptcy court to convert its Chapter 11 bankruptcy case to a Chapter 7 liquidation. The Sterling, Ill.-based steelmaker said it has asked...