New York Times

Most Asian stock markets fell in early trading Tuesday as an appreciating yen overshadowed a strong finish on Wall Street.

The Russian government is building the first new scientific city since the collapse of the Soviet Union — and it is to be modeled on Silicon Valley.

The automaker said Monday that demand in China is so strong that annual sales could exceed 3 million by 2015.

Developers fear that Twitter could transform from generous benefactor to arch competitor to their start-ups.

The overseers of Washington Mutual could not agree to declare it unsound until a week before it was seized and sold, a federal investigation found.

Bihar’s 11 percent average growth rate for the last five years is a sign that even India’s most backward corners are being transformed.

Reaction was mixed because the bailout program rules out any immediate loans to Greece and exposes problems in Europe’s economic union.

The Times and The Sunday Times of London will sell daily and weekly subscriptions to users of a combined Web site starting in June.

The mining company executive accepted about $1 million from Chinese steel mills, his lawyer said.

The mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, is seeking to build defining legacy for his mayoralty, and has sought to improve his city’s environment.

The plan for intervention, if needed, would use money from the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the 16 countries that use the euro.

The Obama administration plans to announce a broad initiative to provide more assistance to homeowners who are behind on their mortgage or owe more than their house is worth.

Dubai will inject $9.5 billion to keep two companies that symbolized the emirate’s lavish spending from failing and defaulting on their debts.

Leaders are engaged in a bitter struggle over whether to allow the renminbi to rise against the dollar or to escalate a war of words with the U.S.

The business software maker absorbed Sun Microsystems with its heavy expenses for building and supporting computer servers.

Claims fell by 14,000, but most of the drop resulted from a change in the calculations the Labor Department makes to seasonally adjust the data.

The Republican leader’s letter to the Treasury suggested the line his party would pursue when the Senate takes up the bill.

Brady Dougan’s pay included 17.9 million Swiss francs in bonuses and a fixed salary of 1.25 million Swiss francs, the bank said.

The Federal Reserve chairman hinted the central bank might sell part of its large portfolio of mortgage-backed securities when the time comes to start tightening credit.

ConAgra’s consumer foods segment showed 3 percent volume growth, helped by sales of products like Banquet frozen dinners and Chef Boyardee pasta.