New York Times

More than 100 Chinese consumers have filed an official complaint against Hewlett-Packard over faulty laptop computers.

The countries are the last two major economic powers to agree with the aims of the nonbinding agreement.

Zhang Hong’s dismissal is a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too directly can face retribution.

Investors remained reluctant to make significant moves without a clear sense of the recovery’s strength.

Cathay Pacific Airways returned to profit in 2009 as cost-cutting measures and bets on fuel prices helped Asia’s No. 3 carrier rebound.

Customers who try to make purchases with their debit cards without enough money in their accounts will simply be declined.

The multiple, and at times seemingly conflicted roles, of investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also drawn scrutiny.

As awareness spreads that lithium is an ingredient for hybrid cars, a hunt is under way for sources of the metal.

President Obama’s health reform plan is a mixed bag, but it may be the only program passed.

The region’s indexes were flat even as surging Chinese exports pointed to a pickup in global trade.

Backers said Northwest Florida Beaches International would bring new businesses and residents to the Florida Panhandle; critics said it would also bring environmental problems.

The combined business would jointly control about 29 percent of the $19 billion-a-year global market for medicines for pets and livestock.

Two drivers reported problems with Priuses that they said were not related to a sticking mat.

Net earnings were down 96 percent as the economy weakened cargo transportation and a breakdown of Eurostar trains disrupted year-end holiday travel.

The Federal Reserve has ended nearly all of the lending programs it created in 2007 to combat the credit crisis, but in the coming months it must decide when and how to tighten monetary policy.

European Aeronautic Defense and Space said part of its profit plan is to win more American contracts, a strategy some analysts questioned.

The company’s network pushes the limits of translation technology and has become a favored source for millions.

The country, which kicked out oil firms in 1938, now needs assistance to get its oil out of the ground.

A national commitment to solar power transformed one community but big subsidies led to unsustainable growth.

The Greek debt crisis will change the way the euro zone works, but probably not in the direction that the single currency's founding fathers had hoped.